Winner
Bangladesh National Film Award
Best Director (2023)
শিমু - মেইড ইন বাংলাদেশ (Shimu)
Directed by Rubaiyat Hossain (রুবাইয়াত হোসেন)

The women behind the label
Shimu, 23, works in a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faced with difficult conditions at work, she decides to start a union with her co-workers. Despite threats from the management and disapproval of her husband, Shimu is determined to go on. Together the women must fight and find a way to register their union.
Best Director (2023)
The second woman ever to win the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director
Reekita Nondine ShimuShimu
Novera RahmanDaliya
Shahana GoswamiNasima
Mostafa MonwarSohel
Shatabdi WadudReza