Phaim Bhuiyan

Mohammad Phaim Bhuiyan (Bengali: ফাহিম ভূঁইয়া, pronounced [pɦa;im bʱu' ijɳ]; born 31 October 1995) is an Italian actor, producer, director, and filmmaker.

Phaim Bhuiyan
Phaim Bhuiyan(left) and Vanessa Picciarelli(right) during the presentation of Bangla
Born	(1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 (age 29) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian Bangladeshi
Education	Istituto Europeo di Design
Occupations	Director Actor Producer

Early life

Bhuiyan was born in Rome, a second-generation boy originally from Bangladesh, grew up in the Torpignattara district.^[1] He attended IPS Virginia Woolf where he studied advertising graphics but discovered his true passion for filmmaking.^[2] After high school, he gets a scholarship at the Istituto Europeo di Design^[3] and begin to study there.

Career

Bhuiyan is known as director, producer, screenwriter and lead actor of the film Bangla, produced by Fandango which was released in theaters in May 2019. The film was awarded the Italian Golden Globe Awards^[4] as best first work with the Nastro d'argento for the best comedy of the 2019.^[5] The same year he participated in the episodes of the program "Viva RaiPlay!" hosted by Rosario Fiorello.^[6]

On 8 May 2020 he won the David di Donatello award as best new upcoming director.^[7] Same month he directs a music-video call "Miami a Fregene" of the singer-songwriter Avincola.^[8]

In 2021 he was included on Forbes 30 Under 30-Europe 2021: Entertainment ranking.^[9][10] Later on he became one of the judges for Forbes 30 under 30-Europe 2023: Entertainment.^[11]

On 13 April 2022, Bangla - La serie was released, directed by Phaim Bhuiyan and Emanuele Scaringi on RaiPlay, consisting of 8 episodes, a sequel to his 2019 film Bangla.^[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes & Ref.
2016	Spazio alle storie	Assistant Director	Short film[13]
2018	La profezia dell'armadillo	Assistant Director	[14]
2019	Bangla	Director, Writer and Protagonist	[15]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes & Ref.
2017	Yoroi	Director	1 episode, 2017[16]
	Io e il marziano	Assistant Director	Television Series[17]
2019	Riders-La serie	Cast member	1 episode, 2019[18]
	Bangla Kitchen	Director, Writer and Cast member	4 episodes, 2019[19]
2020	Nuove Strade	Self	1 episode, 2020[20]
2022	Bangla - La serie	Director, Writer and Protagonist	8 episodes, 2022[21]

Song

Year	Title	Role	Notes & Ref.
2020	Miami a Fregene by Avincola	Director	Music Video[22]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2019	Hamburg International Film Festival	Best Production	Bangla	Nominated	[23]
	Nastro d'argento	Best Comedy	Bangla	Won	[24]
	International Film Festival Rotterdam	Big Screen Award	Bangla	Nominated	[25]
	Globo d'oro	Best First Feature	Bangla	Won	[26]
2020	Festival del Cinema Europeo	Mario Verdone Award	Bangla	Won	[27]
	David di Donatello	Best Debut Director	Bangla	Won	[28]
		Best Original Screenplay	Bangla	Nominated	[29]
2022	Premi Flaiano	Best Male Performance in the Youth Section	Bangla - La serie	Won	[30]
	Terni Film Festival	Miglior serie televisiva	Bangla - La serie	Won	[31]
	Nastro d'argento	Miglior Serie Commedia	Bangla - La serie	Won	[32]
	Giffoni Film Festival	Explosive Talent Award	Bangla	Won	[33]

See also

• Italian film directors
• Bangladeshi-Italian

References

1. "Phaim Bhuiyan: "Sono il Moretti della periferia ma sempre in stile Bangla"". la Repubblica. 1 April 2022.
2. Stefania Ulivi (5 October 2019). "La storia di Phaim Bhuiyan, romano di Torpignattara". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
3. "Phaim Bhuiyan - CinemaItaliano.info". www.cinemaitaliano.info.
4. "Stampa Estera – Premiati". Stampa Estera (in Italian). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
5. MYmovies.it. "Nastri d'Argento 2019, Bangla è la migliore commedia dell'anno". MYmovies.it. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
6. "Fiorello: "VivaRaiPlay? Sigarette e vino per convincere Venditti e De Gregori"". Corriere della Sera. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
7. "Accademia del Cinema Italiano – Premi David di Donatello". Retrieved 9 May 2020.
8. "AVINCOLA: "Miami a Fregene", il video diretto da Phaim Bhuiyan miglior regista esordiente ai David di Donatello 2020". 25 May 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
9. "Mohammed Phaim Bhuiyan". Forbes. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
10. "Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2021: Entertainment". Forbes.
11. "Forbes 30 Under 30 2023: Entertainment". Forbes.
12. "Bangla – La serie". RaiPlay.
13. "Spazio alle storie (2016) – IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
14. "The Prophecy of the Armadillo (2018) – IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
15. "Bangla (2019) – IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
16. "Yoroi (TV Series 2017) – IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
17. "Io e il marziano (TV Series 2017) – IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
18. "Riders – La Serie (TV Series 2019– ) – IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
19. "Bangla Kitchen (TV Series 2019– ) – IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
20. "Nuove strade (TV Mini Series 2020) – IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
21. "Bangla – La serie (TV Series 2022– ) – IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
22. https://www.rai.it/programmi/sanremo/sanremo-2021-nuove-proposte-avincola-552394e8-27d5-4318-898c-5ea293c0f341.html
23. "Hamburg International Film Festival – festivals". Filmitalia.
24. "Nastri d'Argento 2019: «Bangla» di Phaim Bhuiyan è la commedia dell'anno". Corriere della Sera. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
25. "Bangla | IFFR". iffr.com.
26. "Globo d'Oro 2019, ecco i vincitori: trionfa Borghi e Bosso emoziona". RomaToday.
27. "Mario Verdone Award".
28. "Bellocchio and his Traitor triumph at the David di Donatello awards. Best newcomer the 24-year-old Bhuiyan". www.finestresullarte.info.
29. "David di Donatello 2020, le nomination". GQ Italia. 18 February 2020.
30. "Premio Flaiano 2022, i vincitori del Pegaso d'oro". 5 July 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
31. "Terni Film Festival: ecco tutti i vincitori". umbria7.it. 22 November 2022.
32. "NASTRI d'ARGENTO GRANDI SERIE – I VINCITORI". www.nastridargento.it. 31 May 2022.
33. "Phaim Bhuiyan: his big dream, from suburban streets to David di Donatello". www.giffonifilmfestival.it.

External links

• Phaim Bhuiyan at IMDb