Biographie
Film Festival's Screening Details (Films by Ashraf Shishir):
A. English Title: The Cage-Bird (Documentary) Ashraf Shishir (Worked as Scriptwriter, Director, Producer, Narrator)
International Film Festival Screening till date: 1. World Premiere, Official Selection, 12th International Short & Independent Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2012 2. South American Premiere, Finalist, XI Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes FENACO 2014, Peru, Peru, 2014 3. North American Premiere, Finalist, The MY HERO International Film Festival, California, United States, 2014 4. Arabian Premiere, Finalist, KARAMA Human Rights Film Festival, Amman, Jordan, 2014 5. Indian Premiere, Finalist, 5th Siliguri International Short Film and Documentary Contest 2014, Siliguri, India, 2014 6. Russian Premiere, Finalist, International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Tyumen, Russia, 2014 7. UK Premiere, Finalist, Sahar International Film Festival, Manchester, UK, 2015 8. Greek Premiere, Finalist, 7th International Film Festival of Larissa, Larissa, Greece, 2015 9. Official Selection, Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF), Mumbai, India, 2019 10. Official Selection, Dogslaughter Film Festival, Corbin, United States, 2019 11. Official Selection, Catalyst Communities Film Festival, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 2015 12. Finalist, The Golden Diana Awards - film festival, Austria, Austria, 2015 13. Finalist, Wiper Film Festival, New York, United States, 2016 14. Finalist, The Blackbird Film Fest, New York, United States, 2016 15. Finalist, OZARK SHORTS, Missouri, United States, 2017 16. Finalist, Festival Internacional de Cine y Audiovisual Infantil y Juvenil (V FICAIJ), Mérida, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, 2016 17. Finalist, Slum Film Festival, Nairobi, Kenya, 2019 18. Finalist, FreeNetWorld international film festival, Nis, Serbia, 2016 19. Finalist, Grand IndieWise Convention, Miami, United States, 2016 20. Finalist, The Film Bunch, London, UK, 2017
B. English Title: The Cart (Feature Film) Original Title: Gariwala / Gaariwala Ashraf Shishir (Worked as Scriptwriter, Director, Producer, Narrator)
International/National Film Festival Screening till date: World Premiere, Finalist, Sharjah International Children's Film Festival, Sharjah, UAE, 2014 Official Selection, 20th Kolkata International Film Festival 2014, Kolkata, India, 2014 Official Selection, 13th Asian Film Festival, Mumbai, India, 2015 Finalist, 4th Athens International Digital Film Festival, Athens, Greece, 2014 Finalist, (Trailer in Motion) AVANCA International Film Festival, Avanca, Portugal, 2014 Finalist, International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Tyumen, Russia, 2015 Finalist, 3rd North Carolina Global Film Festival, North Carolina, United States, 2015 Finalist, Rafi Peer International Film Festival, Lahore, Pakistan, 2014 Finalist, Angkor Wat International Film Festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2015 Official Selection, International Film Festival of South Asia, Toronto, Canada, 2015 Official Selection, 2nd Noida International Film Festival-2015, Noida, India, 2015 Official Selection, 8th International Children's Film Festival-2015, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2015 Finalist, The WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival, Florida, United States, 2015 Finalist, The International Film Festival of Rajasthan-2014, Rajasthan, India, 2014 Finalist, Festival Cinemística, Granada, Spain, 2015 Official Selection, Tuscany Prize for Film - 2015, Massachusetts, United States, 2015 Finalist, IV International Film Festival-El Món del Viatge, Barcelona, Spain, 2015 Finalist, International Film Festival of Shimla-2015, Shimla, India, 2015 Finalist, Davis International Film Festival-DIFF, Davis, United States, 2015 Finalist, The Yonkers Film Festival, New York, United States, 2015 Official Selection, Cinekid-2015 (Screening Club), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2015 Finalist, Festival Internacional Del Cine "El Món Del Viatge", Barcelona, Mexico, 2015 Finalist, 4th Delhi International Film Festival 2015, Delhi, India, 2015 Finalist, Direzione Lumière 2015 - 6th CinemAvvenire Film Festival, Rome, Italy, 