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Roid

dir. Mejbaur Rahman Sumon
Bangladesh 2026, 109’
subtitles: Polish and English

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Polish premiere
Theatrical Screenings
Su 15 Nov, 15:00
Kinoteka 3
Kinoteka 3
Tu 17 Nov, 17:30
Kinoteka 1
Kinoteka 1
Film also presented during the festival showcase in Poznań (19–22.11)
Awards and festivals
World premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2026 Bangladesh's submission for the 99th Academy Awards (Best International Feature Film)
Credits
Bangladesh 2026
Duration: 109’
director: Mejbaur Rahman Sumon
screenplay: Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, Jaheen Faruque Amin, Siddiq Ahamed, Sukorno Shahed Dhiman
cinematography: Joaher Musavvir Jyoti
editing: Sazal Alok
music: Rasheed Sharif Shoaib
sound: Sajib Ranjan Biswas, Rajesh Saha, Rasheed Sharif Shoaib
cast: Mostafizur Noor Imran, Nazifa Tushi, Gazi Rakayet, Ahsabul Yamin Riad
producer: Mushfiqur Rahman, Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, Shimul Chandra Biswas, Tanveer Hossain, Tanvir Ahmed Shovon
executive producer: Apoorva Bakshi
production: Bongo, Facecard
language: Bengali
colouration: colour

Film description

Adam and Eve in Bangladesh. Unwilling to see Sadu remain single any longer, the Lord arranges a wedding celebrated by the entire community. Sadu’s happiness, however, is short-lived: neighbours soon start calling his new wife mad. She refuses to act as a wife should – she cannot cook, will not let her husband touch her, spends her time with a goat, and disappears for days on end, her return signaled only by a coconut falling from a nearby palm tree.

Director Mejbaur Rahman Sumon transports the audience to a realm where biblical myth meets everyday reality, and where humans live in symbiosis with nature – an Eden beyond time and human law. Roid is the story of a fiercely free, primal woman unbound by social conventions, who pays for her freedom with total social ostracism. Sadu’s wife embodies Eve – the first woman, created before social norms existed. Fertile as a coconut palm, wild as the monsoon, and living in rhythm with the laws of nature, Sumon delivers an allegorical, sensual film rich in symbolism. Lush cinematography carries the viewer straight into the Bangladeshi countryside – or perhaps into the Garden of Eden itself?

text:
Blanka K. Dżugaj

Mejbaur Rahman Sumon

A Bangladeshi director, screenwriter, and producer whose work weaves together social realism, local folklore, nature, and mythical elements. He made his feature debut with Hawa, Bangladesh’s official entry for the 2022 Academy Awards. His second feature, Roid (2026), premiered in the main competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Filmography:

2022 Hawa 

2026 Skwar / Roid 

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