Bangladeshi Filmmaker Ishtiyak Ahmad Zihad on Female-Led Debut ‘The Blind Girl and an Elephant’ at Shanghai Film Festival

Ishtiyak Ahmad Zihad’s debut feature “The Blind Girl and an Elephant” had its world premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival, competing in the Asian New Talent section. The film centers on three women in a remote Bangladeshi village – blind Momi, schoolgirl Hima, and pregnant Laili – who dream of escaping a world shaped […]

By Naman Ramachandran