2015 Opening Film, Finalist, 9th Annual Red Rock Film Festival, Utah, United States, 2015 Opening Film, Finalist, Big Asian Los Angeles Cinema Festival, California, United States, 2015 Finalist, The Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 2015 Finalist, 10th Children's India International Children's Film Festival 2015, Bangalore, India, 2015 Finalist, Singapore World International Film Festival, -, Singapore, 2015 Opening Film, Finalist, Imphal International Short Film Festival 2016, Imphal, India, 2016 Finalist, StarBest Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2015 Finalist, The Cutting Edge Film Festival, Pompano Beach, United States, 2015 Country Selection, 9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2015 (APSA), Brisbane, Australia, 2015 Country Selection, 19th International Children's Film Festival of India, Hyderabad, India, 2015 Finalist, Silver Springs International Film Festival, Ocala, United States, 2016 Finalist, Goldensun Short Film Festival, Zebbug, Malta, 2016 Finalist, 2nd International film festival of Prayag-2016, Allahabad, India, 2016 Official Selection, 5th Free State Festival, Kansas, United States, 2016 Finalist, Southeastern International Film Festival (SIFF)-2016, Georgia, United States, 2016 Finalist, Love International Film Festival, Los Angeles, United States, 2016 Official Selection, 4th Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival (NHRIFF), Kathmandu, Nepal, 2016 Finalist, The Mediterranean Film Festival (MedFF), Sicily, Italy, 2016 Finalist, Swedish International Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, 2016 Finalist, The Southway Film Fest, Mykolayiv, Ukraine, 2016 Finalist, 11th Seattle Tasveer South Asian Film Festival, Seattle, United States, 2016 Finalist, Golden Urartu Film Festival , Ajgepat, Armenia, 2016 Finalist, Kortfilm Festival Kalmthout, Kalmthout, Belgium, 2016 Finalist, China Women's Film Festival, Beijing, China, 2015 Finalist, San Mauro Film Festival, San Mauro Torinese, Italy, 2018 Official Selection, Indiewise Film Festival, Florida, United States, 2017 Finalist, 3rd Asia Rainbow TV Awards, Beijing, China, 2016 Finalist, Festival Internacional Para La Niñez y La Adolescencia Kolibri, La Paz, Bolivia, 2016 Finalist, 2nd Asia International (Wenzhou) Youth Short Film Exhibition, Beijing, China, 2016 Official Selection, 16th International Student Film Festival, Izmir, Turkey, 2016 Out of Competition Section, 11th Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema, Kazan, Russia, 2016 Official Selection, Sahar International Film Festival, Manchester, UK, 2016 Official Selection, Ugu Film Festival, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 2016 Official Selection, Universal Kids Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2018 Official Selection, Cinemística Film Festival 2015, Granada, Spain, 2015 Semi-finalist, Kenya International Sports Film Festival (KISFF), Nairobi, Kenya, 2018 Official Selection, Kolkata International Children's Film Festival, Kolkata, India, 2019 Official Selection, Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival, Mumbai, India, 2019 Finalist, 10th Exhibition of Chinese Micro Film and Micro Video, Xicheng District, China, China, 2016 Finalist, CINEMAFEST 2015, Mexico, Mexico, 2015 Finalist, CINEMA GRAND PRIX, Cibinong (Jawa Barat), Indonesia, 2017 Finalist, 3rd Darbhanga International Film Festival/ The International Film Festival Of Bihar 2015, Bihar, India, 2015 Finalist, Vittorio Veneto Film Festival - Kids and Teens international film festival, Vittorio Veneto, Italy, 2015 Finalist, BioBioCine, Concepción International Film Festival 2015, Concepción, Chile, 2015 Finalist, 7th Nashik International Film Festival 2015, Nashik, India, 2015 Finalist, 5th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-2015, Noida, India, 2015 Finalist, Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, Iowa, United States, 2015 Finalist, The People's Film Festival, New York, United States, 2015 Finalist, CineRockom International Film Festival, Hollywood-Las Vegas, United States, 2015 Finalist, 7th CMS International Children's Film Festival -2015, Lucknow, India, 2015 Finalist, The Gulf of Naples Independent Film Festival, Naples, Italy, 2015 Finalist, The Kids Festival 2015, Madrid, Spain, 2015 