Proxima Grand Prix
Emma and Hasan don’t know each other, but they share a secret—they both steal sand. Emma uses it for kitty litter, Hasan for homemade glass. When a severed finger is found, their lives unravel, revealing that the human psyche can shatter just as easily as glass.
Mahde Hasan is a Bangladeshi screenwriter and director. His films I Am Time and Death of a Reader were showcased at the 69th and 71st Locarno International Film Festivals, respectively. He won the "movieofmylife" digital competition at the 70th Locarno Festival with Where is the Friend's Home. In 2018, he received the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) development grant for his debut feature Sand City, which later secured a production grant from Visions Sud Est and show cased in Cannes Film Festival's La Fabrique. His recent short, A Boring Film, was selected for Locarno's Pardi di Domani section in 2020. His debut feature Sand City premiered in the Proxima Competition at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 7 July 2025 and won the PROXIMA Grand Prix.
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