• Source: Ima Sabitri

Ima Sabitri is a 2016 Manipuri documentary film directed by Bobo Khuraijam and produced by Gurumayum Ranita and Khuraijam Ibeton under the banner of Masek Mangal Film. It was the opening film in the non-feature section of the Indian Panorama at the 47th International Film Festival of India 2016.
Ima Sabitri was the opening film (non-feature) at the Festival of Cinemas of Manipur 2022, a 15-day long multi-lingual film festival organised by MSFDS in April 2022.




Synopsis


An observational documentary film, shot over a period of three years, it explores inspirations behind a vibrant theatre group. Mother Guru of the group – Sabitri, whom everyone addressed as mother, who is a teacher, a partner, a daughter, a woman, weaves a range of events, on and off the stage.

Director’s Note
Our journeys are filled with ambiguities. Stories of journey interwove with each other. Heisnam Sabitri, an artist extraordinary, embodies the stories enacted on stage and off stage. The film narrates the stories from an intimate distance.




Film Festivals


47th International Film Festival of India (Indian Panorama - Opening Film, Non-Feature)
22nd Kolkata International Film Festival 2016
Women of the Lens Film Digital Broadcast Festival 2017
Film Southasia 2017
People's Films Collective 2017
XIV International Film Schools Festival - Workshop, Kinoproba 2017
4th International Film Festival of Shimla 2018
Nepal America International Film Festival 2018
1st Pondicherry International Film Festival 2018
Mumbai International Film Festival 2018
1st South Asia Short Film Festival 2018 (SASFF)
1st Guwahati International Documentary, Short and Animation Film Festival (GIDSAFF) 2019 (Closing film)
Chiayi International Art Documentary Film Festival, Taiwan 2019
2nd Nagaland Film Festival 2019
Liberation DocFest Bangladesh, 2020




Accolades






External links


Ima Sabitri at IMDb




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ima Sabitri
• Sabitri Heisnam
• Bobo Khuraijam
• Cinema of Manipur
• Irom Maipak
• Mohan Agashe
• Manoj Joshi (actor)
• L. Subramaniam
• Melville de Mellow