Bangladeshi film ‘Master’ to screen at Sydney Film Festival

Bangladeshi filmmaker Rezwan Shahriar Sumit’s latest film “Master” is set to have its Australian premiere at the 73rd edition of the Sydney Film Festival.

Sharing the news on Facebook, the director described the film’s selection in the festival’s Features section as a major honour. He noted that the competition lineup includes internationally acclaimed filmmakers such as Asghar Farhadi, Andrey Zvyagintsev, and Cristian Mungiu, while “Master” has been placed alongside globally recognised films, including “Filipiñana”.

“It is incredibly humbling to see how a small film rooted in the local politics of Bangladesh is resonating so powerfully on the global stage. It proves that whether in a rural village or a global metropolis, the struggle for integrity and the human cost of power is a universal story,” Sumit wrote in his post.

The festival’s programming team also praised the film, saying, “Sumit’s assured sophomore is carefully framed, with bright colour palettes contrasting its sinister undercurrents, steered by brilliant performances from Nasir Uddin Khan and Azmeri Haque Badhan.”

Earlier this year, “Master” won the Big Screen Award in the prestigious Big Screen Competition section at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

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