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Razid Season
· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Born in Abu Dhabi & raised in Dhaka, Razid Season is a Bengali filmmaker based in New York. He is the founder of a non-profit, Image Maker Films Inc. Besides, he has worked as a freelance project evaluator for POV. He was an invited jury at the Plural+ Youth Film Festival 2022, run by UNAOC and IOM. He has received several awards for his films, including the Nyman award (2018), the Best Director award from SAIFF 2020, Honourable Mention from Columbus Jewish Film Festival 2020, and Phoenix Film Festival 2025. His films have premiered at the 43rd Asian American Film Festival in New York, the Buf… Born in Abu Dhabi & raised in Dhaka, Razid Season is a Bengali filmmaker based in New York. He is the founder of a non-profit, Image Maker Films Inc. Besides, he has worked as a freelance project evaluator for POV. He was an invited jury at the Plural+ Youth Film Festival 2022, run by UNAOC and IOM. He has received several awards for his films, including the Nyman award (2018), the Best Director award from SAIFF 2020, Honourable Mention from Columbus Jewish Film Festival 2020, and Phoenix Film Festival 2025. His films have premiered at the 43rd Asian American Film Festival in New York, the Buffalo International Film Festival, the Williamsburg International Film Festival, and the Los Angeles Polish Film Festival. His film premiered on CUNY TV, Yiddishkayt Initiative, and The Archeological Channel's web streaming. His film Kaddish ranked as one of the top 10 independent short fiction works by Cinema Daily US. Razid is interested in making films that deal with humanitarian issues, and he wants his films to be a tool to advocate for those underprivileged communities whose voices are not heard in the mainstream media.More
