Reetu Sattar
Still: ShabnamTrained as a theatre actor, Reetu SATTAR (1981, Bangladesh) is a performance artist and filmmaker who works with theatre, video and text to explore themes of collective memories, missing histories and personal objectives. Her exhibitions and performances have been showcased in Rotterdam, Sydney, Liverpool, Tokyo, London, Paris and Singapore. Based in Dhaka, she is a member of the arts collective Britto Arts Trust. The short film Harano sur/Lost Tune (2019), documenting a performance that took place at Dhaka Art Summit in 2018, had its world premiere at IFFR. She returns again with Shabnam, selected for IFFR 2023.
Filmography
(selection) 1134 - Numbers Not Lives (2014, performance), A Bird of Stone (2014, performance), Rising of the Days (2016, performance), Melting (2016, performance), Isn't It Time You Let Me Go? (2016, performance), Harano sur/Lost Tune (2019, short), Shabnam (2023)
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Reetu Sattar op IFFR
Lost Tune
Bedwelmende geluidsperformance waarbij muzikanten elk een noot van een harmonium spelen, als tegengeluid bij de religieuze omwentelingen in Bangladesh.
13'
Bangladesh
IFFR 2019
Shabnam
Shabnam onthult een verborgen geschiedenis die uit elkaar gerukt is door de voortdurende gevolgen van imperialisme en kolonialisme.
23'
Bangladesh
IFFR 2023