REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS
“Day after… (অন্যদিন…) deserves biggest screen possible” – Dov Kornits/ FilmInk (Read more…)
“Helmer Kamar Ahmad Simon Shows That at the End of the Day “We Are All in the Same Boat” – Marta Balaga/ Variety (Read more…)
“Kamar Ahmad Simon continues his loosely-connected Water Trilogy with the unassuming but irresistibly immersive riverboat mini-epic Day After…” – Neil Young/Screen Daily (Read more…)
“A total of 15 feature-film projects hailing from 14 countries have been selected for the 13th edition of the Cinéfondation Atelier, which is set to unspool as part of the 70th Cannes Film Festival” – Febien Lemercier/ Cineuropa (Link…)
“…journey with both geographical and sociopolitical fascination, drinking in the scenery while wryly observing the tangle of classes, castes and character types…” – Guy Lodge/ Variety (Link…)
“…Strong political content with a distinct artistic vision…” – Özge Calafato/ Modern Times (Link…)
“…kaleidoscopic film brimming with stark contrasts, deep wisdom, and everyday concerns…” – IDFA (Link…)
“If Kamar has laced this two-day odyssey with sociopolitical commentary, you could be forgiven for taking everything at face value: the movie has the electrical charge of observational documentary, the camera drifts across faces, personalities, landscapes, jokes, squabbles, songs, and then moves on. It’s a snapshot of an entire country, so vivid you can smell it.” – VIFF (Link…)
“The 2020 lineup includes new films from established art-house
directors Dominik Graf and Federica Di Giacomo alongside relative
newcomers such as Bangladeshi filmmaker Kamar Ahmad Simon.” – Scott Roxborough/ Hollywood Reporter (Link…)
“A seductive journey on a century-old river steamer overflowing with passengers from all walks of life from Kamar Ahmad Simon, the first Bangladeshi filmmaker to be Featured Red Carpet Director in Piazza Grande, Locarno.” – Sydney Film Festival (Link…)
“Evoking Hollywood yarns set on boats, trains, and planes, as well as Herman Melville’s The Confidence Man, Day after… floats a cross-section of Bangladeshi society down a river that’s observed and experienced, but also richly, buoyantly metaphorical.” – First Look/ MoMI (Link…)
“With fine situation comedy, DAY AFTER captures the voyage of a ship that is more like the miniature of an entire country, condensing the experience of an adventurous journey into a highly entertaining evening at the movies.” – Zurich Film Festival (Link…)
“…Observational and beautifully shot… Filming from an unusually low camera angle…” – IDFA (Link…)
“…capturing the apocalypse on the micro scale, with one family at the heart of the narrative….” – Olek Młyński/ Asian Movie Pulse (Link…)