{"id":2765,"date":"2023-12-16T21:28:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T21:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africansmartphonefilmfest.com\/African-Smartphone-International-Film-Festival\/?page_id=2765"},"modified":"2023-12-23T10:41:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T10:41:17","slug":"life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africansmartphonefilmfest.com\/African-Smartphone-International-Film-Festival\/life\/","title":{"rendered":"LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/vimeo.com\/897380409?share=copy\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Directed by<\/strong><br>Hemanta Sadeeq<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Country of Origin<\/strong><br>Bangladesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone is looking for an ambulance, someone is searching for medicine like crazy, yet someone is using an ambulance for their own purpose. When Tonu, a mid-aged woman is fighting to survive inside an ambulance, right then a young boy is running at midnight at the city and trying his best to get medicine. The whole system teaches us to sacrifice at all levels, which makes our life a low-budget short film, where we dream a lot and can execute very little!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/africansmartphonefilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hemanta-Sadeeq.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2766\" width=\"248\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africansmartphonefilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hemanta-Sadeeq.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/africansmartphonefilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hemanta-Sadeeq-300x292.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/africansmartphonefilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hemanta-Sadeeq-768x747.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director Biography &#8211; Hemanta Sadeeq<\/strong><br><br>Hemanta Sadeeq is a filmmaker and film society activist based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He first gained international recognition with his short film, A Letter to God (2017), which premiered at the 58th Asia Pacific Film Festival (APFF 58). In 2022, Hemanta directed and produced a short film titled SHOLTE; The Lamp Wick, which portrays the Covid situation in rural Bangladesh. The film premiered at the Short Shorts Film Festival &amp; Asia. His most recent work, KHOWAB, Castle in the Air, was recognized as a Film Bazaar Recommends (FBR) short film.<br>Hemanta is currently working on his debut feature film, RIGON: tale of a Father, a Bangladesh-Italy co-production. He studied Theater and Performance Studies at the University of Dhaka. 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