The North-East Film Festival to be held in Delhi

Films in Nagamese, Khasi, Assamese, Manipuri and Monpa will be screened over three days at the Siri Fort auditorium in New Delhi

Films in Nagamese, Khasi, Assamese, Manipuri and Monpa will be screened over three days, starting 22 August, at the North-East Film Festival at one of the country’s best film festival venues, the Siri Fort auditorium in New Delhi. The variety in dialect, theme, history and ethos that this anthology, put together by critic and curator Utpal Borpujari, celebrates makes it the first of its kind. 

The directorate of film festivals, Union information and broadcasting ministry, is organizing the event, which will also feature a performance by Angarag Mahanta or Papon, an Assamese poster boy and Bollywood playback singer. The festival will open with the Mizo love story Khawnglung Run, written and directed by Mapuia Chawngthu. Other films include Ri, a Khasi film by Pradip Kurbah, a story about insurgency and reconciliation in Meghalaya; Ajeyo, the new feature film by acclaimed Assamese director Jahnu Barua, set in 1946 against the backdrop of the freedom struggle; and Phijigee Mani, a Manipuri film about a mother-son relationship. Most of these films have not found national platforms besides a few film festivals. Borpujari says, “There will also be a North-East food court, handicraft exhibition of all states (organized by the Union ministry of culture) and an exhibition of work by North-East artistes by Lalit Kala Akademi, all at the Siri Fort auditorium complex.” The North-East Film Festival will be held from 22-24 August, 11am onwards, at Siri Fort auditorium, New Delhi. Click here for the schedule and other information.


















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