Mostafa.

Writer · Director · Producer

Golam Mostafa

Bangladeshi-Australian filmmaker based in Sydney.
Currently directing JOYA, a feature film funded by the Government of Bangladesh.

Selected Films

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Now in Production

JOYA

A feature film funded by the Government of Bangladesh. Golam Mostafa — Writer, Director & Producer. In production since 2024.

Golam Mostafa

Golam Mostafa

With over a decade of training and production across two continents, Golam brings a unique perspective to every project — shaped by his education at AFTRS and the University of Sydney, his teaching at the University of Dhaka, and twenty-one years in IT before turning to film.

He has written and directed twelve films — shorts, documentaries and a tele-film — produced across Sydney, Bathurst, Salt Lake City and Dhaka, working with everything from the Arriflex 16SR3 to DSLR. He has also worked on twenty-five further productions as camera operator, DOP, first AD, editor and actor.

12+ Films directed
25 Productions crewed
4 Institutions taught

Other Credits

As Crew

  • Watsons BayDOP & Sound · Charles Sturt University
  • I Think I Love YouCamera Assistant · North Sydney TAFE
  • Plane Crush SurvivorCamera Operator · North Sydney TAFE
  • The AppointmentContinuity · North Sydney TAFE
  • A Theatre ShowCamera Operator & Editor · Charles Sturt University

As Actor

  • DokkhinayonTV Serial · Bangladesh Television
  • RecurrenceExperimental · University of Utah
  • Returning KamalShort Film · Independent
  • Lonely ScarfShort Film · Charles Sturt University
  • Life Goes OnShort Film · The University of Sydney

Passing It On

University of Dhaka

Guest lecturer and workshop facilitator, Department of Television, Film & Photography.

Bangladesh Cinema & Television Institute

Guest lecturer since BCTI first offered its film & television production course — teaching Production Management and facilitating the Film Editing workshop.

Centre for Developing Management Excellence

Course director, CDME Bangladesh.

Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur

Facilitated the television journalism workshop.

Education & Training

2026
MA Screen: Business — AFTRS, Sydney
2014
Master of Film & Digital Image — The University of Sydney
2013
Bachelor in TV Production — Charles Sturt University (incl. University of Utah exchange)
2009
Diploma in Screen — North Sydney TAFE (Cert IV 2008, Cert II 2007)

Get in Touch

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