Let There Be Light [Pre-Feature Short]
Caste discrimination remains one of the most severe and forgotten human rights abuses of the twenty-first century. More than 260 million people worldwide experience discrimination based on their caste live a life in hopeless and miserable poverty and this has been going on for centuries. Education seems to be a dream for them from generation to generation. A young girl named Shima Rani, who is also struggling to continue her education only to born in such a community those who have been neglected and discriminated against by mainstream society due to a stigma “untouchable”. How many days our civilized world would accept this stigma…?
Director
Mr. Hasan was born on April 06 1965 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is an Educational Film & Television Program maker as well as researcher. He has been in this profession since 1993. So far he made a good number of films and television programs in public and private sectors. Some of his productions received awards and appreciations as well as screened in the prominent film festivals and TV channels all over the world. Apart from these, Mr. Hasan also created a historic record by winning three times, the most prestigious award on Educational media competition of the world “National Federation of UNESCO Japan Prize” for his three educational films.
Festivals/Awards
Human Rights Film Festival 2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh [Honorable Mention Award]; My Mumbai International Short Film Festival 2018, Mumbai, India; Chennai International Short Film festival 2019, Chennai, India; EduDoc 2018 Stories of Education, New Delhi, India