After almost 10 years, I worked as a model again in a music video. It felt very different and special from the inside. Sharing the screen with a pop star like Ferdous Wahid bhai was a completely new and wonderful experience. I truly enjoyed it.”
The fund was created in 2024 through a partnership between the Miami Film Festival and the Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation.
The Grand Jury Prize winners were Josephine in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, Nuisance Bear in the U.S. Documentary Competition, Shame and Money in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition, and To Hold a Mountain in the World Cinema Documentary Competition.
Cannes Best Actress winner Hafsia Herzi’s The Little Sister received 7 nominations, while Thierry Klifa’s The Richest Woman in the World followed closely with 6 nominations.
The award was presented on January 17 at the 'Bangla Music Festival” held in New York, organized by Global Human Freedoms of USA*. The honor acknowledges Anwar Hossain’s remarkable contributions to acting and his impact both at home and abroad.
I miss shooting at FDC. I miss everything. Shooting hardly happens there now. I miss everyone—the people I was close to, and even those I didn’t talk to much but saw every day. They are all dear to me. I even miss the tea boys, our addas over tea, and listening to their stories.”
In this context, the film's creator and executive producer actor Shimul Khan said, inspired by director Zahid Jewel's innovative plan, we have completed the shooting of a romantic song titled 'Adhachand' for the movie Pinic in one take. The song features heroine Shabnam Bubli and hero Adar Azad. This is the first time in the history of universal Bengali cinema in Dhaka and Kolkata and only the sixth time in the history of universal film songs in the subcontinent. This is truly a glorious event for the Pinik team.
The short film lineup features 10 titles, seven of which screened at TIFF ’25. Among them is The Girl Who Cried Pearls by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, winner of the Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film and recently shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Notably, Saddam has choreographed an item song in Raihan Rafi’s web film 7 Number Floor. His choreography has also featured in commercials for Pran, Banglalink, Robi, and Mojo.
