Title of the film Andro Dreams
Directed by Meena Longjam
Language Manipuri (English subtitles)
Country India
Year 2023
Duration 63 mins
Special Note Kolkata Premiere
PRINCIPAL CREW
WRITING Meena Longjam, Sankha
EDITING Sankha
CINEMATOGRAPHY Sunny Sarungbam, Meena Longjam
LOCATION SOUND Johnson Meitei, Khanganba Leishangthem
MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN Jimbo Ningombam
PRINCIPLE CAST Laibi Phanjoubam, Nirmala Khunumayum, Bikram Thokchom
About the Film
Andro Dreams is the love story of Laibi, an old woman with a spirited soul, and her three decade old all girls' football club battling economic challenges, patriarchal system and orthodoxy in a remote village in Manipur.
About the Director
Meena Longjam is an award-winning independent filmmaker and the first woman filmmaker from Manipur to win the National Award for her debut documentary film, ‘Autodriver’. Her recent work, ‘Achoubi in Love,’ was screened at various prestigious film festivals. In 2015, she launched Airameen Media to produce films related to social and gender issues and publish books related to media and the arts. Currently, she teaches as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Culture Studies at Manipur University of Culture.
