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2017 Indian film
Bloody Phanek
Poster
Directed bySonia Nepram
Produced bySonia Nepram
CinematographySandeep Soubam
Edited bySandeep Soubam
Music bySound Design:
Sunil Loitongbam
Production
company		Yelhoumee Pictures
Release date
  • 2017 (2017)
Running time53 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMeiteilon (Manipuri)

Bloody Phanek is a 2017 Manipuri documentary film produced and directed by Sonia Nepram. It is produced under the banner of Yelhoumee Pictures with support of DMZ Docs Fund and DocEdge Kolkata. The film was screened at various film festivals, which include 9th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival 2017, South Korea; South Asian Short Film Festival 2017, Kolkata; Kathmandu Mountain International Film Festival 2018; 5th Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival 2019, Greece; People’s Film Collective 2019, Kolkata; Vizantrop Festival 2019, Serbia; Days of Ethnographic Cinema 2020, Moscow; Film South Asia Festival 2020, Kathmandu and Ethnografilm Paris Film Festival, France.

Bloody Phanek was screened at the Sangai Film Festival 2022, which was organised as a part of the Manipur Sangai Festival.

Synopsis

The film explores the sociopolitical and cultural perspectives of Manipuri women’s phanek or sarong. It explores the inherent concept of impurity in a phanek while examining how it is used as a medium of protest and challenges masculinity.

Accolades

Award Category Ref.
SiGNS Festival 2018 Special Jury Mention
14th Manipur State Film Awards 2022 Special Jury Award

References

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