Sheikh Arif Bulbon :
Fauzia Khan is an independent filmmaker. She has made documentaries, short fictions, music videos and television programs. She is passionate about issues of gender and sexuality, environment, history of liberation war in Bangladesh. Fauzia occasionally writes for newspapers and art magazines. Fauzia Khan is also a part time faculty at the University of Dhaka.
Fauzia has done her masters in Bengali Language and Literature from University of Dhaka. She has completed her diploma in cinema with the specialization in Film Editing from Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.
Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, in cooperation with the International Film Initiative of Bangladesh (IFIB), organised the screening of two documentary films and a music video, directed by filmmaker Fauzia Khan at Goethe-Institut Bangladesh auditorium in the capital’s Dhanmondi area recently.
Welcoming the audience and filmmaker Fauzia Khan to the ninth edition of this popular film screening and discussion series Through Her Eyes, Dr Kirsten Hackenbroch, Director, Goethe-Institut Bangladesh said, “Through Her Eyes promotes female filmmakers from Bangladesh, motivating the new generation to enter and thus change an as of yet male-dominated global film community. So we hope for many more evenings of Through Her Eyes!”
The event started with the screening of the music video Sob Kota Janala Khule Dau Na, followed by the screening of two documentary films I Had Something to Say and Story Without an END – all directed by filmmaker Fauzia Khan. Later film critic Mahmudul Hossain moderated a lively Q & A session, where Fauzia Khan shared her thoughts on issues related to her film and some behind the camera stories with the audience.
I Had Something to Say
Documentary, English subtitled, format: HD PAL, 16.9; duration: 40 minutes; videography: Tarun Karmakar and Sameera Huque; research, script and direction: Fauzia Khan; produced by: AV Center, Steps Towards Development, year of production: 2005-2006.
Synopsis: I Had Something to Say deals the life of adolescent girls’ in Bangladesh. This documentary is made with the participation of Rekhana Akhter, Kaniz Tarzia Ahmed, Fatema Akter Lipi, Shahnaz Akter, Nargis Akter, and Ayesha Siddika. They are from different parts of Bangladesh, have different social positions. Somehow, their experience mingles. They shared how the patriarchal social system took away their adolescence.
Story Without an END
Documentary; format: HD PAL, 16.9; duration: 54 minutes; editing: Nihar Sultana; videography: Tarun Karmakar; concept, research, script and direction: Fauzia Khan; produced by: Steps Towards Development; year of production: 2012-2014.
Synopsis: Story Without an END is a documentary based on female sexuality in Bangladesh. This film depicts the untold stories of women like Ayesha, Shukla, Shikoya, Nasreen, Ridita and Ritu. They belong to different generations. They have different social backgrounds and positions. But at times their experiences are almost similar in nature. In the male dominated society they are treated as mere objects of sex or inferior sex when it comes to sexuality without any regard to their personality or dignity.
Sob Kota Janala Khule Dau Na
Music Video; format: HD PAL, 16.9; duration: 5.45 minutes; videography: Jason A Badya; concept, research, editing and direction: Fauzia Khan; produced by: Onnoshor; year of production: December 2018.
Synopsis: This short production visualizes a song that was written in memory of martyrs of 1971 Liberation War in Bangladesh.
Women have been making films from the beginning of film production history. In Bangladesh, we currently see a number of women filmmakers actively creating and working in all genres of filmmaking. However, it remains a challenge for a woman to be a director and continue to create a body of work. Worldwide, relatively few women can carve out that opportunity for themselves. Through Her Eyes gives film enthusiasts, film students, academics, film professionals, funding agencies, broadcasters, rights groups and journalists a regular opportunity to watch films by women filmmakers currently working in Bangladesh and to interact with them directly at the end of the screening.
Fauzia Khan is an independent filmmaker. She has made documentaries, short fictions, music videos and television programs. She is passionate about issues of gender and sexuality, environment, history of liberation war in Bangladesh. Fauzia occasionally writes for newspapers and art magazines. Fauzia Khan is also a part time faculty at the University of Dhaka.
Fauzia has done her masters in Bengali Language and Literature from University of Dhaka. She has completed her diploma in cinema with the specialization in Film Editing from Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.
Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, in cooperation with the International Film Initiative of Bangladesh (IFIB), organised the screening of two documentary films and a music video, directed by filmmaker Fauzia Khan at Goethe-Institut Bangladesh auditorium in the capital’s Dhanmondi area recently.
Welcoming the audience and filmmaker Fauzia Khan to the ninth edition of this popular film screening and discussion series Through Her Eyes, Dr Kirsten Hackenbroch, Director, Goethe-Institut Bangladesh said, “Through Her Eyes promotes female filmmakers from Bangladesh, motivating the new generation to enter and thus change an as of yet male-dominated global film community. So we hope for many more evenings of Through Her Eyes!”
The event started with the screening of the music video Sob Kota Janala Khule Dau Na, followed by the screening of two documentary films I Had Something to Say and Story Without an END – all directed by filmmaker Fauzia Khan. Later film critic Mahmudul Hossain moderated a lively Q & A session, where Fauzia Khan shared her thoughts on issues related to her film and some behind the camera stories with the audience.
I Had Something to Say
Documentary, English subtitled, format: HD PAL, 16.9; duration: 40 minutes; videography: Tarun Karmakar and Sameera Huque; research, script and direction: Fauzia Khan; produced by: AV Center, Steps Towards Development, year of production: 2005-2006.
Synopsis: I Had Something to Say deals the life of adolescent girls’ in Bangladesh. This documentary is made with the participation of Rekhana Akhter, Kaniz Tarzia Ahmed, Fatema Akter Lipi, Shahnaz Akter, Nargis Akter, and Ayesha Siddika. They are from different parts of Bangladesh, have different social positions. Somehow, their experience mingles. They shared how the patriarchal social system took away their adolescence.
Story Without an END
Documentary; format: HD PAL, 16.9; duration: 54 minutes; editing: Nihar Sultana; videography: Tarun Karmakar; concept, research, script and direction: Fauzia Khan; produced by: Steps Towards Development; year of production: 2012-2014.
Synopsis: Story Without an END is a documentary based on female sexuality in Bangladesh. This film depicts the untold stories of women like Ayesha, Shukla, Shikoya, Nasreen, Ridita and Ritu. They belong to different generations. They have different social backgrounds and positions. But at times their experiences are almost similar in nature. In the male dominated society they are treated as mere objects of sex or inferior sex when it comes to sexuality without any regard to their personality or dignity.
Sob Kota Janala Khule Dau Na
Music Video; format: HD PAL, 16.9; duration: 5.45 minutes; videography: Jason A Badya; concept, research, editing and direction: Fauzia Khan; produced by: Onnoshor; year of production: December 2018.
Synopsis: This short production visualizes a song that was written in memory of martyrs of 1971 Liberation War in Bangladesh.
Women have been making films from the beginning of film production history. In Bangladesh, we currently see a number of women filmmakers actively creating and working in all genres of filmmaking. However, it remains a challenge for a woman to be a director and continue to create a body of work. Worldwide, relatively few women can carve out that opportunity for themselves. Through Her Eyes gives film enthusiasts, film students, academics, film professionals, funding agencies, broadcasters, rights groups and journalists a regular opportunity to watch films by women filmmakers currently working in Bangladesh and to interact with them directly at the end of the screening.
