10th MANIFA film festival on May 15
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 12 2022:
After a break of two years due to Covid-19 pandemic, Film Forum Manipur and Thouna Manipur, Kakching will organise the 10th MANIFA Film Festival-2022 on May 15.Speaking to media persons at Film Forum Manipur office located at Lamphelpat on Tuesday, festival director Y Nilachandra informed that entry form will be issued from April 15 for Manipuri films and tribal dialect films.
The last date of submission of entry form for participating in the festival is April 25 and screening of films will be done on the next day, he added.
The announcement of nominee films will be made on May 2 and the winners announced during the celebration on May 15 at Kakching.
For this year, both Manipuri and tribal dialect film will be in the same category, Nilachandra further informed.
According to Forum chairman S Mangoljao there will be 24 awards in the film festival.
In order to make the golden jubilee of Manipuri Cinema to be celebrated from April 29, Nonyin festival on May 8 and 10th MANIFA Festival on May 15 a successful, Mangoljao urged film makers to attend these events positively.