For many years,
Tareque and Catherine Masud had dreamed of making a feature film based on Tareque’s childhood experience in a madrasa (Islamic seminary) during the late 1960’s in the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
MATIR MOINA (The Clay Bird)
98 minutes, 35mm color, 2002
Directed by Tareque Masud
Produced by Catherine Masud
Screenplay: Tareque & Catherine Masud
An Audiovision/MK2 production
Achievements of Matir Moina
2002 Cannes Film Festival, FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize for Best Film
2002 Edinburgh International Film Festival
2002 Montreal International Film Festival
2002 Marrakech Film Festival (Morocco), Best Screen Play Award
2002 Cairo International Film Festival
2003 Palm Springs International Film Festival
2003 New Directors/New Films Festival
2003 Karafilm Festival, Best Film
Publish Post
DVD RELEASED in Bangladesh
UK Television Broadcast
NORTH AMERICAN RELEASE
Interview of Tareque Masud
Excerpts from interview taken in Paris in January, 2002