Marta Balaga Kamar Ahmad Simon started his “water trilogy” with “Are You Listening!,” about a family living on the coast of Bangladesh, struggling to keep their land from flooding. “Day After…”, the second part, conceived all the way back in 2013, has just celebrated its world premiere at IDFA’s international competition after being selected for the 2017 Cannes Festival L’Atelier co-production forum.
But completing the film has been a “struggle,” admits the Dhaka-born filmmaker, who still intends to follow it with “Till the Last Drop,” which concludes the trilogy. “It has been a very personal experience,” he says about continuing his journey to central Bangladesh, noting that after finishing “Are You Listening!,” he felt the project wasn’t.
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