Sohel Rahman
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Editor
Sohel is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and producer based in Lisbon, Portugal. His films
have been screened internationally in various film festivals and universities around the world.
Sohel received the best feature documentary film award from the South Asian Film Festival of
Montreal, Canada in 2021, and from Tasveer South Asian film Festival, Seattle in 2021 for his film
The Ice Cream Sellers 75" (2021)
He also received the best film award from Lusofona University, Lisbon in 2015 for his film A
Passagem (2014). In the same year, he won the Special Jury Award at the Encontros International
Cinema DE Vienna Film Festival in Portugal.
Born in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Sohel's love of visual art, literature, and storytelling drew him to
filmmaking early in life. In 2014 Sohel received a European joint masters degree in documentary film
directing (Docnomads) from three prominent European Universities ( Lusofona University, Lisbon,
University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest, and Sint Lukas International University,
Brussels). He also studied English literature at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology,
Sylhet, Bangladesh. Sohel finished the first semester of his Ph.D. study in social and cultural
anthropology at NOVA University of Lisbon. He worked in the Cannes award-winning Portuguese
film A Fabrica DE Nada (2017) as an intern. His graduation film A Passagem (2014) screened in
many film festivals and universities including Doclisboa international film festival and Cinemateca
Portuguesa. He made a feature-length creative documentary film The Ice Cream Sellers (2021)
about the Rohingya genocide through the eyes of children. The Ice Cream Sellers (2021) has been
screened in many film festivals, especially in The USA, Germany, France, India, Nepal, Canada and
Colombia.
Sohel teaches film in different universities and institutes around the world as an invited
filmmaker. He is the director and chief organizer of Mostra DE Cinema Saul Asiatico, Lisbon,
Portugal.