TAREQ AHMED

Director , Dhaka DocLab , Bangladesh


Tareq Ahmed is the Director of Dhaka DocLab. Besides Dhaka DocLab he is the Artistic Director of Liberation DocFest, the premier documentary festival in Bangladesh.

He has extensive knowledge of producing audiovisual programs for local and international development agencies for around two decades. He was the Director of International short & independent film festival, Bangladesh, the oldest festival in this category in South Asia. He also led a media and communication organization, which particularly worked for grassroots media and media professionals.

He also attended workshops and trainings on cinema and the medium at home and abroad and authored a number of books on cinema and the medium.

Institute/ Organization Profile
Dhaka DocLab is a platform for pitching and mentoring of documentary filmmakers. It organizes an annual pitching event for South Asian documentary filmmakers. Besides, Dhaka DocLab engages itself through organizing workshops, masterclasses and seminars for documentary filmmakers of Bangladesh.

Website:https://www.dhakadoclab.org/