Filmmaking portfolio

Ananna Zaman Nishi

Filmmaker

About Me:

I am a Filmmaker from Bangladesh. I completed my Diploma in Filmmaking from Bangladesh Cinema and Television Institute (BCTI) in 2022.

I started my filmmaking journey in 2014, my first short film 'The Chair' won the 3rd Best Film Award at the 7th International Children's Film Festival

I am also working as a Theater worker at Lokonatyadal since 2016.

I worked as a social activist with ActionAid Bangladesh. We own a NGO-based Forum Theater group named Pothikrit, it has been working for social welfare since 2010.

Watch my films here

Documentary film:

Jochna Jaya- Mother and Daughter (2022)

is a Documentary film made on an immigrant family living in a slum in the Capital city of Bangladesh. Their life struggle, memories of their dead mother, their floating life in the slums, Their dreams and action, and their life celebration is portrayed in this film.

Watch Documentary film- Jochna Jaya- Mother and Daughter here ^

Short fiction- Birat Shorgol- The Cacophony (2021)

This is my first student film while I was studying Diploma in Filmmaking at Bangladesh Cinema and Television Institute. The plot is a free adaptation of a short story by Franz Kafka, represented by my imaginative visuals, and ending.

Short fiction- 24/7 (2021)

24/7 is my first attempt to make a psychological suspense film. Script, Edit, and Directed by me.

Short fiction: The Chair (2014)

The Chair is my very first short film. It won the 3rd Best Film Award at the 7th International Children's Film Festival, Dhaka.

Diploma Film: Platform 3

Platform 3 is my Diploma film. The plot is a free adaptation of a short story written by a influencial Bangladeshi writer Al Mahmud. This film is yet to be published.