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Belonging to an isolated fishing community of the Loktak lake, Chaoren makes the best use of his exclusive existence by excelling in school. When the canoe he uses every day to attend school has to be sold off because of his father’s illness, his spirit is not dampened. He beats the long distance from his shanty floating hut to his school by swimming his way through. But when the Government issues an eviction notice demanding Chaoren’s family to leave their home, his dreams are left with an angst of a displaced person.
Eikhoigi Yum (Our Home)
India | Narrative Feature
2022 | 86 mins | Manipuri
IMFF2023 - Audience Choice Award for the Best Narrative Feature at IMFF, Austin, USA
69th National Film Awards, Best Manipuri Film, India
Best Director at Kazan International Muslim Festival, Russia
FIPRESCI Award for the Best International Film at 27IFFK, Kerala/India
About the Artist
Romi Meitei is prolific filmmaker who has produced several box-office hits. Besides notching up commercial successes, his films have been screened in world-renowned film festivals including IFFI, MIFF, IFFK, and others.
He is recipient of the prestigious FIPRESCI and NETPAC awards, and well as the 'Best Director' Prize at the Sailadhar Film Awards in Assam. His projects have also received several Manipur State Film Awards, including 'Best Feature Film', 'Art Director', 'Child Artiste', and 'Best Editor' for EIKHOIGI YUM at the MSFA 22 award ceremony.
He is the Chairman of Mami Thawan Foundation, which aims to render services for the welfare of Manipur.
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Credits
Director:
Romi Meitei
Writer:
Romi Meitei
Producer(s):
Chingsubam Sheetal, Romi Meitei
Film Editor:
Johni Meitei