Bijon Imtiaz

History

Bijon is a writer, director, producer. His work includes internationally award-winning Bangladeshi feature films Kingdom of Clay Subjects, Live from Dhaka, and Afghan Short Roqaia. His works have featured in many international film festivals including Venice, Rotterdam, Locarno, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Cinequest, Busan, Melbourne, Freiburg, Stockholm, etc. Currently, he is developing several narrative feature films both in India and Bangladesh including Paradise as a writer-director which was an official selection at Berlinale International Film Festival's co-production market. Bijon is an active documentary filmmaker along with his fiction works. Currently, he is in the production of a feature documentary, "Paradise, documentary". The film was part of the 44th Seattle International Film Festivals work in progress forum. Bijon's previous documentary "Beyond the Waves" won the Colors of Asia competition at Tokyo Docs and was featured at NHK world's Inside Lens documentary series. Bijon is the first Bangladeshi Film Production/Directing MFA- graduate from the prestigious Film, Television, and Theatre Department of the University of California, Los Angeles. He has received numerous awards for his filmmaking including the Motion Picture Association of America Awards, Edie and Lew Wasserman Film Production fellowship, Dorothy Arzner Memorial Awards, and The Nancy Richardson Fund.

Movies

Scooty
Scooty
Story
Anu Bahar, a girl from a middle class family, has to use regular public transport. Almost every day she was being harassed on the street, in the car, on the sidewalk. When this daily harassment of the road goes beyond tolerance, one day Anu decides to buy a scooter. But there began another struggle.
The Silent Echo
The Silent Echo
Producer
Four teenagers, from a remote mountain village, spend their days in an abandoned bus on a ridge, playing music. When a band competition is organized in a neighbouring town, they gather money and courage to be part of it
The Silent Echo
The Silent Echo
Writer
Four teenagers, from a remote mountain village, spend their days in an abandoned bus on a ridge, playing music. When a band competition is organized in a neighbouring town, they gather money and courage to be part of it
Roqaia
Roqaia
Producer
After surviving a suicide bomb attack, 12-year-old Roqaia finds herself in the middle of a media frenzy, as she deals with her trauma all by herself.
Live from Dhaka
Live from Dhaka
Producer
In a series of vignettes, a partially handicapped man lives his days in anguish as he tries to find a way to leave Dhaka.
Kingdom of Clay Subjects
Kingdom of Clay Subjects
Executive Producer
10-year-old Jamal loves his carefree life with his mum in rural Bangladesh, until the day his childhood friend and playmate is forced to become a child bride. Isolated and lost, Jamal finds the world a harsh reality when his hopes of getting new friends and attending school collide with his mother's past.
Kingdom of Clay Subjects
Kingdom of Clay Subjects
Story
10-year-old Jamal loves his carefree life with his mum in rural Bangladesh, until the day his childhood friend and playmate is forced to become a child bride. Isolated and lost, Jamal finds the world a harsh reality when his hopes of getting new friends and attending school collide with his mother's past.
Kingdom of Clay Subjects
Kingdom of Clay Subjects
Director
10-year-old Jamal loves his carefree life with his mum in rural Bangladesh, until the day his childhood friend and playmate is forced to become a child bride. Isolated and lost, Jamal finds the world a harsh reality when his hopes of getting new friends and attending school collide with his mother's past.
Moving Bangladesh
Moving Bangladesh
Producer
A group of friends who are sick of being stuck in traffic and life create an app which brings a big change in everyone's life.