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Open Doors 69 Festival del film Locarno is showcasing Under Construction in Open Doors Screenings section. Under Construction Bangladesh · 2015 · DCP · Color · 88′ ·  o.v. Bengali Struggling to find herself in the sprawl of urban Bangladesh, Muslim theater actress Roya suffers from her husband’s wish … Continue reading →

Director/producer Rubaiyat Hossain is representing Khona Talkies in this year’s Open Doors Lab. Link: http://www.pardolive.ch/pardo/professionals/open-doors/person.html?pid=852101&eid=69

  Weekend    Created on June 4, 2015 at 20:00 Rubaiyat Hossain ‘Labors of Love’ or ‘Asha Jaoar Majhe,’ is an ode to the men and women caught in the capitalist industrial civilisation This lyrical and emotionally evocative film revolves around … Continue reading →

Created on May 7, 2015 at 20:19  Weekend Female Director, Female Gaze Tausif Sanzum                  What it means to be a female director in a male dominated industry With her new film, Under … Continue reading →

June 11, 2013 | Op-Ed | Rubaiyat Hossain Rituparno Ghosh’s sudden death has hit a massive emotional chord with the queer population When Rituporno Ghosh passed away, I got the news from a queer friend of mine who lives in Kolkata. The … Continue reading →

June 01, 2013 | Op-Ed | Rubaiyat Hossain Why have women’s bodies become a political battleground? I had faced the threat once before. It was in 2001. Delwar Hussain Sayedee’s tape titled “Nari O Porda” (Women and the Veil) was selling everywhere. Bangladesh … Continue reading →