FILM TITLE

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11th May 2023 | 07:00 PM
Stein Auditorium

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Image-Description
Country
India
Genre

Drama

Language
Meiteilon
Duration
88 mins
Director

Mayanglambam Romi Meitei

Festival And Awards

FIPRESCI Award for the Best International Film at IFFK 2022; NETPAC Jury Award at IFFK 2022; Best Feature Film, Best Art Director, Best Child Artiste, Best Sound design, Best Editing at MSFA 2022; Best Director Award at SFW Assam 2023; MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2022; 45 Moscow International Film Festival 2023; Indie Meme Film Festival Austin, Texas

Synopsis

Belonging to an isolated fishing community in Loktak lake, Chaoren makes the best use of his exclusive existence by excelling in school. When the canoe he uses every day to attend school has to be sold off because of his father’s illness, his spirit is not dampened.  He beats the long distance from his shanty floating hut to school by swimming his way through. But when the Government issues an eviction notice demanding Chaoren’s family to leave their home, his dreams are left with an angst of a displaced person.