Biography

Riad Arfin is an independent filmmaker originally from Bangladesh, now based in Scotland. His short film ‘A Bus Ride’ won the best film award at the ‘Dhaka International Short and Independent Film Festival’ 2014 and screened at various film festivals. His other film ‘A Fishing story’ won the jury award at ‘Chitrovasha Film Festival’2020. His film ‘Where is home’ has been screened at Valencia and Copenhagen as part of One-off film festival. His recent film ‘A Border Between Us” had its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival, screened at Scottish Mental Health Art Festival and Inverness Film Festival and has been selected for Scottish competition at the Glasgow Short Film Festival, 2024. 

 

He has worked for BBC Media Action as a Producer/ Director, where he was producing drama series on mental health and gender-based violence for the Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh. Currently he is developing is first feature film as part of his mentorship programme with Glasgow Film Festival.