From Nagaland to a path to the Oscars: Indian film brings a rarely seen world to global cinema
After a major win at Toronto, Angh, a film from northeastern India, is now on a path towards the Oscars.
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After a major win at Toronto, Angh, a film from northeastern India, is now on a path towards the Oscars.
Indian feature “Angh,” the feature directorial debut of Theja Rio, has taken the top prize in the Toronto Film Festival’s Platform section, an award that comes with automatic entry into the Oscars’ international feature film race for 2027. “Angh” was the only Indian film selected for the section this year, and the win comes with […]
Expanding on his 2021 short film, Theja Rio’s debut feature “Angh” forces its way into the hidden crevices between indigenous identity and colonial modernity. This tension unfolds with riveting restraint in a story set in 1960s Nagaland — the eastern Indian state on the Burmese border — following the principled chief of a waning tribe, […]