[Assam] North East Film Festival at IIC: 7 & 8 February '09

[utpal borpujari]

For those in Delhi and interested in some nice cinema. - Utpal


India International Centre
and
Crafts Council of India
present
 
Uttar Poorva Utsav
A festival of feature and documentary films from the North Eastern states of India – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura celebrating the living arts and cultures of this region
 
On 7th and 8th February 2009 from 11:00 am onwards in the Centre's Auditorium
 
Screening Schedule
 




Date

Time

Films
 


7th February 

11:00 am – 12:45

Juye Poora Xoon (Assam) 
(105 min; 2003; English subtitles)
Director: Sanjib Sabhapandit
 
Winner of the National Film Awards 2003 for Best Film on Environment Conservation
 
Set around the real life events and experiences in Assam of the late 20th century. Prabha and Manab learn to cope with adversities by letting their inner self guide them
 


 

2:00 pm – 2:57 pm

And Silently the Drums Wait (Arunachal Pradesh/Nagaland) 
(57 min; mini DV; 2004; English & with subtitles)
Director: Moji Riba
 
The film is an attempt to understand how the Wanchoo and Ao Tribes in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland have responded to new environment where the idea of community has changed and pushed boundaries. It tries to chart the paradigm shift the community has had from clan and tribe affiliations to encompass wider religious and social ones
 


 

3:15 pm – 3:40 pm

Mr. Manipur (Manipur) 
( 25 min; dvd; 2008; English & with subtitles)
A film by Aribam Syam Sharma
 
Based on the real life story of Khundrakpam Pradipkumar who hits the gym after being diagnosed with AIDS. Amazingly, his health improves dramatically and Pradipkumar goes on to take up bodybuilding to win the title of 'Mr. Manipur'
 


8th February

11:00 am 1:00 pm

Sonam (The Fortunate One; Arunachal Pradesh)
(120 min; 2006; English subtitles)
Director: Ahsan Mazid
 
The first feature film from Arunachal Pradesh, the film is set among the Brokpa shepherds of the Monpa community who inhabit the high altitude areas of the state. In a community where Polyandry  is practised, the film tells the story of a man who accepts the lover of his wife as a co-husband
 


 

2:30 pm – 4:22 pm

Konikar Ramdhenu (Ride on the Rainbow; Assam)
(112 min; 2002; English subtitles)
A film by Jahnu Barua
 
Winner of the National Films Awards 2003 for Best Feature Film in Assamese
 
The story of a childhood gone awry. 11 year old boy Kukoi who works at a motor garage, accidentally kills his boss in self-defence. Sent to a State juvenile home, Kukoi is traumatised and goes into a shell. Fortunately for Kukoi the warden of the home is an understanding man
  


 

5:00 pm – 5:42 pm

Idus of Dibang (Arunachal Pradesh)
(42 min; dvd; 2002; English)
A film by Pramod & Neelima Mathur
 
The film depicts the rich biodiversity of the Dibang valley, primary habitat of the Idu Mishmi tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. It showcases the community and its lifestyle; and the amazing geological formations of their valley
 


 

6:00 pm – 6:20 pm

The Nagas (Nagaland; 20 min; dvd; English)
Director: Rongsenla Marsosang
 


 

6:30 pm – 8:05 pm

Yarwng (Roots; Tripura)
(95 min; 2008; English subtitles)
Director: Father Joseph Pulinthanath
 
Winner of the Special Jury Award at the 3rd Eye Asian Film Festival, Mumbai
 
The first feature film in Tripura's almost extinct tribal language Kokborok. The film tells a love story set against the backdrop of the displacement of about 60,000 tribal people during the construction of a dam in the mid 1970s
 
 
Entry for the screenings is open to all
 


-- 
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