Another feather in the hat for “Ironeaters”

A scene from Ironeaters

Berlin-based Bangladeshi filmmaker Shaheen Dill-Riaz's feature-length documentary film Ironeaters (Lohakhor) -- a joint collaboration of Bangladeshi and German teams -- has received the best documentary film award at the FILM SOUTHASIA '07 festival held in Kathmandu, organised by the Himal Association, says a press release.
The festival was held from October 11 to 14. Forty-eight documentaries were screened at the festival.
Ironeaters zooms in on the living and working conditions of the workers at the ship-breaking yards in Shitakunda, Chittagong. The film is written and directed by Shaheen Dill-Riaz. Dill-Riaz is also the cinematographer of the film. The talented filmmaker is an active member of Bangladesh Documentary council.
Ironeaters also received the prestigious 'One-World Award NRW 2007' in Cologne, Germany recently.