Talent Guide
Elizabeth Costa
- Discipline:Director, Producer
- Program Year:Documentary Lab 2020
Bio
Elizabeth D. Costa is rapidly emerging as one of Bangladesh’s most exciting young directors. As a
Bangladeshi born and raised one of the few Christian minority she has over 10 years of experience. Her
first feature doc Bangla Surf Girls was selected for the Chicken & Egg 2017 Accelerator Lab and
successfully pitched in the Deal Makers forum at Hot Docs 2017. Elizabeth was also selected to IDFA
academy in 2017. She began her career as a script supervisor with the acclaimed Bangladeshi
filmmakers Tareque and Catherine Masud. She has directed/produced television shows and worked in
several short films for a range of media outlets including BBC Media Action, NOS News, ViceNews UK,
Bloomberg TV, and also worked as line producer for Academy awarded, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s doc
A Journey of Thousand Miles. From 2016 to 2017, Elizabeth worked as communications advisor for
UNDP Bangladesh. Elizabeth has MA in Filmmaking.
Bangladeshi born and raised one of the few Christian minority she has over 10 years of experience. Her
first feature doc Bangla Surf Girls was selected for the Chicken & Egg 2017 Accelerator Lab and
successfully pitched in the Deal Makers forum at Hot Docs 2017. Elizabeth was also selected to IDFA
academy in 2017. She began her career as a script supervisor with the acclaimed Bangladeshi
filmmakers Tareque and Catherine Masud. She has directed/produced television shows and worked in
several short films for a range of media outlets including BBC Media Action, NOS News, ViceNews UK,
Bloomberg TV, and also worked as line producer for Academy awarded, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s doc
A Journey of Thousand Miles. From 2016 to 2017, Elizabeth worked as communications advisor for
UNDP Bangladesh. Elizabeth has MA in Filmmaking.
Current Project
Bangla Surf GirlsLogline
Bangla Surf Girls is an observational coming-of-age documentary about three teenage girls who get a rare sense of agency over their lives when they join the surging club. For three years, we follow Suma, Ayesha and Shobe as they attempt to hold on to the feeling of freedom as they fight insurmountable odds to follow their dreams.