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A Window on Asian Cinema, 2025

Sand City

샌드 시티

Director Mahde HASAN

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City/UrbanizationHuman Rights/Labor/Social

Two lives unfold in parallel in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Emma is a young woman who brings home sand from construction sites to fill her cat’s litterbox. Hasan, who works at a glass factory, steals silica sand from work to make glass, dreaming of starting his own business one day. In this unique film, the lives of the two protagonists remain at a distance and never intersect. The only thing that connects them is sand. As the title suggests, sand symbolizes the chaotic, isolated, and uncertain life in metropolitan Dhaka, a city that is endlessly under construction even while crumbling before our eyes. Its foundation is unstable, like a transmission tower standing tall in sand. Through elegant camerawork of cinematographer Mathieu Giombini, it portrays Dhaka itself as another main character alongside the two protagonists.

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Screenings3

Tue, 09/23

20:0022:04

CGV Centum City 5

436Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Wed, 09/24

16:0018:04

CGV Centum City 2

501Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Thu, 09/25

14:3016:09

CGV Centum City 4

580KE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Film details

Director: Mahde HASAN
Country/Region: Bangladesh
Year: 2025
Length: 99min
Section: A Window on Asian Cinema
Edition: Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
Original language: Bangla
Format: DCP, Color
Selection: Official selection
Elsewhere: Festival page Letterboxd IMDb Wikidata TMDB Douban

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Mahde HASAN

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Director: Mahde HASAN
Producer: Rubaiyat HOSSAIN, Aadnan IMTIAZ AHMED
Cast: Mostafa MONWAR, Victoria CHAKMA
Cinematography: Mathieu GIOMBINI
Sound: Oronnok PRITHIBI
Production company: Khona Talkies, Cinema Cocoon
World sales: Diversion

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