Before Pandemic and War, There Were Bed Bugs and Love!

Prieš karą ir pandemiją buvo meilė ir blakės!

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.

Information

Year
2022
Genre
Documentary
Duration
17'
Production country
Lithuania, Bangladesh
Dialogues
English, Bengali, Lithuanian

Team

Producer
Akvilė Žilionytė
Script
Nuruzzaman Khan, Akvilė Žilionytė
Cinematography
Nuruzzaman Khan
Editing
Nuruzzaman Khan
Sound designer
Nuruzzaman Khan
Production company
Artišokai

Contacts

Akvilė Žilionytė, Artišokai

Director's biography

Nuruzzaman Khan

Born in 1988, in Dhaka, now a doctoral student of art, currently based in Budapest. Now he is exploring the themes of migration, identity, multicultural relationships, and artistic process. He graduated from Doc Nomads Erasmus Mundus program. He has directed five short films which have screened in numerous festivals, such a Hot Docs IFF, Doclisbao, Belfort Entrevues IFF, FEST New Directors FF, Macau Short IFF.

Filmography:

Before Pandemic and War, There Were Bed Bugs and Love! (2022, short documentary)

In Search of Osman (2020, short documentary)

My Neighbor at Salétrom utca. 8 (2018, short documentary)

Men with no name (2017, short documentary)

Chicken Fox (2016, short documentary)