Finalist, The 17th Roxbury International Film Festival, Massachusetts, United States, 2015 Finalist, 7th Trenton Film Festival, New Jersey, United States, 2015 Official Selection, 16th Rainbow Film Festival, London, UK, 2015 Finalist, The 7th Picknic Film Festival, Santander, Spain, 2015 Finalist, 7th Festival Internacional de Cine de Tarapacá, Tarapacá, Chile, 2015 Finalist, Festival Internacional de Cine y Audiovisual Infantil y Juvenil (V FICAIJ), Mérida, Venezuela, 2015 Finalist, 13th Ischia Film Festival, Ischia, Italy, 2015 Finalist, 8th the International Festival Goddess on the Throne" - FILMFESTKOSOVA, Prishtine, The Republic of Kosova, 2015 Finalist, Jefferson State Flixx Festival 2015, California, United States, 2015 Finalist, 3rd Ariano International Film Festival, Ariano Irpino, Italy, 2015 Official Selection, 2nd Benicia Film Festival, Benicia (CA), United States, 2015 Finalist, Piton International Film Festival (PIFF), New Jersey, United States, 2015 Official Selection, OM Film Fest in Kansas City, MO, Kansas City, MO, United States, 2015 Finalist, Slum Film Festival, Nairobi, Kenya, 2015 Finalist, International Peace & Film Festival, Orlando, United States, 2015 Finalist, 8th Columbia Gorge International Film Festival, Venice (CA), United States, 2015 Finalist, 10th Marbella International Film Festival, Marbella, Spain, 2015 Finalist, Ferfilm International Film Festival, Ferizaj, Kosova, 2015 Finalist, Moondance International Film Festival, Colorado, United States, 2015 Finalist, 3rd Summer Slam Film Festival, Texas, United States, 2015 Finalist, EyeCatcher International Film Festival, Oklahoma, United States, 2015 Opening Film, Finalist, NEZ International Film Festival, Kolkata, India, 2015 Official Selection, CHIPACHAS (Bangladesh Shilpokala Academy), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2018 Official Selection, Kolkata International Children's Film Festival, Kolkata, India, 2015 Opening Film, Official Selection, Sheikh Russel National Children Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016
C. English Title: The Innocence (Feature Film) Original Title: Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo Ashraf Shishir (Worked as Scriptwriter, Director, Producer, Actor, Lyricist, Narrator)
International Festival Screening till date: 1. Finalist, The Hong Kong Film Art International Film Festival (HKFAIFF), Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, 2019 2. Finalist, Regina International Film Festival and Awards (RIFFA), Regina, Canada, 2019 3. Finalist, 36th Festival de Cine de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia, 2019 4. Finalist, Les Rimbaud du Cinéma, Vouziers, France, 2019 5. Finalist, International Sound & Film Music Festival, Samobor, Croatia, 2019 6. Finalist, Colortape International Film Festival, Brisbane, Australia, 2019 7. Finalist, 18th Dhaka International Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2020 8. Finalist, CINEMALAB 2020, Santander, Colombia, 2020 9. Finalist, Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival, Mumbai, India, 2020 10. Finalist, 12th Bengaluru International Film Festival, Bengaluru, India, 2020 11. Finalist, 8th Delhi International Film Festival, Delhi, India, 2020 12. Finalist, 21st International Film Festival of Detective Films and Television programs on Law-Enforcement themes "DetectiveFEST", Moscow, Russian Federation, 2020 13. Finalist, 21st Rainbow Film Festival, London, United Kingdom, 2020 14. Finalist, Southeast Regional Film Festival, Florida, United States, 2020 15. Finalist, 18th Ischia Film Festival, Gulf of Naples, Italy, 2020 16. Finalist, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Film Festival, Gujarat, India, 2020 17. Finalist, 11th Picknic Film Festival, Santander, Spain, 2020 18. Finalist, The 5th London Bengali Film Festival, London, United Kingdom, 2022 19. Finalist, CINEMA OF NATIONS, Brandenburg, Germany, 2021 20. Finalist, Spotlight International Film Festival, California, United States, 2020 21. Finalist, 7th Darbhanga International Film Festival 2020, Bihar, India, 2020
D. English Title: The Inner Sound (Feature Film) Original Title: Gopon Ashraf Shishir (Scriptwriter, Director, Producer, Actor)
