Things I Could Never Tell My Mother (12+)
Silver Nanook Award for Discovery of New Subjects and New Heroes
Bangladesh – France, 2022, colour, 84 min.
Director: Humaira Bilkis
Director: Humaira Bilkis
Since her pilgrimage to Mecca, my mother has changed profoundly. To mitigate the resulting
distance between us and to reveal my secret relationship, I step on a journey to reconnect with her. Cloistered in our family apartment, the inspirational poetess of my childhood is now lost in the world of religion and I wonder what still connects us.
distance between us and to reveal my secret relationship, I step on a journey to reconnect with her. Cloistered in our family apartment, the inspirational poetess of my childhood is now lost in the world of religion and I wonder what still connects us.
Humaira Bilkis
Humaira Bilkis
graduated in Creative Documentary from Sri Aurobindo Center for Arts and Communication, New Delhi. She received her film supports from both national and international platforms including National Film Fund of Bangladesh, French CNC Fund and television companies like Lyon Capitale TV, Via 93 in France and NHK, Japan. Humaira attained the prestigious platform of Berlinale Talent Campus, European Film Market, Doc For Sale IDFA, Docdege Kolkata and Dhaka Doc Lab.
FILMOGRAPHY
I am yet to see Delhi, 2015; A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peace Keepers, 2015; Garden of Memories, 2019; Dear Mom, 2019; Things I Could Never Tell My Mother, 2022.
Silver Nanook Award for Discovery of New Subjects and New Heroes
Bangladesh – France, 2022, colour, 84 min.
Director: Humaira Bilkis
Director: Humaira Bilkis
Since her pilgrimage to Mecca, my mother has changed profoundly. To mitigate the resulting
distance between us and to reveal my secret relationship, I step on a journey to reconnect with her. Cloistered in our family apartment, the inspirational poetess of my childhood is now lost in the world of religion and I wonder what still connects us.
distance between us and to reveal my secret relationship, I step on a journey to reconnect with her. Cloistered in our family apartment, the inspirational poetess of my childhood is now lost in the world of religion and I wonder what still connects us.