Before Pandemic and War, There Were Bed Bugs and Love!
2022 | 17 min. | Documentary | Lithuania, Bangladesh Looking for Festivals
He was filming her. They were dreaming of living together between Bangladesh and Lithuania. They were dreaming to make films together, to open a 5 meals restaurant and to adopt orphans. Now he looks back at his life and his broken love relationship.
Writer and Director: Nuruzzaman KhanCinematographer and Editor: Nuruzzaman KhanCamera Assistant: Atsushi KuwavamaProducer and Co- writer: Akvilė ŽilionytėProduction: Artišokai (LT), Zzaman Film (BD)With Contribution And Support From: LATGA (LT), Attila Kekesi, Istvian Bodoczky, Levente Pap
Festivals/ Screenings2022 Special Mention at Drama International Short Film Festival (Greece) 2022 Glimpses of Europe | European Film Forum Scanorama (Lithuania)2022 Audience Award at Litauisches Kino Goes Berlin (Germany)2022 Diorama International Film Festival (India)2023 Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival (India)2023 Liberation Docfest Bangladesh (Bangladesh)2023 Best Documentary Film Award at Ghent International Short Film Festival (Belgium)2023 Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS (Latvia)2023 Bengal International Short Film Festival (India)2023 Short Documentary Film Festival BISTRE REKE/ CLEAR RIVERS (Serbia)2023 Pune Short Film Festival (India)2023 Best Documentary Film Award at Boston Short Film Festival (USA)2023 Star Film Fest (Croatia)2023 Malter Vándor Filmfesztivál/ Screening at Campus Festival (Hungary)2023 Malter Vándor Filmfesztivál/ Sceening at Ördögkatlan Fesztivál (Hungary)2023 Malter Vándor Filmfesztivál/ Screening at Fekete Zaj (Hungary)2023 Malter Vándor Filmfesztivál/ Screening at Budaörs Festival (Hungary)2023 Malter Vándor Filmfesztivál/ Screening at Kerekdomb Festival (Hungary)2023 LABADABA festival (Latvia)2023 Best Documentary Film Award at Verona International Film Festival (Italy)2023 New York Super Shorts Film Festival (USA)2023 KO:SH Film Fest (Albania)2023 Amsterdam Independent Film Festival (Netherlands)2023 Goa Short Film Festival (India)2023 Macau International Film Festival (Macao)2023 Doc.Berlin Documentary Film Festival (Germany)2023 Short Waves Festival (Poland)2024 DOCUMENTO Shinagawa/ Tokyo (Japan)2024 Brussels Independent Film Festival (Belgium)2024 Aporia International Village Film Festival (South Korea)2024 Fear No Film (Utah)