Private Project

The Poster

The Poster’ is the story of a salaried government employee, Amzad -an ordinary middle class man living his life with resigned acceptance. He is a critic of the likes of Afzal-the latter being a firm believer in the Marxist-like, revolutionary zeal of the youth. ‘The Poster’ is a fast-paced narrative that sketches Amazad’s final disillusionment as he is fired for no reason from his job. Watch the movie for its moving depiction of the everyday travails of the common man, his jeopardized dreams, frustrations over work and family and the final march towards social reform.

  • zahir Raihan
    Writer
  • Ahsif Khan
    Director
    Song of Padma, A critical moment,Kolkata in my eye,The Poster
  • Ahsif Khan
    Producer
    Song of Padma, The Poster
  • Ihtisham Ahmed,Momo Sheuli,Hashnat Ripon,Fargana Milton
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    The Poster
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Political, social, urban, Poverty, Human Rights, 3rd world
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 32 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 14, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    30,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Bangladesh
  • Country of Filming:
    Bangladesh
  • Language:
    Bengali
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • International Children Film Festival 2015, Dhaka.
    Dhaka
    January 26, 2015
    Best short
  • , Time code Film Festival 2015, India.
    Noida, India
    Best short
  • Dhaka International Inter University Film Festival 2015
    Dhaka
    Special Festival mention
  • Script 2015 Kochi, India
    Kerala, India
  • Frames Film Festival, Mumbai 2015
    Mumbai, India
  • Indian Film Festival Stuttgart, Germany 2015
    Stuttgart, Germany
    July 16, 2015
    German Premier
    Official Selection
  • Cuet DS Youth Festival 2015 Chittagong.
    Chittagong, Bangladesh
    June 23, 2015
    Chittagong Premier
    Jury Prize ( Best Short)
  • Short takes short film contest Mumbai, 2015
    Mumbai, India
    June 16, 2015
    Mumbai
    3rd best short
  • Rising International Short Film Festival
    Pune
    October 26, 2015
    Special Jury Award
  • 13th Kalpanirjhar International Short fiction film festival 2015
    Kolkata
    November 5, 2015
  • Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne
    Melbourne
    November 25, 2015
  • Ahemdnagar International Short Film Festival,India
    Ahmednagar
  • Kisaca International Student Film Festival,Turkey 2015
    Turkey
    October 23, 2015
  • Athens International Digital Film Festival
    Athens
  • Smita Patil Documentary and Short Film Festival 2015
    Pune
    December 12, 2015
  • YuppTv short film contest 2015
    Mumbai,India
    December 23, 2015
    Best short
  • Sand Dune International Short Film Festival 2015
    Rajasthan,India
    December 19, 2015
    Rajasthan
    Official Selection
  • My Mumbai short film festival 2015
    Mumbai
    December 16, 2015
    Official Selection
  • Montage short film festival 2016
    Kolkata
    January 24, 2016
    2nd best short
  • Dream World Film Festival- VIT Riviera '16
    Vellore,India
    February 5, 2016
    Best Director
  • 6th Ammar Popular Film Festival,Iran 2016
    Iran
    Official Selection
  • Filmsaaz 2016
    UP India
    March 23, 2016
    Best Script
  • Maharastra International Short Film Festival 2016
    Mumbai,India
    March 26, 2016
    Official Selection
  • ATSFF 2016, Bikaner,India
    Bikaner,India
    Jury mention
  • IOFF 2016,Dhaka | Newyork

    Jury Award
  • Ekurhuleni International Film Festival,SA 2016
    Ekurhuleni
    South Africa
    Official Selection
  • Beta Movement,South Asian Short Film festival 2016

    India
    Finalist
  • 4 th Festival International Cinema Libre, Hamburg, Germany 2016
    Hamburg, Germany
    Official Selection
  • International Film Festival of Shimla 2016

    India
    Special Jury Award
  • Haryana International Film Festival 2016

    India
    Best Screenplay
  • Pink City Int..Film Festival, India 2016

    Best Student Film
  • ATSFF 2016, Bikaner, India

    Jury mention
  • 3rd Caff Film Festival, South Korea 2016

    Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
    Official Selection
  • 12 MFF ,Romania 2016

    Romania
    Official Selection
  • 2nd All Lights India International Film Festival 2016

    India
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Ahsif Khan Films
    Country: Bangladesh
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Ahsif Khan

Ahsif Khan, a young and dynamic independent film-maker who recently received Award from Bollywood star Abhishek bachchan for his short film "The Poster"
This new generation film-maker who start film making from his school life. He did short film ‘A critical moment (2010)’,Kolkata in my Eye (2011), “Song Of Padma”(2013) & “The Poster” (2015). He received 15 national & International awards for his short film ‘The Poster’. He nominate as a student of the year 2015 at Lovely Professional University, India. Apart from this he was jury in Inspire Kalam Film Festival Jaipur. He was Born in 14 March 1993. Now he is developing a Period film project based on 1952!

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Director Statement

I have always been fascinated with Zahir Raihans story who wrote the story ‘Poster’ at 1958.
Later on I read it first time at 2009 then discuss it with Mahdy Hasan who was in London that time. We start developing our script through online chatting. We had a facebook filmmaking group in Bangladesh. At 2014 june Mahdy & me meet Bangladesh and we start the processing of the production. It was quite challenging project for the whole team because of some shot. We even use more than 100 people in one shot. It took only 7 days for whole production but we took a long time for pre production.

After completing the production I back to my University and start discussing about the project with Editor and sound designer Rajesh Kapoor. We start editing dubbing and all sound part.

Finally The poster come up with it looks. My University was their behind me always with their helpful hands.
As a producer i select very few festivals and it works. Our film got selected for 41 festival and won 18 awards and film got huge response from Newspaper and Tv internet media at Bangladesh and India both.