First Cut: Song of Whales (Invited only)
“Song of Whales” is a 12-minute animation film about impending climate catastrophe, as seen through the eyes of a deprived fisherman and nature’s revolt portrayed by a grieving mother whale. Alliance Française de Dhaka has been supporting this film since its development phase. In 2022, an exhibition was held to raise support for this film and gain public feedback on the content of the film. Upon the exhibition’s success and following support, Song of Whales is now ready to see the light of the audience. 
Afroza Hossain Sara
Afroza is a visual artist and animation filmmaker based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Having completed her debut short film Song of Whales (2021-2024), she is now working on her first feature film(2022-2027), Song of Jhinuk. Both of the projects has earned recognition at various prestigious platforms such as- the winner of the West meets East Screenplay Lab 2023, Metis fund for development, selected participant at Climate Story Lab South Asia 2022. The screenplay of Song of Whales work was also a quarterfinalist at the Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition, 2022, and the pilot film was exhibited nationally and internationally at prestigious events such as Ora Egaro Jon in Bangladesh, TRAUMWELT in Berlin and Calm, Centered, Awake in Seattle etc.
Before embarking on animation film maker journey in 2021, Afroza spent over a decade directing and animating more than 100 projects for the development sector in Bangladesh. Her rich experience informs her art practice and passion for animation film, which is grounded in her academic background in Drawing and Painting from the Faculty of Fine Art at the University of Dhaka. She has also been part of AMA Scholarship residency at Korea National University of Arts during her study.
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