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I Stories of Change I Are You Listening I Stolen Years I The Lost Guide I

STORIES OF CHANGE (2008)
	I Length: 55 minutes I Format: DVCam I Language: Bengali I Sub-title: English I I Director: Kamar Ahmad Simon I Executive Producer: Sara Afreen I I Produced by BRAC Development Institute in association with BEGINNING. Synopsis: A testament to the resilience of human spirit, Stories of Change is a real life documentary about the lives of 5 women aging from 16 to 60, coming from different walks of life, of different profession, religion and regions of Bangladesh. Different yet common in their dreams, these women face life's challenges with confidence and belief in their dreams. Knitted in 5 small shorts, Stories of Change takes us to a 6th story, unlike a cliché stereo-type, a distinct yet universal struggle of human existence. Learn more from www.storiesofchange.net

ARE YOU LISTENING (On-going project)

	It is said that Bangladesh has written the longest suicide note in the history since it won’t exist in a next 100 years of time! Being the lowest contributor to the factors of global warming Bangladesh will pay the highest by producing climate refugees outnumbering all the current refugees worldwide in next 50 years only! It’s not tomorrow we are talking, we are already in it! ARE YOU LISTENING? In the last Asian Documentary Forum – Docedge ’10, Kolkata, this project was highly selected & appreciated amongst 18 Asian selections by the 14 international commissioning editors from all over the world and was consecutively selected for Jan Vrijman Fund (JVF) – from International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in 2010 for research & script support. In the later part the project was selected for production support by IDFA-JVF out of 344 projects from all over the world. Acknowledging the relevance of the content and it’s powerful creative adaptation, Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has also extended their support to make the effort a successful one.

STOLEN YEARS (On-going project)

	“My mother ‘loaned’ me to the circus” – says Rina (not her real name), a 12 years old trapeze artist of a circus team from remote Bangladesh says! "Each day of the last six years, I have realized that if I fall, I will die!" Rina continues; she wanted but couldn’t go to school because of her wandering life. For a twelve year old, this is the realization of her existence, at the cost of her childhood, teens & rest. Behind the captivating performance in the circus – kids like Rina leads a life beyond social norms and dignity. STOLEN YEARS traces behind Rina and kids like her in circus from rural Bangladesh, who joined circus before even knowing it, or did not have much option as well!


THE LOST GUIDE (On-going project)

	Ringa (not his real name) comes from the least known indigenous community from the border of Bangladesh & India, called Mrru. At the early age of 15 he fled his village, crossed the border of the then East Pakistan, just to enroll himself into school; but ended up as Miju Gurella fighting against the Indian army. After coming back to Bangladesh, the newly born country in 1971, his dreams were shattered once again as he fights as rebel for and as militia against his own people. For decades, till surrendering with arms in 1998, he kept on believing and losing almost every dream he had. Now he survives as a guide only to tell his stories to the tourists, raising questions regarding the quest for existence of mankind.