2 State film-makers to attend Intl film festival
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 08 2019:
The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2019 which will commence from October 10 to 17 will feature 16 documentaries from North East India under a special section - "Rustle of Spring, Whiff of Gunpower: Documentaries from Northeast India".
The programme has been set by the festival authority in collaboration with the Sasakawa Peace Foundation as a part of their ongoing initiative entitled "Preserving and Sharing the Histories and Memories of North East India".
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation has invited legendary film maker Aribam Syam Sharma and young dynamic film maker Haobam Paban Kumar from Manipur to attend the festival.
Five films from Manipur which will be screened in the festival are:Aribam Syam Sharma's Orchids of Manipur, Yelhou Jagoi:The Dances of Lai Haraoba, The Monpas of Arunachal Pradesh; Haobam Paban Kumar's Phum-Shang and Oinam Doren's Songs of Mashangva.
A symposium on 'Documentaries from Northeast India / When Margins Becomes the Centre' will also be held during the festival, besides opening a North East India Audio-Visual Archive under the Department of Mass Communication, St Anthony's College Shillong.