Title of film : Barren Waters
Director Name : Syeda Neegar Banu
Cast & crew :
Producer : Luva Nahid Chowdhury
Editor : Iqbal Kabir Jewel
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Synopsis : ‘Nona Pani- Barren Waters’ is a story of people who do not have a tale worth telling—at least by themselves. Affected by the impact of climate change such as Cyclone Aila, the trauma of internal migration and dislocation, change of profession, silent cries for self-identity, and the film tells the story of some rural but universal characters. They have a life to live but no command of their own destiny. Romba, Doshpai, and Krishna represent life in the small village of Botkhali, near the Sundarbans, Southwestern Bangladesh. The narrative is non-linear in structure. Like netting the eggs of shrimps from the river, the film also collates numbers of fractions of their lives. The film tries to collect the inner and external split of the personality of the protagonists without drawing any conclusion. The performance of Jatra in the film gives the film a ‘film within a film’ characteristic.
Director Bio : I am a female filmmaker & an independent consultant in the field of film making including fiction, experimental & documentary, concept development, production, script writing, camera, editing & directing with over 17 years. I have an MA in Video Production and Film Studies from the University of West London, UK. Since 2014, I am working as the Director of Parallel Cine Movement (PCM), Khulna, which is the leading organization in the initiative to foster a Gono-Cinema film institute in Bangladesh. Nona Pani (Barren Waters) debuted in the feature film which is released in 2013. I made more than 20 films as the director & scriptwriter. One of my co-direction films titled `The Trap’ won the Singer Best Independent Shorts Award.
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