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Among the 25 feature films selected for the Indian Panorama 2008, Joseph Pulinthanath’s Kokborok film Yarwng and M Maniram’s Assamese film Mon Jai are the other films from North Eastern States. It is noteworthy that Yarwng (The Roots) made in “Kokborok” language of Tripura will be the opening film of the Panorama feature film section in the festival.
The newly released Kokborok film from Tripura, Yarwng was awarded the Jury Special Mention award along with the Israeli film Foul Gesture by Tzahi Grad at the 7th Asian Film Festival, which concluded here in Mumbai recently.
Yarwng, revolving around the theme of development- sanctioned displacement, got the award for its moving and sensible portrayal of people’s journey in search of their roots.
The screening of the newly released Kokborok film, at the 7th Asian Film Festival in Mumbai, gave the film buffs of India’s cinema capital an opportunity to see life as it happens in rural Tripura. The Mumbai audience was thrilled to see a film steeped in the cultural ethos of a community in North East – an area they have heard so much about, yet had got to see very little of.
http://movies.sulekha.com/news/entertainment/3-ne-films-selected-for-international-film-festival.htm
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