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My Name is Eeooow

Directed by Oinam Doren

2016 – 52'

Synopsis

Imagine a village where you sing every time you call someone’s name. In the village of Kongthong, everybody has a song tune as a name – the ‘Jingrwai Iawbei’. The name comes from a mother as an expression of her love for her new-born. But what happens to that perpetual symbol of mother’s love when the children come to the town for higher studies or to seek jobs, and are exposed to contemporary music?

RAI FILM Festival 2025

The next RAI FILM Festival will take place in person from 27-30 March 2025 at the Watershed Cinema and the Arnolfini International Centre for Contemporary Arts in Bristol (UK) and online throughout the month of April 2025.