Rezwan Shahriar Sumit

Rezwan Shahriar Sumit, an NYU Tisch School of the Arts alumnus, is a Bangladeshi producer specializing in the intersection of entertainment and social impact. His debut feature film, The Salt in (...) Our Waters, world premiered at the BFI London Film Festival. This film brought the struggles of Bangladesh's climate change frontliners to the global stage at UN COP26 and COY16. It garnered significant backing from industry figures like Spike Lee and organizations such as CNC Aide aux cinémas du monde, Torino Film Lab, ultimately sweeping seven National Film Awards. Building on this success, Sumit is currently completing Tide is Rising, a feature documentary set within the same coastal wetlands. In development is the science-fiction project A New Prophet, which received production funds from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and mentorship from Film Independent's Global Media Makers program. Beyond filmmaking, Sumit serves as a Consultant for the World Bank, where he led the creation of the PostPro Talent Lab, a program designed to enhance the technical skills of film professionals in Bangladesh. Recently, he was elected to the Film/TV Steering Committee of UN Climate Change's Entertainment and Culture for Climate Action (ECCA) alliance.