Tag: Film

Dreaming in Watercolours

Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s Sultana’s Dream has inspired countless feminist utopias since it was published in 1905. It is not impossible that the short-story was on the reading list for the production of the blockbuster film Barbie, as it is a unique example in world literature of a feminist sci-fi alternative future.

Collaboration makes the dream work

At the heart of Ali is a deeply personal tale of a mother-son bond, told with haunting minimalism. But beneath the surface of its square-framed melancholy lies an intricate world of craft. ICE Today sat down with Art Director Shihab Nurun Nabi and producer Tanveer Hossain to unravel the visual soul of Ali, and what it means for Bangladeshi cinema to be seen—and celebrated—on the world’s biggest stage.