Stories & Press
A visual and editorial archive — festivals, awards, screenings, on-set photography, and media coverage from across Zayed Siddiki's filmmaking journey.

Directing on location — Raven

Camera blocking — interior set

Full crew on set — interior location

Monitoring playback

Framing the shot

Directing actors — bathroom set

Reviewing frame — night market

Film still on screen during a festival screening

Full house — festival audience

Post-screening panel with cast and crew

Q&A session after the screening

Audience reaction during the Q&A

A guest addresses the audience

Cast, crew and guests — group photo

Digital Rights Asia Pacific — talkback session, Chiang Mai 2023

Storytelling for Social Change workshop, Chiang Mai 2023

Certificate presentation — 10th International Film Festival of Shimla

Storytelling for Social Change workshop

Certificate presentation — 10th International Film Festival of Shimla

Red carpet — 10th IFFS Shimla, 2024

Award plaque presentation — IFFS Shimla

Cast and crew — group photo, IFFS Shimla

1st Dhaka International Film Festival, Better Society 2023

Panel discussion — Urban Migration in Bangladesh, 2025

Delegates and filmmakers — 21st Dhaka International Film Festival 2023

Speaking at West Meets East Screenplay Lab, Dhaka

Full house — 10th IFFS Shimla screening

Traditional scarf presentation — IFFS Shimla

Posing with the award — IFFS Shimla

On stage after the screening — cast and crew

In conversation — interview session

Q&A session at the festival screening

Panel discussion with the audience

Audience members ask questions

Audience Q&A session

A guest raises a question during Q&A

A viewer shares their thoughts

Closing remarks on stage

Digital Rights Asia Pacific — talkback session, Chiang Mai 2023

Digital Rights Asia Pacific — talkback session, Chiang Mai 2023

Panel: Digital Control — Shrinking Civic Space in Bangladesh

Panel: Digital Control — Shrinking Civic Space in Bangladesh

Storytelling for Social Change workshop

Group photo — 10th IFFS Shimla, 2024

Celebrating the award — IFFS Shimla

1st Dhaka International Film Festival, Better Society 2023

Panel discussion — Urban Migration in Bangladesh, 2025

Group photo — 21st Dhaka International Film Festival 2023

Group photo — 21st Dhaka International Film Festival 2023

Traditional scarf presentation — IFFS Shimla

On stage with fellow honorees — IFFS Shimla

Group photo on the red carpet — IFFS Shimla

On the red carpet — IFFS Shimla

On the red carpet — IFFS Shimla

In conversation on the red carpet — IFFS Shimla

A quiet moment during the screening

Arriving for the technical screening of Raven

Gathering ahead of the screening

Arriving for the technical screening of Raven

Technical Show poster on screen

Audience entering the auditorium

Audience at the technical screening

On stage after the screening

Audience reaction during the discussion

In conversation after the screening

Group photo after the screening

Celebrating with the director

Celebrating with the director

In discussion on stage

In discussion on stage

Director in conversation with a guest on stage

Posing with the award — IFFS Shimla

West Meets East Screenplay Lab — session

West Meets East Screenplay Lab — session

West Meets East Screenplay Lab — session

West Meets East Screenplay Lab — session

West Meets East Screenplay Lab — session

West Meets East Screenplay Lab — session

West Meets East Screenplay Lab — session

West Meets East Screenplay Lab — session

West Meets East Screenplay Lab — session

West Meets East Screenplay Lab — session

West Meets East Screenplay Lab — session

In conversation — interview session

Receiving award — 3 Minutes Film Festival, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka 2022

Award presentation — Peace Film Festival, Films4Peace Foundation

Certificate presentation — International Film Festival ceremony

Award plaque presentation — International Film Festival

DUFS Award — Dhaka University Film Society, 2015

Receiving trophy — Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy award ceremony

Boom operator captures dialogue — interior scene

Field production — costume and blocking rehearsal

Cast and crew on location — open field set

Prepping the creature costume on location

Lighting setup — interior bedroom scene

Crane rig setup — exterior location

Director in conversation on set

Monitoring a scene through the lens

Documentary crew filming in a crowded market

On the move — camera crew navigating a busy street

Crew consults the script on a city street

Director in conversation between takes

Lighting and camera setup — interior scene

Night shoot — market location

Blocking a bathroom scene

Framing a bedroom scene

Clapperboard — Raven (দাঁড়কাক) production slate

Full cast and crew — wrap photo

Director reviewing the monitor

Documentary crew filming on location
