17th BIFFes 2026
Jan 29th - 06th Feb 2026
"Woman: Shared Sensibilities, A Collective Voice for Equality"
LOST LAND
HARA WATAN
In the hope of reuniting with their scattered family, Shafi (4) and his sister Somira (9) leaves Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh and heads on a perilous journey to reach Malaysia.
ಕುಟುಂಬದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಒಂದಾಗುವ ಆಶಯದಲ್ಲಿ, ನಾಲ್ಕು ವರ್ಷದ ಶಫಿ ಮತ್ತು ಅವನ ಒಂಬತ್ತು ವರ್ಷದ ಅಕ್ಕ ಸೋಮಿರಾ ಬಾಂಗ್ಲಾದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ರೋಹಿಂಗ್ಯಾ ಶರಣಾರ್ಥಿ ಶಿಬಿರವನ್ನು ತೊರೆದು, ಮಲೇಶಿಯಾದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಜೀವಪಣದ ಅಪಾಯಕಾರಿ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊರಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.
Producer(s) or Production Company:
Kazutaka Watanabe
Screenplay:
Akio Fujimoto
Director of Photography:
Yoshio Kitagawa
Editor :
Akio Fujimoto
Music :
Ernst Reijseger
Akio Fujimoto (b. 1988 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for socially engaged cinema. He studied psychology, sociology, and filmmaking before debuting with PASSAGE OF LIFE (2017), winning awards at the Tokyo IFF. His later films ALONG THE SEA (2020) and LOST LAND (2025) premiered at major festivals like San Sebastián and Venice, where the latter earned the Orizzonti Special Jury Prize and a best-director nomination.