A Father's Diary

Film

Language:

English

Other languages or subtitles:

Bengali

Italian

Production country:

Canada

Running time (In minutes):

113

Theme:

Family

Category/Format:

Digital / DVD

Student film:

Poster:

AFD-Poster.jpg

Production year:

September, 2021

Film Credits

About the Director:

Golam Mustofa, born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and educated in the USA, is the director, writer, and producer of the feature film "A Father's Diary." He is also an active jury in a number of film festivals around the Los Angeles area. He is also a renowned lyricist in North America and Bangladesh for his heart-touchy lyrics. His previous feature film "A Drop of Love" was awarded nine film festivals including "Best Dramatic Film" and the short film "Message in the Fortune Cookie" was awarded by 12 film festivals including the "Best Audience Choice" award.

Mustofa earned a B.S. in Accounting and an M.S. in Computer Science from the City University NY (CUNY), where he also studied Visual Communication Media, Computer Graphics, Indie Film Making, Photography, Computer Animation, and Computer Music, and made numbers of short films. He is also skilled in Screenwriting, Songwriting, 3D Animation, Graphic Design, Sound Mixing, Special Effects Supervision, NLE Film Editing Supervision, Software Development, and Performance Engineering, Software Verification & Validation Architecting, Teaching & Training - Software Development & Verification areas.

"A Father's Diary" is one of his feature films which made him travel three continents - North America, South Asia, and Australia with the cast and crew; currently he is also working on five feature films like "Switching", "End of the Street", "Where the Heart Belongs", "Memory in Motion", and "360 Degree" and a couple of shorts as well.

Film director:

Golam Mustofa

Producer:

Banzai Multimedia

Screenplay:

Golam Mustofa, Jonathan Rabson, Yasar Shaikh, Lisa Habermann

Editing:

Aniruddha Pande

Film photographer:

Arsen Ourmouzov, Kishore Neel

Sound:

Chandra Bulucon

Music:

Christopher Rinaman

Art Director:

Yasar Shaikh, Hosne Rabbani Shaheen, Pretom Deep

Costume:

Yasar Shaikh, Afrin Islam

Cast 1:

Afroz Khan

Cast 2:

Christy Eveleigh

Cast 3:

Nidhi Dhara

Cast 4:

Brittany Clough

Cast 5:

Deepa Khandakar

Film synopsis:

Hassan and Mario - are neighbors. They have raised their daughters, Dina and Isabella together, supporting each other through tough times. When Hassan, faces the challenges of modern life, both inside and outside the home, his reactions propel a series of events that threatens everything he holds dear. When his daughter Dina becomes more than good friends, a life partner, with her best friend Isabella, hard decisions have to be made. 'A Father's Diary' chronicles one man's love of his family and tells how passion and fear can take over love, loyalty, and reason, and shows how the past can determine the very fabric of the future. A study of parenthood, partnership, and relationships, 'A Father's Diary' is a tough portrayal of a father who struggles to come to terms with his wife and daughter's choices and the impact it has on those closest to him. This feature is filmed in the USA, Canada, Australia, and Bangladesh. A film by the award-winning director, Golam Mustofa, produced by, Banzai Multimedia, in Canada.

Budget

Budget Range:

Between $100 000 and $1 Million

Actual Budget:

USD 200,000

Technical infos

Original Film Format:

Digital - other

Format Ratio:

1.9:1

Film Sound:

5.1

Video master available ?:

Yes

Video Type:

RED, Digital

Festival Selection, Awards...

Festival selection, awards or citation already received and other comments... :

Already selected in a Festival?:

Yes

Festival selections:

Awards (till September 2021)

Selected by the “Golden Earth Film Award” – September 2021
Selected by “Dhaka International Film Festival” –16 to 24 January 2022
Selected by “Accolade Global Film Competition.” – awards to be announced

Awards received:

<ol> <li> Awards (till September 2021)</li> </ol>   <ul> <li> Best Feature Film by the “Golden Earth Film Award” – September 2021</li> </ul>