Saba is a 2024 debut feature film directed by Maksud Hossain. It premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, showed at various other film festivals like the Busan International Film Festival and the Red Sea International Film Festival, and released in Bangladesh on September 26, 2025. It won third place at the Bengaluru International Film Festival.
Starting in 2021, Hossain took Saba<nowiki/>'s script to "various labs and markets" around the world, including India, France, and South Korea.
Screen Daily wrote: "A modest tale in the social realist tradition, the demands of Saba<nowiki/>'s plot never overpower the focus on the characters. Individuals here are flawed and vulnerable, capable of both kindness and cruelty."
Variety called it an "accomplished debut" with "wildly interesting characters and subject matter, and comes ever-so-close to being great, if only it would hold on to its drama a little longer."
Moveable Fest called the film "vibrant" and lauded its on-screen relationships.
Collider commended Hossain for tackling South Asian cinema through social realism, calling Saba a "remarkable debut."