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Dead's Circus

In Bangladesh, Accidents are frequent phenomena now-a-days,and we fall victim of it regularly. that is why even death has become natural and meagre,in one sense a weapon of convenience.
Social values and duties have got a synonym called fairy tales.Political turmoil and bureaucracy are traumatizing public life.Our works only depict the proverb ''every man for himself"'. Society has turned into a neifelheim where gratification is dominant,ethics conceals itself in the suffocating cell of anarchic rule.
In fact in the final conversation it is quite evident that the whole story is Yellow Journalism and a creation of the reporter.

It is like a dead society where melodrama is presented by the dead's.

  • Faridul Ahasan Shourav
    Director
  • Faridul Ahasan Shourav
    Writer
  • Faridul Ahasan Shourav
    Producer
  • Mohosina Jabin Toma
    Key Cast
  • Nusrat Khan Syba
    Key Cast
  • Tasnim Zaman Anika
    Key Cast
  • Huson Islam
    Key Cast
  • Irfanul Haque
    Key Cast
  • Apple Mahmud
    Key Cast
  • Shahriar Shawon
    Key Cast
  • Imran Hossain Alve
    Key Cast
  • Fariha Jamal
    Key Cast
  • Farhana Ajanta
    Key Cast
  • Tabassum Huda
    Key Cast
  • Susmita Talukder
    Key Cast
  • H.K Joseph
    Key Cast
  • Imran Hasan Apel
    Key Cast
  • Apel Khan
    Key Cast
  • MD. Sohail Rana
    Editor
  • Faridul Ahasan Shourav
    Cinematographer
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Fiction
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 48 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 16, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Bangladesh
  • Country of Filming:
    Bangladesh
  • Language:
    Bengali, English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • New Film, New Filmmakers
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
    December 26, 2015
    Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka.
    Official Selection
  • Grand IndieWise Convention
    Miami, Florida
    United States
    September 10, 2016
    Finalist
  • Sylhet Film Festival
    Sylhet Agricultural University Film Society Sylhet Agricultural University Sylhet 3100
    Bangladesh
    March 14, 2016
    Official Selection
  • বাংলাদেশ স্বল্পদৈর্ঘ্য ও প্রামাণ্য চলচ্চিত্র উৎসব ২০১৬
    bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka
    Bangladesh
    October 9, 2016
    Official Selection
  • ছায়াছবি মেলা ২০১৬
    Drik, Dhaka
    Bangladesh
    July 22, 2016
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Faridul Ahasan Shourav
    Country: Bangladesh
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Faridul Ahasan Shourav

Faridul Ahasan Shourav is an Independent Filmmaker of Bangladesh and International Youth Juror of "Reel Youth Film Festival", Vancouver, Canada. Along with these, he works as a feature writer for different English and Bengali dailies and web magazines on a regular basis. He has completed his graduation from Institute of Education and Research (IER) at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and is pursuing higher studies at National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia from 2020 onwards. He is the writer of a film review book - Journey by Cinema (Dhaka-Kolkata in New Route) - which was published at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2021.

Filmography of the director :
2013 - It’s Experimental
2014 - Black Magician
2015 - Chess
2015 - Dead’s Circus
2016 - Wake Up
2016 - Standpoint
2017 - Soul of A City (Documentary)
2017 - The Revelation
2019 - A Scribble Story
2019 - Lalon Fair (Documentary)
2019 - Prima Facie (Documentary)
2020 - Camouflage

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Director Statement

The film "Dead’s Circus” highlights the present political and psychological drawbacks aspects of Bangladesh. There are certain levels of sarcasm incorporated in this piece of work. It speaks mainly about Yellow Journalism. The social hypocrisy of people from different sectors in their day to day life is mainly projected in the film. There is a satirical element which adds a different tone as a whole. Primarily, several interviews are seen after a cycle accident took place. The people interviewed mainly tried to highlight facts which actually is beneficial for their own purpose. Some also spoke about the social problems while others tried to pull a political benefit out of it regardless of having any knowledge of the incident. A scene also speaks about the discrimination between civilians and people from governing body. The benefits shared between these two classes are unequal. Lastly, the final conversation briefs about Yellow Journalism which is a mere act of increasing media target rating point. But unfortunately a serious accident does take place after the shoot of the news. The last scene shows the death of the girl who was the center character of the film.