Selling trinkets on the beach, 7-year-old Nasima’s attention is caught by something: surfing has come to Bangladesh. She will become the first female surfer in Bangladesh, a place where women don’t even swim in public. Now 21, she shoulders impossible pressure. Will Nasima be able to withstand the forces against her and open new doors for the next generation?

NASMIA is a story of legacy; how a young girl’s dream shook a community, and how her resilience paved the way for girls after her to fight for their dreams. In a nation where tradition deems women indecent for swimming in public, Nasima swam against the current. As she paddled out to ‘where the waves bloom’, despite all obstacles, a seed was planted in the community…
What blossomed, was HOPE. As young girls watched from the shoreline, they witnessed a girl pursuing her dreams, against all odds.