Day After…

The chaotic three-day journey on an old two-deck paddle steamer from the capital, Dhaka, to Khulna province has been hailed by film magazine Screen Daily as the most accomplished and memorable non-fiction venture of 2021.

Director Kamar Ahmad Simon is passionate about blending documentary and fiction to create a distinctive portrait of reality. For that, he has trained actors separately, so that no one could know who was real and who was fictional. The travelers create a mini-society, which reflects contemporary trends and challenges. The boat carries both concrete and metaphorical meanings for the film, offering many allegorical implications to ponder.

Day After... had its world premiere in November 2021 in Amsterdam. The trilogy project, which is a part of the project, was invited to La Atelier in Cannes 2017 as one of the 15 promising scripts. The film project has been awarded both the best project award and other scholarship awards, including at the Sundance Film Festival and the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Day After... was screened as part of Locarno Open Doors Hub, where it won the Best Project Award and Arte Prix. The film was part of the International Competition at the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF), where it won the prestigious Harrell Award for Best Film in 2022.

Maka Dolidze (Films from the South 2022)