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{{short description|2025 Indian film festival}}
{{Infobox Film festival
| name = 2nd Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival
| image =
| caption = Festival poster
| opening = ''[[Ishanou]]'' by [[Aribam Syam Sharma]]
| closing = ''[[Boong (film)|Boong]]'' by Lakshmipriya Devi
| location = [[Imphal]], [[Manipur]], India
| founded = 2022
| awards =
| host = {{Plainlist|
* Manipur State Film Development Society
* Manipur State Film & Television Institute}}
| number = 53
| date = Opening: {{Start date|df=y|2025|2|6}} Closing: {{End date|df=y|2025|2|9}}
| website = {{URL|https://eiiff.org/}}
| previous = [[1st Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival|1st]]
| main = Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival
| next =
}}

The '''2nd Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival''' took place from 6 to 9 February, 2025 at [[Imphal]], [[Manipur]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://assamtribune.com/north-east/imphal-readies-for-2nd-eikhoigi-film-festival-from-feb-6-to-host-57-films-cultural-events-1565534 |title= Imphal readies for 2nd Eikhoigi Film Festival from Feb 6; to host 57 films, cultural events |newspaper=The Assam Tribune}}</ref> The festival had screened 53 films from India and abroad, spread across four venues in Imphal (Manipur State Film Development Society, Chandrakriti Auditorium, Tanthapolis Cinema and Kumecs Cinema).<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://eiiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/EIIFF_ScreeningSchedule_v7_27jan2025-2.pdf |title= 2nd Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival 2025 Screening Schedule |website=eiiff.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/manipur/video/manipur-set-to-host-2nd-international-film-festival-showcasing-57-films-across-four-venues-1158318-2025-01-21|title= Manipur set to host 2nd International Film Festival, showcasing 57 films across four venues |newspaper=India Today NE}}</ref> The opening and closing ceremonies were held at City Convention Centre, Palace Compound.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/amid-unrest-manipur-hosts-2nd-eikhoigi-imphal-international-film-festival/articleshow/118021178.cms?from=mdr|title=Amid unrest, Manipur hosts 2nd Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival|author=Bikash Singh|access-date=10 February 2025|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref>

==Events==
{{Small|Source:}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eiiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/EIIFF_IndustryEvents_Schedule_v1.pdf|title=EIIFF Industry Engagement Events Schedule v1|accessdate=15 February 2025|website=eiiff.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transcontinentaltimes.com/eiiff/|title=EIIFF 2025: Cinema Sparks Change in Manipur|author=Murtaza Ali Khan|accessdate=25 February 2025|website=www.transcontinentaltimes.com}}</ref>

* '''Master classes'''
** Prof. Shyamal Sengupta on 7th February 2025 (The Fundamentals of Direction)
** [[Sean McAllister (filmmaker)|Sean McAllister]] on 7th February 2025 (Filming Intimate Documentary)
** [[Shiladitya Bora]] on 9th February 2025 (Marketing, Distribution and Monetisation of Independent Films)
** [[Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni]] on 9th February 2025 (Exploring Storytelling in Shorts)

* '''Panel Discussions:'''
** Challenges Faced by Manipuri Cine Exhibitors on 6th February 2025
;Panelists:Laishram Sanatomba, Haobijam Shantiprabha and Laimayum Surjakanta, moderated by Wahengbam Lalpal
* Cinemagi Honglakliba Saklon Amadi Manipuri Cine Actors on 6th February 2025
;Panelists: Amar Mayanglambam, [[Soma Laishram]] and [[Bala Hijam]], moderated by Sonia Sorengsangbam
* Stories From The Fringe on 7th February 2025
;Panelists: Kivini Shohe, Pradip Kurbah and Borun Thokchom, moderated by Moji Riba
* Manipuri Cinema Amadi Ari-Anougi Langdai on 9th February 2025
;Panelists: [[Kangabam Tomba]], R.K. Hemabati and Thongam Thoithoi, moderated by Kharibam Yaiphaba

