2nd edition of NEIFF to bring together filmmakers of NE States
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR

Imphal, December 16 2024: The 2nd edition of North East India Film Festival (NEIFF) 2025 will be held at Tantha Polis Cinema, Lamphel from February 12 to 16,2025.The festival will be organised by THOUNA, Manipur in association with Film Forum Manipur and Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), Government of Manipur under the sponsorship of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India and National Film Development Corporation.

The event aims to bring together filmmakers and producers from the eight North Eastern States namely Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura to celebrate and showcase their cinematic brilliance.

Addressing a press conference today at the auditorium of DIPR, Y Nilachandra Singh, chairman of the Organizing Committee for 2nd NEIFF 2025, emphasized the growth and expanded scope of the festival.

He pointed out that while the 1st NEIFF 2024, held from March 3 to 7, 2024, featured only Feature Films, the upcoming edition will include both Feature Films and NonFeature Films in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

He also announced that a minimum of 25 films are expected to be screened during the festival, providing audiences with a richer and more diverse cinematic experience.

He explained that Feature Films will have a duration of 72-180 minutes, while NonFeature Films will have a duration of 30 minutes or below.

"All films must be certified by CBFC during the period from January 1 to December 31, 2024.Additionally,,excep-tional films beyond the planned 25, including those without censor board certification, will be screened under the non-competition section", he added.

He also shared that the event will have 8 award categories along with special mentioned award, all of which will be selected by an esteemed jury.

"The award categories are Best Feature Film, Best Director of Feature Film, Best Screenplay of Feature Film, Best Cinematography of Feature Film, Best Editing of Feature Film, Best Sound of Feature Film, The Hon'ble Jury Award of Feature Film and Best Non-Feature Film", he added.

Furthermore, Y Nilachandra announced that film entries are now open, with the last date for online applications and film submissions set for January 15, 2025 .

"The tentative date for the announcement of selected films is January 31, 2025 .

The inaugural function will be held at the Manipur Dance.

Academy, while film screenings will commence from the second day of the festival", he concluded.

L Surjakanta Sharma, festival director, 2nd NEIFF, 2025; T Ramesh Singh, Joint Director, DIPR and co-convenor, Organising Committee of 2nd NEIFF, 2025, and Shijagurumayum Aken Sharma, media in-charge, 2nd NEIFF, 2025 were also present at the press conference.

Interested persons may visit the official website "https://neiffrnan.org", for more details and enquiries regarding the film festival.

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