MOVING BANGLADESH
Drama, Dark Comedy | Feature | Bangladesh, Taiwan, Japan, USA | 2023 | Hindi | 100 min
Festivals & Awards
Supported by Taipei Film Commission
2022 Sundance Screenwriting Intensive
2022 Sundance Sloan Grant Recipient
2022 Screen Craft Fund Winner
2021 Tokyo Gap Financing Market
2021 Soloan Grant Recipient
2021 Film Independent Fast track
2021 Film Independent Producers Lab
2021 Marché du Film - Coproduction Days
2020 Locarno Open Doors Consultancy
2020 NFDC Film Bazaar
Synopsis
Sick of being stuck in traffic – and in life –, a struggling middle-class Bangladeshi entrepreneur creates a motorcycle-based ridesharing app that may change transport in developing countries megapoles such as Dhaka forever but must first overcome his family’s skepticism and a hostile political environment.Based on the true story of Elius Hussain, who, at the age of 24, created the app Pathao – now more than USD 100 million worth – landing him a spot in Forbes ‘30 under 30’.
Crew
Directors:Nuhash Humayun
Producers:Patrick Mao HUANG, Arifur Rahman Bijon Imtiaz
Production companies:Goopy Bagha, Flash Forward Entertainment