Bangla

by Phaim Bhuiyan

Italy
2019
87 min
OV Italian, Bengali with French subtitles
Feature film
Fiction
Color
DCP

Official Selection 2019

The programmer’s eye

Born in Rome, Phaim is the son of Bangladeshi immigrants. He embraces both his Italian and Bangladeshi cultures with slight confusion until he meets Asia, a blue-haired girl. Phaim Bhuiyan acted, co-wrote and directed this debut comedy in the pure Italian tradition.

Biography and Filmography

Phaim Bhuiyan (1995, Italy) is from a Bangladeshi family and studies Video Design and Film at the Istituto Europeo di Design. He worked as an assistant director on several films and has directed music videos and an episode of the Italian TV series “Yoroi” (2017). His first feature film, “Bangla”, had its world premiere at IFFR 2019.

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Phaim Bhuiyan (1995, Italy) is from a Bangladeshi family and studies Video Design and Film at the Istituto Europeo di Design. He worked as an assistant director on several films and has directed music videos and an episode of the Italian TV series “Yoroi” (2017). His first feature film, “Bangla”, had its world premiere at IFFR 2019.