Arifur Rahman

Biography

Asian Film Academy Producing Fellow Arifur Rahman’s debut produced feature film Kingdom of Clay Subjects has World Premiered at 42nd Seattle IFF, was the Best Film at 7th Chicago South Asian FF. The film was released theatrically with critical acclaim. His second produced feature film Live from Dhaka was screened at Singapore IFF and IFF Rotterdam. He is in production of feature Documentaries Seventh Heaven, attended SIFF’s work in progress forum and Memories in on Twelfth, received production grant from Tokyo Docs.  He is also currently developing two feature films called Paradise and Eka.

Goopy Bagha Productions

Goopy Bagha Productions Limited is focused on making independent narrative fiction and documentary films which are specific to sub-continent society and culture, yet universally relatable. After producing multiple internationally award-winning films, the company is currently developing three films with young filmmakers from Bangladesh, India, and Japan. Exploring and understanding human condition and emotion is the central theme of their storytelling inspiration. The company looks for young filmmakers with intrinsic cinematic style and worldview to collaborate with.

Selected Filmography

Kingdom of Clay Subjects by Bijon (Fiction, 89’, 2016)
Live from Dhaka by Abdullah Mohammad Saad (Fiction, 89’, 2016) 
Barber in Paradise by Arifur Rahman & Bijon (Documentary, 28’, 2018)

Line up

Paradise by Bijon (Fiction, 100’, 2020)
Seventh Heaven by Arifur Rahman, Bijon (Documentary, 80’, 2020)
Memories in One Twelfth by Makoto Sugano (Documentary, 80’, 2019)

Contact Details

arifur.rahmann@gmail.com
+88 017 1123 5465