Md Nadim Iqbal

What I said to Somporko magazine, here in Toronto back in 2019:

Filmmaking is merely not a hobby for Nadim, rather it is much more than that as the filmmaker-photographer terms it as a ‘ breakout’ from all miseries and dullness modern life has to offer. “Whenever I get the chance or I feel lost, or lonely, all I have to do is to take my camera in hand and see the world through the lens, and I feel refreshed again. One can say that I am an individual who loves to express stories through captured moments."

Nadim is a passionate filmmaker and photographer from Toronto, Canada. Mother Tongue is his first documentary film, through which he has thought-provokingly conveyed the message about the importance of the mother language to the next generation. To date, the film has been a winner at seven film festivals from seven cities around the world, which includes Hollywood, Denver, Kolkata, Berlin, etc. 

His 2nd film is Bidyabhuban. It was shot in 2017 in a remote village in Kachiyakanda, Netrokona, Bangladesh.

"I couldn’t help visiting the village when I heard about a man named SK Almamun who runs an amazing school ‘Bidyabhuban’ there from a friend of mine. I rushed to the village for one day but ended up staying there for seven days, which finally helped me making the film."