Bloody Phanek to be screened at Ethnografilm Paris Film Festival
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 11 2019:
Bloody Phanek, a documentary film directed and produced by Sonia Nepram will be screened at the Ethnografilm Paris Film Festival, which will be held in France next week.
Sonia will be attending the screening at the festival scheduled from April 16 till 20 at the Cin� 13 Th��tre, 1 Avenue Junot in Paris.
93 films are expected to be screened at the festival co-sponsored by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), said a statement of Yelhoumee Pictures.
The Ethnografilm festival is focused on celebrating the art and science of nonfiction filmmaking and promoting video ethnography by serving as a showcase for work and forum for dialogue between independent and academic documentary filmmakers.
Sonia Nepram's film Bloody Phanek, which is based on the exclusive attire worn by Manipuri women, blends the personal and the political, it said adding that it starts from a personal impression that began from the earliest memories of the filmmaker's life.
The film is a narrative about how women use phanek as a medium of protest, while it explores the concept of impurity embedded with a phanek and how this attire challenges masculinity from cultural and traditional perspectives.
The film is supported by DMZ Doc South Korea.
It was also premiered at the 9th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival that was held at Gyeonggi-do in South Korea in 2017, added the statement.
Since then it has been screened in various film festivals held in India and abroad.
The cinematographer and editor of the film is Sandeep Soubam of Sagolband Nepra Menjor Mamang Leikai.
Sonia Nepram is the daughter of Sorojini Konjengbam and Late Biren Nepram from Uripok Haobam Dewan Leikai.
She is also an alumnus of AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.