Bangladesh Documentary

Bengal Memory @AAIFF 2024 is a short documentary about a Bangladeshi American who explores his father’s memories of the liberation war and his family’s immigration to America while grappling with the cognitive dissonance of belonging to both countries. Through personal interviews, archival materials, and declassified recordings, the film exposes the forgotten genocide of 1971 and the controversial role the U.S. played in it.

Bengal Memory
Runtime: 34 mins
Director: Fahim Hamid
CUNY Shorts Showcase — In-Person
August 04 | 12:00 PM EDT

This documentary is a part of the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) 2024. The festival runs from August 1 to 11 and is organized by Asian CineVision (ACV).  Asian CineVision (ACV) is a media arts nonprofit devoted to developing, exhibiting, promoting, and preserving Asian and Asian American experiences through storytelling. ACV aims to nurture and grow the community of makers and lovers of Asian and Asian American independent film, television, and digital. AAIFF is the first and longest-running festival dedicated to showcasing the moving image work by media artists of Asian descent for and about the Asian diaspora experience.

Ticket:

General Ticket (in-person)
20% discount code: AAIFF47_BC

Short films included in this pack:
Chomchom, Bangladesh | 8 mins
A Circle of Repentance | USA, South Korea | 27 mins
Screened Off | USA, Iran | 7 mins
Singing in the Lifeboat | USA, South Korea, UK, Indonesia | 15 mins
Bengal Memory | Bangladesh, USA | 33 mins

Venue:

Regal Union Square (Auditorium 15)
850 Broadway, New York, NY 10003

Chomchom @AAIFF 2024 is a short documentary about a delicious dessert that originated in Tangail, a small town in Bangladesh. Directed by Sanjona Arzan, this moving film is an expedition to the heart of Bangladesh as Sanjona unravels what makes Chomchom, the regionally specific dessert, so special. The documentary spotlights the artisans who have dedicated their lives to perfecting Chomchom. Sanjona facilitates a deeper understanding of the nuances of making the dessert through interviews.

Chomchom
Runtime: 8 mins
Director: Sanjona Arzan
CUNY Shorts Showcase — In-Person
August 04 | 12:00 PM EDT

This documentary is a part of the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) 2024. The festival runs from August 1 to 11 and is organized by Asian CineVision (ACV).  Asian CineVision (ACV) is a media arts nonprofit devoted to developing, exhibiting, promoting, and preserving Asian and Asian American experiences through storytelling. ACV aims to nurture and grow the community of makers and lovers of Asian and Asian American independent film, television, and digital. AAIFF is the first and longest-running festival dedicated to showcasing the moving image work by media artists of Asian descent for and about the Asian diaspora experience.

Ticket:

General Ticket (in-person)
20% discount code: AAIFF47_BC

Short films included in this pack:
Chomchom, Bangladesh | 8 mins
A Circle of Repentance | USA, South Korea | 27 mins
Screened Off | USA, Iran | 7 mins
Singing in the Lifeboat | USA, South Korea, UK, Indonesia | 15 mins
Bengal Memory | Bangladesh, USA | 33 mins

Venue:

Regal Union Square (Auditorium 15)
850 Broadway, New York, NY 10003