About Mahde Hasan
Based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Mahde Hasan is an introspective and visually keen screenwriter and director. His short film I Am Time and Death of a Reader was showcased at 69th & 71st Locarno Festival in the Open Doors Screenings section and he placed first for his short Where is the Friends Home in the ‘movieofmylife’ section at 70th Locarno Festival. He participated in the Open Doors Hub 2018 an international co-production platform at Locarno and got the development grant from CNC for his debut feature Sand City. It was selected to NANTES PRODUIRE AU SUD 2018 and has also been selected to participate in La Fabrique Cinéma de l’Institut français 2019.2018, as a participant of Open Doors, a section of the Festival del Film Locarno, Mahde Hasan was selected for the residency at Villa Sträuli by Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, DEZA and Villa Sträuli.