International Festival Screening till date: 1. Viewing Room, NFDC Filmbazaar (Interanational Film Festival of India), Goa, India, 2016 2. Finalist, 5th Delhi International Film Festival, Delhi, India, 2016 3. Finalist, International Film Festival of Nepal, Dharan, Nepal, 2017 4. Finalist, International Film Festival of South Asia, Toronto, Canada, 2017 5. Semi-finalist, Lakecity Film Festival, Anambra, Nigeria, 2017 6. Finalist, The Mediterranean Film Festival (MedFF), Sicily, Italy, 2017 7. Finalist, Asian Film Festival of Barcelona (CASA ASIA), Barcelona, Spain, 2017 8. Finalist, The South Film and Arts Academy Festival (SFAAF), O'Higgins, Chile, 2017 9. Finalist, San Mauro Torinese International Film Festival, Turin, Italy, 2017 10. Finalist, Bangladesh-Pakistan Film Festival Barcelona, Spain, Spain, 2018 11. Finalist, 9th MoveMe Production Film Festival, Antwerpen, Belgium, 2018 12. Finalist, 10th Nashik International Film Festival, Nashik, India, 2018 13. Finalist, 36th International Film Festival of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2018 14. Finalist, San Lorenzo Film Festival, Gran Asunción, Paraguay, 2018 15. Finalist, 20th XX International Festival of Detective Films "DetectiveFEST", Moscow, Russia, 2018 16. Finalist, Straight-Jacket Guerrilla Film Festival, London, United Kingdom, 2018 17. Finalist, Atlantic International Film Festival, Barranquilla, Colombia, 2018 18. Finalist, Lift India Filmotsav - World Cine Fest, Lonavla Pune, India, 2018 19. Finalist, Ethiopian International Film Festival (Ethioiff), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018 20. Finalist, International Open Film Festival (IOFF), Kathmandu, Nepal, Nepal, 2018 21. Finalist, Five Continents International Film Festival, Anzoategui, Venezuela, 2019 22. Official Selection, Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF), Mumbai, India, 2019 23. Official Selection, UnderGround FilmFest La Spezia, Liguria, Italy, Italy, 2019 24. Finalist, The Lift-Off Sessions Pinewood Studios SL0 0HN, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, 2019 25. Finalist, WOW international film festival (Tunisia), Tunisia, Tunisia, 2019 26. Finalist, WOW international film festival (Morocco), Morocco, Morocco, 2019 27. Finalist, WOW international film festival (Jordan Kingdom), Jordan Kingdom, Jordan Kingdom, 2019
E. English Title: A Billion to One (US based Web-Series) Ashraf Shishir (Scriptwriter, Director, Producer in Collaboration for 2 seasons)
International Festival Screening till date: 1. Finalist, One Race Human Race Foundation, Duluth, United States, 2019
F. English Title: The Unsung (Mid-Feature Film) Original Title: Judhdhata Chilo Shadhinotar Ashraf Shishir (Scriptwriter, Director, Producer, Actor, Narrator)
International Festival Screening till date: 1. Court Métrage, Festival De Cannes Short Film Corner, Cannes, France, 2019 2. Finalist, Best of India Short Film Festival, Santa Monica, United States, 3. Finalist, Inshort Film Festival, Lagos, Nigeria, 2018 4. Official Selection, Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF), Mumbai, India, 2019 5. Official Selection, Golden Triangle International Film Festival (GTIFF), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, 2019 6. Finalist, International Film Festival of Medellín (FestMedallo), Medellin, Colombia, 2019 7. Finalist, The International Film Festival of MP (IFFMP), Indore, India, 2019 8. Official Selection, Safe Community International Short Film Festival, Khorasan Razavi, Iran, 2019 9. Finalist, Shahu International Short Film Festival, Pune, India, 2019 10. Finalist, XXI International Festival of Detective Films and Television programs on Law-Enforcement Themes "DetectiveFEST", Moscow, Russian Federation, 2019 11. Official Selection, WINDOW International Short Film Festival, Omsk, Russian Federation, 2019 12. Finalist, PAB short film festival, London, United Kingdom, 2019 13. Finalist, 17th Ischia Film Festival, Ischia, Italy, 2019 14. Official Selection, 20th Rainbow International Film Festival, London, United Kingdom, 2019 15. Finalist, Wular Lake International Short-Film Festival, Kashmir, India, 2019 16. Official Selection, Karnavati International Film Festival (KAIFF), Gujarat, India, 2019 17. Official Selection, Music Shorts Film Festival, Missoula, United States, 2019 18. Official Selection, Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions, Iver, Uk, 2019
