Student Zakir Hossain has become the first filmmaker of Bangladeshi origin to be included on the British Film Catalogue for his debut feature The Auction. The 86 minute long feature has been made to raise awareness of forced marriages.

The film centres around young Runa Begum, a British Bangladeshi girl who goes with her father to Bangladesh on holiday. Her holiday turns into a nightmare when her father sells her to her uncle, who forces her into marriage to his son who is several years younger than Runa.

The young Luton based writer and director hopes to take his film around film-festivals and secure a screening in the near future.
More on the film here.