Tareq Ahmed (Bangladesh)
Director
Dhaka DocLab

Tareq is the Director of Dhaka DocLab, the Asian Forum of Documentary filmmakers in Bangladesh.

Throughout his 25 year long career, he has been involved in producing & directing television programs & documentaries for local & international development agencies. Tareq recently joined Mumbai International Film Festival(MIFF) as a jury. He regularly attends global documentary forums like: Cannes Docs (France), AIDC (Australia), DMZ Docs (S. Korea), GZDocs(China), DocEdge NZ (New Zealand) & Docedge Kolkatta (India) as a decision maker. Tareq has also authored a number of books on cinema and the medium.


Company Bio

Dhaka DocLab is the pioneer project market for documentary filmmakers in Bangladesh. It organizes an annual event of pitching cum mentoring for Asian documentary filmmakers. Besides this annual international event, since its inception in 2017 the organization is engaged with Bangladeshi non fiction filmmakers through organizing screenings, masterclasses and workshops.