International Competition · 46th Edition
Sand City
BALUR NOGORITE
Director
Mahde Hasan
Country
Bangladesh
Runtime
1 h 39 min
Language
Bengali
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Two parallel stories unfold around sand: Emma, who collects sand for her cat litter, finds a severed finger in it and becomes strangely attached; Hasan, a glass factory worker, steals silica sand to make glass at home, dreaming of building his own factory. Their separate lives are connected only by sand, revealing personal obsessions and desires that slowly unravel them.
Cast
Mostafa Monwar, Victoria Chakma
Screenplay
Mahde Hasan
Producers
Rubaiyat Hossain, Aadnan Imtiaz Ahmed
About the Director
Mahde Hasan is a Bangladeshi filmmaker whose works, including I AM TIME and A BORING FILM, screened at the Locarno Film Festival. His debut feature, SAND CITY, received support from CNC and Visions Sud Est. He has participated in La Fabrique Cinéma, Open Doors Hub, and film residencies in Switzerland and Los Angeles.
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