Sand City

An unexpected and slightly confounding film but also, thanks to Mathieu Giombini’s vibrant photography, a strikingly beautiful one.

Hasan’s ruminative, heart-stilling debut reminds us that we all return to dust, sometimes while we’re still living.

...the intrepidly crafted, off-the-beaten-path film is an exciting, artistically audacious addition to the new wave Bangladeshi cinema. The most obvious bit of its ingenuity lies in the visual flair with which it frames Dhaka.

Mountains of crushed glass and sand are constant attractions, and the film is adroit at exploiting scalar differences in its under-construction landscapes.