* '''Cine Talks'''
** Vikramjit Roy on 6th February 2025 (Harnessing Film Production to Boost State's Revenue)
** Sukamal Deb on 6th February 2025 (Ham Radio and Communication)
** Subimal Bhattacharjee on 7th February 2025 (Digital Transformation and Film Consumption)
** Jenica Kalra on 8th February 2025 (Japan-India Content Collaboration: Anime, IPs, and Beyond)

* '''Eikhoigi Pitch'''
** Documentary Pitch on 8th February 2025
** Fiction Pitch on 8th February 2025

* '''Cultural & Traditional Showcase'''
** ''Opening Ceremony'' on 6th February: Moibung, Phisarol, Tribal Dance, Rosy Heisnam, SAM PAA
** ''Eikhoigi Legacy'' on 7th February: Thang-Ta, Dhol Cholom, Thang Leiteng, Guru [[Rewben Mashangva]], Lourembam Bedabati Devi, Sorri Senjam
** ''Eikhoigi Impulse'' on 8th February: Pumpkin Crew & Imphal Breakers, Featherheads, Ereimang
** ''Closing Ceremony'' on 9th February: Laihui Ensemble, Pung Cholom, Basanta Raas

==Jury==
===International Competition: Fiction Jury===
* '''[[Susant Misra]]''' (Chairman of Jury): Film director
* '''[[Ritu Sarin]]''': Film director, producer and artist
* '''[[Romi Meitei]]''': Film director

===International Competition: Non-Fiction Jury===
* '''[[Supriyo Sen]]''' (Chairman of Jury): Indian filmmaker
* '''[[Tangella Madhavi]]''': Documentary filmmaker
* '''Oinam Doren''': Documentary filmmaker

===Eikhoigi Pitch: Fiction Jury===
* '''[[Nabin Subba]]''': Nepalese film director
* '''[[Fowzia Fathima]]''': Indian cinematographer, producer, academic and director
* '''[[Oken Amakcham]]''': Indian actor, director and music composer

===Eikhoigi Pitch: Non-Fiction Jury===
* '''Kivine Shohe''': Indian filmmaker
* '''Uma Vangal''': Indian filmmaker
* '''[[Sudharak Olwe]]''': Indian documentary photographer

==Official selections==
The following films have been selected in different categories.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/manipur/film-festival-relief-for-conflict-scarred-manipur/article69176713.ece|title=Film festival relief for conflict-scarred Manipur|access-date=10 February 2025|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/manipur/manipur-second-edition-of-imphal-international-film-festival-to-be-held-in-february|title=Manipur: Second Edition Of Imphal International Film Festival To Be Held In February|newspaper=The Sentinel}}</ref> ''[[All That Breathes]]'' and ''Yairipok Thambalnu'' made to the official selections and screening schedules were notified, but were not screened at the festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eiiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/EIIFF_OfficialSelectionList_v6_23jan2025.pdf |title= 2nd Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival 2025 Official Selection List |website=eiiff.org}}</ref>

===International Competition: Fiction===
:Highlighted title indicates award winner
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px"
|-
!scope="col" | Original title
!scope="col" | English title
!scope="col" | Director(s)
!scope="col" | Production countrie(s)
|-
| colspan=2| ''[[Village Rockstars 2]]''
| [[Rima Das]]
| India
|-
| colspan=2| ''[[Boong (film)|Boong]]''
| Lakshmipriya Devi
| India
|-style="background:#eedd82"
| ''မ''
| ''[[MA - Cry of Silence]]''
| The Maw Naing
| Myanmar
|-
| ''Cu Li Không Bao Giờ Khóc''
| ''Cu Li Never Cries''
| Phạm Ngọc Lân
| Vietnam, Singapore, France, Philippines, Norway
|-
| ''[[Ullozhukku]]''
| ''Undercurrent''
| [[Christo Tomy]]
| India
|-
| colspan=2| ''Hangman''
| Vihaan
| India
|-
| ''Nelum Kuluna''
| ''[[Tentigo]]''
| Ilango Ram
| Sri Lanka
|-
| ''Айқай''
| ''Scream''
| Kenzhebek Shaikakov
| Kazakhstan
|-
| ''Yakshanba''
| ''Sunday''
| Shokir Kholikov
| Uzbekistan
|-
| ''Buelwa''
| ''An Offering''
| Charmi Chheda
| Bhutan
|-
| ''गाउँ आएको बाटो''
| ''A Road to a Village''
| [[Nabin Subba]]
| Nepal
|}

