From Nagaland to a path to the Oscars: Indian film brings a rarely seen world to global cinema
It was director Theja Rio's first feature and most of its cast faced a camera for the first time.And yet, at the Toronto International Film Festival this month, this quiet film won the Platform Prize, a major juried award.The award is intended to recognise films with a particularly distinctive directorial voice. The jury praised Rio's "refreshing perspective" and the film's portrait of a world rarely encountered on the international screen.The win also gives Angh an unusual route towards the 2027 Academy Awards. Under new rules, winners of designated prizes at six international festivals can qualify for consideration in the International Feature Film category without relying solely on their country's official submission.This does not make Angh an Oscar nominee.
- ▪It was director Theja Rio's first feature and most of its cast faced a camera for the first time.And yet, at the Toronto International Film Festival this month, this quiet film won the Platform Prize, a major juried award.The award is inten
- ▪The jury praised Rio's "refreshing perspective" and the film's portrait of a world rarely encountered on the international screen.The win also gives Angh an unusual route towards the 2027 Academy Awards.
- ▪Under new rules, winners of designated prizes at six international festivals can qualify for consideration in the International Feature Film category without relying solely on their country's official submission.This does not make Angh an O
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From Nagaland to a path to the Oscars: Indian film brings a rarely seen world to global cinema<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Watch: Indian film brings a rarely seen world to global cinemaByZoya MateenBBC News, DelhiPublished3 minutes agoThere is something pleasingly improbable about Angh.The film comes from Nagaland, a mountainous state of fewer than two million people on India's northeastern frontier, and is in Konyak, a tribal…
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