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Idrish

ইদ্রিস

The Festival opens with the world premiere of Idrish (ইদ্রিস) by Adam Lewis Jacob (UK, Bangladesh, 2021). This special screening will be accompanied with an in person conversation with Adam Lewis Jacob, Muhammad Idrish and Claude Nouk.

Idrish acts as an urgent and potent piece of anti-deportation activism. With reports of deportation flights regularly in the news, the film is rich with resonance to our current moment. In one striking sequence, footage of a protest march gives way to staccato editing and propulsive sound design by Claude Nouk, who re-uses and manipulates archival sounds to transform the film into a powerful rallying cry. Radically reanimating the documentary form, Lewis Jacob enlivens the archive to tell a vital history.

Director

Adam Lewis Jacob

Countries

Bangladesh United Kingdom

Year

2021

Premiere

World Premiere

Dialogue Languages

Bengali English

Subtitle Language

Content Warning

Racism / discrimination / slurs

Primary Contact

Adam Lewis Jacob

Duration

32 mins

Sound design

Claude Nouk