4th edition of 'Documentor Imphal' concludes
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 07 2022:
The 4th edition of the 'Documentor Imphal' series jointly organized by Manipur State Film Development Society (MSFDS), and Documentary Resource Initiative (DRI) concluded today with a simple cash award distribution where a total of Rs 8 lakhs were handed over to eight documentary filmmakers.
'Beyond the Trials' a documentary film project on extreme sport as a expression of freedom by Khaba Maimon was conferred the Best Project bagging the highest cash prize award of Rs.2.5 lakhs, documentaries 'On the Crossroad' based on the issues confronting the State regarding the transition from the Bengali script to Meitei Mayek by James Khangenbam and 'Battlefield Imphal' were conferred 'The Promisingly Culturally Engaged Project' and 'Promisingly Socially engaged project' respectively with cash awards of Rs 1.5 lakhs each.
Five other documentary film projects � Andro Dreams by Meena Longjam, Anonymous Dance by Tushar Nongthombam, Eche Sharmila by Manoj Kshetrimayum, Bidyapati �The Lady Everest Summiter by Paonam Birjeet and We are the Water by Grace Rephung L were also conferred project development cash awards carrying Rs 50 thousand each.
The entrepreneurs who jointly supported the projects are Dr Thangjam Dhabali, MD of Babina Healthcare & Hospitality, Wahengbam Braja, an avid Art collector and the founder of Kid Foundation, Konica Khuraijam, an enterprising educationist and Radhesyam Oinam, the proprietor of Network Services.
It is worth mentioning that this is for the very first time in the history of documentary film finance in the country where local entrepreneurs who have no technical film background have come forward in support of the local documentary filmmakers, to help realize their dream documentary projects by committing Rs 8 lakhs to realize the documentary films developed during the 5-day incubation and mentorship programme called Documentor Imphal.
Four acclaimed documentary film mentors from India were behind the shaping of the documentary projects where eight documentary film projects and eight observers participated.