Zayed Siddiki

Surjo, an 8-year-old boy from the slums, earns a living by collecting scrap and selling it. His mother opposes his desire to go to school because they are dependent on his earnings, but his persistence causes her to seek a solution.

When an aging father, sidelined for his lack of financial worth, is blindsided by his daughter’s sudden marriage, he vanishes without a trace—forcing his family to confront the quiet weight of his presence only through the ache of his absence.

Within a hidden interfaith marriage in Dhaka, an unexpected pregnancy exposes the invisible structures of control shaping a woman's life, forcing her to confront the fragile boundaries between love, silence, and selfhood.

Surjo, an 8-year-old boy from the slums, earns a living by collecting scrap and selling it. His mother opposes his desire to go to school because they are dependent on his earnings, but his persistence causes her to seek a solution.

Surjo, an 8-year-old boy from the slums, earns a living by collecting scrap and selling it. His mother opposes his desire to go to school because they are dependent on his earnings, but his persistence causes her to seek a solution.

Surjo, an 8-year-old boy from the slums, earns a living by collecting scrap and selling it. His mother opposes his desire to go to school because they are dependent on his earnings, but his persistence causes her to seek a solution.

When an aging father, sidelined for his lack of financial worth, is blindsided by his daughter’s sudden marriage, he vanishes without a trace—forcing his family to confront the quiet weight of his presence only through the ache of his absence.

When an aging father, sidelined for his lack of financial worth, is blindsided by his daughter’s sudden marriage, he vanishes without a trace—forcing his family to confront the quiet weight of his presence only through the ache of his absence.

When an aging father, sidelined for his lack of financial worth, is blindsided by his daughter’s sudden marriage, he vanishes without a trace—forcing his family to confront the quiet weight of his presence only through the ache of his absence.

Within a hidden interfaith marriage in Dhaka, an unexpected pregnancy exposes the invisible structures of control shaping a woman's life, forcing her to confront the fragile boundaries between love, silence, and selfhood.

Within a hidden interfaith marriage in Dhaka, an unexpected pregnancy exposes the invisible structures of control shaping a woman's life, forcing her to confront the fragile boundaries between love, silence, and selfhood.

Within a hidden interfaith marriage in Dhaka, an unexpected pregnancy exposes the invisible structures of control shaping a woman's life, forcing her to confront the fragile boundaries between love, silence, and selfhood.