The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will spotlight emerging directors in its 56th edition through a competitive section featuring seven first-time filmmakers from across the globe. The ...

Returning from a life in the city to her small home village in Sikkim (a tiny state in India’s northeast, bordering Nepal, China, Bhutan and West Bengal), Bishnu (Gaumaya Gurung) sits among a group of ...

Filmmaker Tribeny Rai discusses her award-nominated film 'Shape of Momo,' exploring gender roles and female agency in Sikkim.

Celluloid Dreams has acquired worldwide sales rights to “Shape of Momo” (“Chhora Jastai”), the debut feature from India’s Tribeny Rai. The film is world premiering at the Busan International Film ...

Tribeny Rai never intended to romanticize her homeland. The Sikkimese filmmaker’s debut feature “Shape of Momo” deliberately avoids romanticizing mountain communities, presenting instead an ...

Tribeny Rai's directorial debut, Shape of Momo, is as delicately layered and tender as its titular dish. From the first scene itself, you can tell that you are in the hands of someone safe and ...