01 / STORY
Concept & Screenplay
Develop the premise, dramatic structure, characters, locations and visual motifs before production begins.
FILM DIRECTOR / CHOWDHURY ASIF JAHANGIR ARKO
ARK Films / Selected work
Filmography & process.
A dedicated home for the film work—original credits preserved, with added context around process, visual language and collaboration.
05Directed Films
02Awards
04Core Roles
Director · Writer · Producer · Actor
Director · Writer · Producer · Actor
ARKFilms
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh
The director’s frame
Cinema is the lead discipline.
The work begins with direction: finding the emotional center of a scene, building a visual grammar around it, guiding performance, and carrying that intention through production and post. Architectural training adds control of space and composition; the final purpose remains cinematic storytelling.
Filmography
Stories built frame by frame.
A curated body of work spanning short films, feature-form storytelling and experimental narratives. The original portfolio filmography is retained here in full.
2022
KISTIMAAT
Feature · Short
Director · Writer · Producer · Actor
Director · Writer · Producer · Actor
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2021
LAST WISH
Short
Director · Writer · Producer
Director · Writer · Producer
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2019
The Dustbin Connection
Short
Director · Writer · Producer · Actor
Director · Writer · Producer · Actor
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2018
DUR-ALAPON
Short
Director · Writer · Producer · Actor
Director · Writer · Producer · Actor
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2018
PASSING ON...
Short · Student
Director · Writer · Producer
Director · Writer · Producer
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FilmFreeway / Professional record
The films, in full context.
FilmFreeway lists five directing, writing and producing credits, with acting credits on KISTIMAAT, The Dustbin Connection and DUR-ALAPON. The project records below add synopsis, cast, technical specifications, director statements and the FilmFreeway imagery available from the linked projects.
2022KISTIMAAT
কিস্তিমাৎ / Comedy · Drama / Feature, Short+
Two friends try their luck to win money through a gameshow, for which they are not good enough or well prepared at all.
Director statement: “Not winning is never a failure... Giving up is...”
Director / Writer / Producer: Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko. Key cast: Tapas Kumar Mridha (Noor), Rawchy Ritch (Babu), Risal Ahmed (Host), Iftekhar Bin Salam (Abbas), Shahnaz Masud (Receptionist / Assistant), Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko (Asif).
2021LAST WISH
শেষ ইচ্ছা / Drama · Suspense · Spiritual · Fiction · Fantasy+
A son trying to get back to life, after his sudden accident/death... to fulfill his mother's only dream.
Director statement: “Sometimes fate has to lose... against one's willpower & determination...”
Director / Writer / Producer: Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko. Key cast: Hafiza Khatun (Mother), Abbas Bari Audhip (Turjo), Tasnim Ferdous (Gatekeeper). Craft: Ferdous Uddin Ahmad — Director of Photography; Shams Mansoor Ghani — Music; Mahfuzul Haque Ashique — Editor; Rayhan Miazi Rabbi — Assistant Director; Refat Jahan & Nazm Anwr — Graphics.
FilmFreeway image archive
9 imported images / local optimized assets
2019The Dustbin Connection
Fiction · Drama · Fantasy / Short+
Two dustbins create an unusual bond between two people, when they needed the most & change their lives.
Director statement: “A FRIEND, IS ALL U NEED...”
Director / Writer / Producer: Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko. Acting: Shopkeeper 1. Key cast: Iftekhar Bin Salam (Iftekhar), Syed Arbin Ayaan (Arko), Sanjana Islam (Mother), Soumithra Biswas Apon (Shopkeeper 2). FilmFreeway’s profile records the film with Arko’s Best Young Filmmaker recognition at New York Film Awards 2019.
FilmFreeway image archive
9 imported images / local optimized assets
2018DUR-ALAPON
দূর-আলাপন / Drama · Fiction · Thriller · Fantasy · Suspense · Science Fiction+
Three close friends get a chance to correct their past regrets. One by one they try to succeed, but unknowingly they go too far and suffer the consequences.
Director statement: “be careful, what u wish for”
Director / Producer: Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko. Writers: Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko and Muidul Hassan Anik. Acting: Arko as Asif Rahman. Key cast: Risal Ahmed (Rono Chowdhury), Muhtashim Chowdhury (Anik Hassan), Aumee Hasan (Rono). The film won Best Fiction Short Film at Celebrating Life Film Awards 2018.
FilmFreeway image archive
9 imported images / local optimized assets
2018PASSING ON...
Short · Student+
Life of a football fan, waiting for his team to bring back the days of glory...
Director statement: “HOPE & LOVE NEVER DIES...”
Director / Writer / Producer: Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko. Key cast: Iftekhar Bin Salam (Father), Risal Ahmed (Dipu — senior), Alveena Chowdhury (Daughter), Zaydaan Ardashir Hossain (Dipu — junior).
Selected imagery
A visual archive in motion.
From idea to final cut
A complete directorial process.
The film work is approached as an integrated process, where writing, visual design, performance and post-production are shaped around one emotional intention.
02 / FRAME
Visual Direction
Translate story into composition, lenses, movement, light, production design and a coherent visual language.
03 / SET
Performance & Production
Direct actors and crew while protecting rhythm, atmosphere and the practical demands of the shoot.
04 / CUT
Edit & Finish
Refine timing, transitions, sound and image so the final film feels intentional from first frame to last.
Recognition
Films that found an audience.
DUR-ALAPON — Best Fiction Short Film, Celebrating Life Film Awards 2018.
The Dustbin Connection — Best Young Filmmaker, New York Film Awards 2019.
