From left to right Sanghita Sen, Naeem Mohaiemen and Molla Sagar at Berwick Film Fest

Date: 19 Mar 2026

Proud to be supporting the special focus programme at Berwickfilmfest this weekend at Filmmakers in Focus session. A dialogue between the films of Naeem Mohaiemen and Molla Sagar. Marking the beginning of Midnight’s Third Child (inspired by Mohaiemen’s book of the same title) exploring artists’ moving image in Bangladesh, co-curated by Benjamin Cook and Kehkasha_Sabah with support of British Council Bangladesh Connections through Culture Grant.

Filmmakers in Focus explores the corpus of works by filmmakers who have maintained a responsive and reflective relationship to the moment in which they are working. Drawing on underrepresented experiences, vital histories and moments that are in need of remembrance, these filmmakers offer a remarkable and enduring lens to our world.

At the invitation of BFAMF, Naeem Mohaiemen has curated a selection of Molla Sagar’s films that he considers to be in dialogue with his films. This selection reflects two decades of friendship and conversation between the two Bangladeshi filmmakers. Their exchanges include “The River you Never Knew” (in Mohaiemen’s book Midnight’s Third Child, 2023), a critical engagement with Sagar’s riverine oeuvre, and “Raihan-Ghatak-Tarkovsky” (2026), a threading of Sagar on Ritwik Ghatak and Mohaiemen on Zahir Raihan.

Focus: Mohaiemen + Sagar showcases the breadth of work by Naeem Mohaiemen and Molla Sagar, offering a dialogue between their respective practices and featuring five European Premieres, one UK premiere and one World Festival Premiere.

Original link: https://bfmaf.org/programme/mohaiemen-sagar-1/