On Friday, filmmaker Shaheen Dill-Riaz was awarded the Sonderpreis Kultur des Landes NRW for his latest documentary The Projectionist. The Film chronicles the life of Rakib, an 11-year-old boy who works as a projectionist in a small-town cinema in Bangladesh. Mr. Dill-Riaz was presented the award by NRW …
Another Film Prize Goes To The Projectionist
The Projectionist, filmmaker Shaheen Dill-Riaz’s latest cinematic feat has been awarded the Sonderpreis Kultur des Landes NRW, one of Germany’s most prized film awards. Returning home to his Berlin apartment after two months of filming in his native country of Bangladesh, Shaheen Dill-Riaz was greeted with a huge pile …
The Projectionist: Shaheen Dill-Riaz honored with the GROSSE KLAPPE film award
Filmmaker and director Shaheen Dill-Riaz has added another prize to his growing list of film awards. The jury at the doxs! festival in Duisburg, Germany presented Dill-Riaz with the GROSSE KLAPPE film prize for The Projectionist. His film, which premiered in October, chronicles the life of Rakib, a ten-year-old boy who grows …
Kamar and Sara are being listened! The premiere of “Are you listening?” at Docfest Leipzig
I was one of the lucky 750 guests during the opening ceremony of the 55th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, which opened its gates on October 29, 2012. Watching the premiere of the film Are you listening? by Kamar Ahmad Simon (director / cameraman) and Sara Afreen (producer) was …