===International Competition: Non-Fiction===
:Highlighted title indicates award winner
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px"
|-
!scope="col" | Original title
!scope="col" | English title

!scope="col" | Director(s)
!scope="col" | Production countrie(s)
|-
| ''ढोरपाटन''
| ''[[No Winter Holidays]]''
| Rajan Kathet & Sunir Pandey
| Nepal, South Korea, Romania
|-
| colspan=2| ''Where We Used to Sleep''
| Matthäus Wörle
| Germany
|-
| ''তৃতীয় ভুবন''
| ''Beyond Boundaries''
| Sankhajit Biswas & Biswajit Mitra
| Australia, India
|-
| colspan=2| ''[[And, Towards Happy Alleys]]''
| Sreemoyee Singh
| Iran
|-
| colspan=2| ''Andro Dreams''
| Meena Longjam
| India
|-style="background:#eedd82"
| colspan=2| ''[[Agent of Happiness]]''
| Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó
| Bhutan, Hungary
|-
| ''Bhangaar''
|''Obsolete''
| Sumira Roy
| India
|-
| colspan=2| ''[[Against the Tide (2023 film)|Against the Tide]]''
| Sarvnik Kaur
| India, France
|-
| colspan=2| ''Turtle Walker''
| Taira Malaney
| India, United States
|-
|''Ukjent Landskap''
| ''A New Kind of Wilderness''
| Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
| Norway
|}

===North-East Currents===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px"
|-
!scope="col" | Original title
!scope="col" | English title
!scope="col" | Director(s)
!scope="col" |Production North East Indian State
|-
| ''Ka Chithi''
| ''The Letters''
| Simi Khongtiang
| Meghalaya
|-
| ''Puinau Puidaa''
| ''Stepmother''
| Kachangthai Gonmei
| Manipur
|-
| colspan=2| ''Tara: The Lost Star''
| [[Samten Bhutia]]
| Sikkim
|-
| ''Bibo Binanao''
| ''My Three Sisters''
| [[Kenny Basumatary|Kenny Deori Basumatary]]
| Assam
|-
| colspan=2| ''Indian Women Atlas''
| Sunil Dhankher
| Manipur
|-
| colspan=2| ''Ade (On a Sunday)''
| Theja Rio
| Nagaland
|-
| colspan=2| ''Karken''
| Nending Loder
| Arunachal Pradesh
|-
| ''Chanchisoa''
| ''Expectation''
| Elvachisa Ch. Sangma & Dipankar Das
| Meghalaya
|-
| colspan=2| ''An Unknown Summer''
| Bhaskar Jyoti Das
| Assam
|-
| colspan=2| ''Delusional Decays''
| Tushar Nongthombam
| Manipur
|-
| ''Aaini Onnai''
| ''Mother's Affection''
| Bishal Swargiary
| Assam
|}

===World Lenses===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px"
|-
!scope="col" | Original title
!scope="col" | English title
!scope="col" | Director(s)
!scope="col" | Production countrie(s)
|-
| colspan=2| ''Father's Footsteps''
| Mohamad W. Ali
| Syria, India
|-
| colspan=2| ''[[Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know...]]''
| Chidananda S. Naik
| India
|-
| ''Putulnama''
| ''Dolls Don’t Die''
| Ranajit Ray
| India
|-
| ''Čovjek koji nije mogao šutjeti''
| ''[[The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent]]''
| [[Nebojša Slijepčević]]
| France, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria
|}

