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Haobam Paban Kumar's 'Nine Hills One Valley' selected for international film festivals
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, August 13 2022: Haobam Paban Kumar's second narrative bilingual feature in Tangkhul and Manipuri - Nine Hills One Valley' has been selected for many international film festivals abroad.

A press release by Film Society of Manipur (FSM) informed that the film is taking part in the ongoing 13th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2022 held from August 12 to 20 and the film was recommended by the renowned film scholar and curator Uma da Cunha.

The film depicts Anam Ahum, a Tangkhul from the hill who travels to Imphal city in the valley to meet his daughter before she leaves for New Delhi in search of a job.

During the course of the journey, Anam Ahum encounters different people and their stories, making the audience witness the brutishness of ethnic conflicts.

Nine Hills One Valley will have its Russian premiere in the 44th Moscow International Festival 2022 to be held from August 26 to September 2 .

After Moscow, Nine Hills One Valley will be screened at the 13th Annual Chicago South Asian Film Festival (CSAFF) 2022 which will take place from September 22 to 25, 2022 .

The next destination of Nine Hills One Valley will be at 15th International Film festival "East & West" which will take place in the Russian city Orenburg from October 14 to 19, 2022 .

Haobam Paban Kumar is the leading independent filmmaker and producer in North East India and is the first and only filmmaker from Manipur to have received the Golden Lotus in the National Film Awards in his AFSPA 1958 which bagged the best non feature in 2008.added the release.


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