TITLE OF THE FILMA Dream Called Khushi (Happiness)
DIRECTED BYRishabh Raj Jain
LANGUAGEEnglish, Rohingya (English subtitles)
YEAR2024
COUNTRYBangladesh
DURATION35 minutes
SPECIAL NOTEKolkata Premiere

PRINCIPAL CREW & CAST

NARRATOR, PRODUCERRishabh Raj Jain
CINEMATOGRAPHYRishabh Raj Jain, Shafiqur Rahman, Salina Akter, Tanveer Abed
EDITINGRishabh Raj Jain, Swabha Pal, Siddharth S. Prabhu
LOCATION SOUNDRishabh Raj Jain
SOUND DESIGN & MUSIC
Haina Zhou
MUSICBenjamin Westphalen
COLOUR GRADINGJanak Panchal, Aakarsh Bhatnagar
PRINCIPAL CASTRahima Akter, Minara Begum, Monzur Qader

ABOUT THE FILM

A Rohingya girl fights for her right to education in the world’s largest refugee camp. Dreaming of a life in Canada, where she can study, will she be the one in a million to break free?

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Rishabh Raj Jain is a new filmmaker and alumnus of New York University’s News and Documentary graduate program. He previously worked as an award-winning video-journalist for the Associated Press, covering the South Asian subcontinent from 2015 to 2022. His debut short documentary won the 2024 Student Oscar and the 2025 Student Emmy.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

This film is a sort of culmination of seven intense years in video journalism in a part of the world, and about a community, very close to my heart. Departing from journalistic neutrality into emotive cinema for the first time, I put my heart and soul in this one.