G. English Title: Magician (Music Video) Original Title: Jadukor Ashraf Shishir (Scriptwriter, Director, Producer)
International Festival Screening till date: 1. Official Selection, Frames Film Festival, Navi Mumbai, India, 2018 2. Official Selection, The Lift-Off Sessions, South Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, 2019 3. Official Selection, Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF), Mumbai, India, 2019
H. English Title: The Unparalleled (Feature Film) Original Title: Adwaita Ashraf Shishir (Scriptwriter, Director, Producer, Actor)
International Festival Screening till date: 1. Viewing Room, NFDC Film Bazaar, International Film Festival of India, Goa, India, 2017
I. English Title: The Remembrance (Short) Ashraf Shishir (Scriptwriter, Director, Producer, Voice Artist)
International Festival Screening till date: 1. Official Selection, Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF), Mumbai, India, 2019 2. Finalist, 60 Second Intl. Film Festival, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2019 3. Official Selection, Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF), Mumbai, India, 2019 4. Official Selection, The M Film Festival - Matosinhos International Film Festival, Porto, Portugal, 2019 5. Official Selection, 60 Second Intl. Film Festival, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2020
J. English Title: The Aged (Short) Ashraf Shishir (Scriptwriter, Director, Producer, Voice Artist)
International Festival Screening till date: 1. World Premiere, Finalist, A Rebel Minded Festival, Brooklyn NY, United States, 2018 2. European Premiere, Finalist, LAMPA International Film Festival, Perm Krai, Russian Federation, 2018 3. Indian Premiere, Official Selection, Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF), Mumbai, India, 2019 4. Semi-finalist, Lisbon Film Rendezvous, Lisboa, Portugal, 2019 5. Finalist, 11th CMS International Children's Film Festival, Lucknow, India, 2019 6. Semi-finalist, Celebrate Mooroolbark Festival, Victoria, Australia, 2019 7. Semi-finalist, Cachinus de Cine (International Youth Film Festival), Cáceres, Spain, 2019 8. The International Short Film Festival SHORT FORM, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, 2019 9. SpinOff Film Festival, Lombardia, Italy, 2019 10. International Public Advertisement Festival of Seoul, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2019 11. Moinho Cine Fest, Porto, Portugal, 2020 12. Winner of 2 Best Awards, The MY HERO International Film Festival, California, United States, 2019 13. Finalist, The Children's International Film Festival, North Carolina, United States, 2019 14. Madeira Curtas - Short Films Contest, Madeira Island, Portugal, 2021 15. Fillum International Storical & Short Film Festival (FISSF), Boston, United States, 2021
K. English Title: The Ancient Trap (Feature Film) Original Title: Sanatan Golpo Ashraf Shishir (Chief Executive Producer)
International Festival Screening till date: 1. FIPRISCI Award, Dhaka International Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2019 2. Official Selection, 20th Rainbow Film Festival, London, UK, 2019 3. Official Selection, First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, Pinewood Studios, UK, 2019 4. Official Selection, Delhi International Festival of Film & Television, New Delhi, Delhi, 2019 5. Official Selection, Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival, Mumbai, India, 2019
L. English Title: My Address (Short) Ashraf Shishir (Scriptwriter, Producer)
International Festival Screening till date: 1. Official Selection, Noble International Film Festival And Awards, Bengaluru, India, 2021 2. Official Selection, First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, London, UK, 2019 3. Official Selection, National Short Film Festival on The 100th Birthday of Bangabandhu, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2022 4. Official Selection, Rewind International Film Festival, Manchester, UK, 2024
M. Original Title: Sohorer Upokatha (Feature Film) Ashraf Shishir (Scriptwriter)
International Festival Screening till date: 1. Finalist, Telangana Bengali Film Festival, Telangana, India, 2021 2. Finalist, 2nd Cinemaking International Film Festival 2021, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2022