===Remastered: The Light of Manipuri Cinema===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px"
|-
!scope="col" | Original title
!scope="col" | English title
!scope="col" | Director(s)
!scope="col" | Genre
|-
| ''[[Ishanou]]''
| ''The Chosen One''
| [[Aribam Syam Sharma]]
| Fiction
|-
| ''[[Sanakeithel]]''
| ''Golden Market''
| M.A. Singh
| Fiction
|-
| ''[[Chatledo Eidi]]''
| ''Gone With A Heavy Heart''
| [[Makhonmani Mongsaba]]
| Fiction
|}

===Eikhoigi Montage===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px"
|-
!scope="col" | Original title
!scope="col" | English title
!scope="col" | Director(s)
!scope="col" | Genre
|-
| ''Swaha''
| ''In the Name of Fire''
| Abhilash Sharma
| Fiction
|-
| colspan=2| ''Kherwal''
| Uttam Kamati
| Fiction
|-
| ''Appuram''
| ''The Other Side''
| Indu Lakshmi
| Fiction
|-
| ''Adim''
| ''Primitive''
| Amitabha Chaterji
| Fiction
|-
| colspan=2| ''The Secrets of Radha''
| Subarna Thapa
| Fiction
|-
| ''Manikbabur Megh''
| ''[[The Cloud and the Man]]''
| [[Abhinandan Banerjee]]
| Fiction
|-
| colspan=2| ''In God We Trust''
| Uma Vangal
| Non Fiction
|-
| ''Teere Bendho Na..''
| ''Unanchored..''
| Niranjan Kumar Kujur
| Fiction
|-
| colspan=2| ''Path''
| Pradip Kurbah
| Shorts
|}

===Manipur Matinée===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px"
|-
!scope="col" | Original title
!scope="col" | English title
!scope="col" | Director(s)
!scope="col" | Genre
|-
| colspan=2| ''[[Oneness (film)|Oneness]]''
| [[Priyakanta Laishram]]
| Fiction
|-
| colspan=2|''Sunita''
| Ajit Yumnam
| Fiction
|-
| ''Laangoi''
| ''Enclosure''
| Manoranjan Longjam
| Fiction
|-
| ''[[Langdai Ama]]''
| ''The Juncture''
| Binoranjan Oinam
| Fiction
|-
| ''Una Una''
| ''As It Sees''
| Irel Luwang
| Fiction
|}

==Awards and Winners==
{{Small|Source:}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2025/2/10/By-Our-Staff-ReporterIMPHAL-Feb-9-The-2nd-edition-of-Eikhoigi-Imphal-International-Film-Festival-EIIFF-c.html|title=Film Fest concludes|accessdate=11 February 2025|newspaper=The Sangai Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eiiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/EIIFF_Newsletter_Day5_Winners_v2.pdf|title=EIIFF Newsletter Day5 Winners v2|accessdate=11 February 2025|website=eiiff.org}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Film
! Director(s)
|-
| Best Fiction: International Competition
| ''[[MA - Cry of Silence]]''
| The Maw Naing
|-
| Best Non-Fiction: International Competition
| ''[[Agent of Happiness]]''
| Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó
|-
| [[FIPRESCI]] Award
| ''Where We Used to Sleep''
| Matthäus Wörle
|-
| Special Jury Award
| ''Yakshanba''
| Shokir Kholikov
|}

===Eikhoigi Pitch Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Film
! Director(s)
|-
| Best Pitch - Fiction
| ''The Scent of the Ripening Field''
| Alexander Leo Pou
|-
| Best Pitch - Non-Fiction
| ''Bedabati's Songs''
| Borun Thokchom
|-
| Most Promising Project - Fiction or Non-Fiction
| ''The Scent of Mother''
| Pramoda Nandeibam
|-
| Emerging Talent - Non-Fiction
| ''Eche Tombi - The Brewer of Andro''
| Andy Tourangbam & Thokchom Nelson
|-
| Emerging Talent - Fiction
| ''Khei-Hea (Night & Day)''
| Ashok Veilou
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://eiiff.org/}}

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DarleneSeamon8 at 07:26, 18 April 2026