Filmmaker Zayed Siddiki’s short film titled Darkaak has been selected for two film festivals in France and Canada.
The film is set to be screened at the 10th Toulouse Indian Cinema Festival in France and at the 14th South Asian Film Festival of Montreal in Canada.
Zayed Siddiki told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· that the film would be screened at the Chemin de la Butte Multipurpose Hall in Toulouse on April 24. ‘The film will vie for both the Jury Prize and Audience Award in the festival.’
He also mentioned that the film would be screened at the 14th South Asian Film Festival of Montreal in May 1-10 and compete for the Best Short Film Award.
Based on a fiction writer Shahidul Zahir’s short story, and the screenplay and the dialogue written by Zayed Siddiki, ‘Darkaak’ portrays an elderly man, dependent on his family members, grappling with an existential crisis.
At some point, regarding an important family decision, he realises his unimportance, which leads him to withdraw from the family and become rebellious and aimless.
Jayanto Chattapadhyay has portrayed the lead role in the film.
Besides, Aminur Rahman Mukul, Iqbal Hossain, Tuntuni Sobhan, Fazlul Haque, Tahua Labib Tura and ABM Saidul Haque, Jerin Akter Shimul and Akhlaquzzaman Khan have played different roles in the film.
