15 declared winners at ZEE5 Global OTT Content Fest, 3 from BD

ZEE5 Global, the largest OTT platform for South Asian Content, recently  announced the winners and winning entries of the recently concluded 2021 Global Content Festival. 15 winners across multiple continents have their films showcased on ZEE5 globally from 25th February. The contents are free to watch for viewers across the globe.

Launched in November 2020, the first ever Global OTT Content Festival saw entries pouring in from filmmakers and creators from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, UK, USA, Australia, Singapore, Dubai, and The Netherlands. Filmmakers experimented with genres ranging from drama and mystery to lifestyle and across formats from documentaries to short films and music videos, presenting their diversity and creativity. The festival received entries in a motley of languages including Hindi, English, Marathi, Bangla, Tamil and Malayalam.

Singapore-based independent filmmaker Shilpa K Shukla has emerged the Global Content Festival Winner with 3 entries in the Drama films category (Kathaah@8, Tashi and Dots). 

Kathaah@8 is the world's first anthology in 8 languages, written, produced and directed by a single filmmaker. Tashi is a bilingual English-Hindi film shot in Singapore, which tells a heartwarming story about family and relationships. DOTS is a film made during the lockdown about ten emotionally isolated people connecting over an imaginary app called ‘DOTS’.

While previously many of Shilpa’s short films have won international awards, this is the first time that her content will be available to watch on a streaming platform for a global audience.

From Bangladesh, the winners include Shobdojot, a rock music video, by musician Kazi Riad Omar, popularly known as Rock-A-Baula, who has played almost all instruments in the song. 
Dear Trotsky is a heart-warming short film by Thanvir Chowdhury about an impoverished boy who dreams of owning an expensive dog. 

LEVEL FIVE - 60's LOVE - another Bengali music video by Irfan Rahman that made it to the winner list. It encompasses the story of three couples going through similar situations and consequences in their lives. 

Archana Anand, Chief Business Officer, ZEE5 Global, said, “The idea behind launching the Global Content Festival was to give independent filmmakers and content creators a platform through which they could showcase their content and find audiences across the globe, especially during a difficult year. And we’ve been overwhelmed by the response we’ve got, with entries just pouring in from across continents. It’s been quite a task to pick out 15 gems from among so many fabulous entries. Congratulations to all the winners of the 2021 ZEE5 Global Content Festival, and we’re extremely happy to bring our viewers all these fabulous new stories streaming free on ZEE5 from February 25.”

All the winning and shortlisted entries will be streaming on ZEE5 in 190+ markets across the globe, The list of winning entries below.