Ebadur Rahman
| Ebadur Rahman | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, novelist |
Ebadur Rahman is a Bengali novelist, award winning filmmaker and cultural theorist.
Early life
Rahman was born in a concentration camp in Pakistan, after the Bangladesh Liberation War His father was an officer in the Pakistan Air Force. Ebadur Rahman is the grandson of Khan Shaheb Usman Ali.[1] Rahman worked with several well-known artists in the wake of Carnaval del Pueblo. He delivered curatorial projects in Barbizon, Bordeaux and Paris in 2004, 2006 and 2007.
Rahman founded[2] the Samdani Art Foundation with the financial assistance of Rajib Samdani,[3] a commodity trader. He had also been the first artistic director of the Samdani Art Foundation.[2] Bangladeshi artist Shahabuddin is the president of the foundation.
Rahman's publications and shows, for example The Country of Rising Sadness, and his ideas about the newly created Dhaka Art Summit caused a controversy which forced him out of the foundation at the beginning of 2012. Ebadur Rahman curated Bangadeshi artists including Ronni Ahmmed at the 14th and 15th edition of the Open International Exhibition of Sculpture and Installations in Venice, Lido and in the San Servolo Island.[4][5][6][7]
Rahman was the executive editor of the English-language arts magazines Jamini and Depart.[8][9] After leaving Samdani Art Foundation, Ebadur Rahman joined the Bengal Foundation, an art organization in Bangladesh, as the chief curator of their new Art Lounge. After a few months, he left the Bengal Foundation at the request of other senior officials.
Meherjaan
In 2007, Rahman quit his job in Paris, France to come to Bangladesh to be the producer of the feature-length film, Meherjaan. He recruited the cast and crew, organized partnership for technical and administrative support while writing the screenplay and overseeing the pre-production and setting up the ERA production house. Because of a disagreement with the director and the financiers. Rahman left Meherjaan in the middle of the production phase.[10]
Guerilla
The film Guerrilla received ten Jatio Chalachitra Purushkar or National Awards, two of which were for the screenplay and dialog written by Rahman and his co-writer Nasiruddin Yusuf. Because of a disagreement with the director Rahman left Guerrilla during the production.[11][12][13]
Atrocity Exhibition
Ebadur Rahman's directorial debut Atrocity Exhibition premiered in the Short Film Corner of the Festival de Cannes, 2013.[14] His film trilogy 'Torture Talkies' was shown in Akademie der bildenden künste wien and in DOX, Museum of Modern Art, Prague.
References
- ↑ Nair, M.B. (1990). Politics in Bangladesh : (a study of Awami League, 1949-58). New Delhi: Northern Book Centre. p. 55. ISBN 978-8185119793.
- 1 2 "Home". Karr Studio.
- ↑ "Collector's corner". Business Standard. March 3, 2012.
The foundation facilitated contemporary artist Ebadur Rahman's participation in the Venice Biennale last June
- ↑ "Samdanis to participate Int'l Sculptures, Installations exhibition in Venice". The New Nation.
[14th edition] Open will present ... including for the first time the participation of Bangladesh, curated by Ebadur Rahman--the Artistic Director of Samdani--who is collaborating with important young artist Ronni Ahmmed
- ↑ "OPEN "Flags" 15. International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations". Arte Communications. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Bangladeshi art collectors participating in Venice exhibition". The Daily Star. August 19, 2011.
OPEN, the 14th edition of International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations in Venice, Italy ... will present the works of 30 internationally renowned artists from all over the world, including for the first time the participation of Bangladesh, curated by Ebadur Rahman (the artistic director of Samdani). Rahman is collaborating with Bangladeshi artist Ronni Ahmmed to stage an installation called 'The Tomb of Qara Köz'.
- ↑ "Contemporary Art Flowers on the Lido di Venizia". Artes Magazine.
OPEN 14 was co-curated by Carlotta Scarpa, Ebadur Rahman, Nevia Capello, Christos Savvidis, and Gloria Vallese.
- ↑ "The hysterically fabulous history of now: Erratic Discoursing with Anne Garde and Laure Vernièr". Depart Magazine.
... provided Depart's Ebadur Rahman with an opportunity to chat with the duo.
- ↑ Rahman, Ebadur. "Making The Right Noise". Depart Magazine.
- ↑ "Meherjaan's women on the verge". The Daily Star. January 23, 2011.
The initial screenplay was by Ebadur Rahman, but he eventually resigned from the project due to creative differences. In an email, he explained that his original script, prior to his departure from the film, had intended to locate the "gap" or "absence" in the language field that historicises muktijudhdho. There was also the intention to create what Angela Carter calls "wild women's discourse."
- ↑ "National Film Award-2011 announced". New Age. January 16, 2013. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013.
Guerrilla director Nasiruddin Yousuff gets three awards for film in three categories including best director, and jointly with Ebadur Rahman in best screenplay and best dialogue.
- ↑ "Guerrilla deserves more awards". New Age. January 18, 2013. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013.
Yousuff ... also won two more national awards in best screenplay and best dialogues categories jointly with Ebadur Rahman for [Guerrilla]
- ↑ "PM urges filmmakers to portray social problems". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). March 13, 2013.
- ↑ Roxborough, Scott; Brzeski, Patrick (May 16, 2013). "Cannes: Ultra-Violence Peppers Competition Selection". The Hollywood Reporter.
Atrocity Exhibition, showing in the Short Film corner, which its director Ebadur Rahman has described as “Cannes’ first snuff film.” Says Rahman: “Cannes has been showing fake ‘extreme content’ for ages: Any film by Tarantino, Takeshi Miike, or Kim Ki Duk is at least as violent as mine. What’s different about Atrocity Exhibition is, I didn’t fake it.” Asked whether viewers might have to look away during screenings, Rahman says: “I would hope so.”