Nine Hills One Valley

Name: Nine Hills One Valley
Duration: 1 h 15 min

Directed by: Haobam Paban Kumar
Country: India
Runtime: 1h 15m

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How it feels

A man travels through the hills and valleys of Manipur encountering local communities and landscapes. The film follows his journey across the region's nine hills and one valley.

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What happens

Nine Hills One Valley is a 2021 Indian Manipuri-Tangkhul bilingual film conceptualized and directed by Haobam Paban Kumar. It is produced by Warepam Jhansirani and Haobam Paban Kumar for Oli Pictures. The movie was among 19 feature films selected for Film Bazaar Recommends (FBR) section of the Film Bazaar 2020. It was premiered at the 16th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2021, Indonesia. The film was certified by Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in 2020. Nine Hills One Valley has been selected for many international film festivals in India and abroad, which include 16th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2021, Indonesia, 5th Ottawa Indian Film Festival Awards (OIFFA) 2022, Canada, 27th Kolkata International Film Festival 2022 (Asian Select Category), 22nd Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2022 (India Gold section), 1st International Tribal Film Festival (ITFF) 2022, Arunachal Pradesh, 1st Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival 2022, Manipur, 13th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2022, 44th Moscow International Festival 2022, 13th Annual Chicago South Asian Film Festival 2022, 15th International Film Festival East & West 2022, Orenburg, Russia, 12th Indian Film Festival of Bhubaneswar 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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