Bangladeshi filmmakers Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and Nusrat Imrose Tisha‘s “One thing Like an Autobiography” has been acquired for U.Okay. broadcast by Channel 4.
The movie had its world premiere on the 2023 Busan Worldwide Movie Competition, the place was within the prestigious Jiseok competitors. It was additionally part of the South Asian icon strand on the 2023 Mumbai Movie Competition. The movie follows Dhaka-based married couple, the filmmaker Farhan (Farooki) and actor Tithi (Tisha), who’re underneath societal strain to have a child. Tithi conceives and in the direction of the top of her being pregnant time period an incident happens that throws into sharp reduction some realities of latest Bangladeshi society.
The title, a nod to Kurosawa Akira’s celebrated memoir, can also be reflective of the true lives of Farooki and Tisha, a real-life movie star couple who’re probably the most acknowledged filmmaker and actor in Bangladesh, respectively.
“It is a particular movie for me and Tisha. Private, embarrassing and rewarding on the identical time. I’m completely satisfied the movie will probably be seen by the Channel 4 viewers. Hope they are going to be capable of join with the common theme though portrayed by means of native particulars,” Farooki informed Selection.
The movie is produced by Redoan Rony for Bangladeshi streaming platform Chorki and co-produced by Nina Lath, Anna Katchko and Tisha. It is part of Chorki’s 12-film mission “Ministry of Love.”
Chorki CEO Rony stated: “Channel 4 is an esteemed broadcaster. We’re glad that they selected our movie to showcase it to their viewers. Chorki all the time desires to make high quality movies and sequence. It is a clear signal we’re transferring in the precise path.”
“One thing Like an Autobiography” performs subsequent on the Sydney Movie Competition.
Farooki’s “Final Defenders of Monogamy” can also be a part of the “Ministry of Love” anthology.
Subsequent up for Farooki is U.Okay.-based Hindi and English-language romance “To Hell With Love,” which just lately participated within the first version of India’s Cinevesture Worldwide Movie Competition’s mission market.
