April 12, 2025
AFS Cinema
Online May 2 - 4

A Lazy Noon
Bangladesh | Short
2025 | 15 mins | Bangla
23rd Dhaka International Film Festival - Best Short Film Fipresci Award
Nira, a highly educated 38-year-old woman who comes from an upper-middle-class family. Her husband is a senior executive at a corporate company, and she is a homemaker. She married with the intention of enjoying a modest and peaceful life. She was going about her regular activities. But, as time passes, she becomes increasingly aware of the emotional abuse she is subjected to. She made the decision to stand up and protect her dignity and self-worth.
About the Artist

Monon Muntaka is a Dhaka-based visual artist and cultural activist. Her work focuses on social concerns, culture, women, and gender, as well as its documentation. She is also passionate about films and video art. As a visual storyteller, she is continuously on the lookout for new stories and ways to communicate them visually. Her interactions with a diverse group of multi-talented people, including artists, curators, writers, filmmakers, educators, and researchers, had a significant impact on her life. She took part in several exhibitions, including the British Council's International Collaboration - Artists Make Space, the Goethe Institute Bangladesh's “KᗩᕼIᑕᕼᗩᒪ” show, and the "Dhaka OIC Youth Capital 2020-21." SheDecides 2021 Virtual Gallery, Dui - "Synchronised Encounter", "The Unheard Voices" on Violence Against Women, 2016, "VISIBILITY" at WILL FEST 2018, "Move 4 Women"; on International Women's Day 2019, "De | Real exhibition: A curatorial research project in response to the global pandemic, 2020," and "Texture & Mixture" solo exhibition in 2023. Her work has been shown at ArtIQulate in 2022 and 2023, LensCulture in 2020, "Inonica", "femlens", and "Al Jazeera" in 2021. She is an Adenauer Fellow. Winner of the "Breaking the Silence" short film grant competition in 2022, 12th Photoffee Photographer of the Year in 2022, and recipient of the Prince Claus Seed Awards in 2023.

Trailer
Credits
Director:
Monon Muntaka
Writer:
Monon Muntaka
Producer(s):
Rubaiyat Hossain
Film Editor:
Chaitali Samaddar
Runa Kanchon
Adnan
Shikha
Ananya Singh