ASSAMESE FILM XHOIXOBOTE DHEMALITE ACHIEVED 8 NOMINATIONS AT US FILM FESTIVAL

Assamese film industry is reaching new heights.

A movie on children raised during a violent period in Assam has received as many as eight nominations at the US Film Festival. Xhoihobote Dhemalite (Rainbow Fields) directed by Bidyut Kotoky has received nominations for Best feature film, Director, Screenplay, Actor (Nakul Vaid), Actress (Dipannita Sarma), Supporting actor (Victor Banerjee) and Cinematography (Satya Prakash Rath) at the Love International Film Festival (LIFF), Los Angeles.

The awards will be announced on July 7 at the ceremony in Beverly Hills. The film, based on true events, narrates the psychological trauma children went through during the Assam agitation in the 1980. The film also features seasoned actors like Naved Aslam, Nipon Goswami and Nikumoni Barua.

In 2017, the film won the ‘Best Foreign Film Award’ in the Hollywood International Cinefest. It was premiered in the Indian Panorama of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa.

All proceeds from this year’s LIFF will go to the Lotus Light Children’s Charity (TLLCC) whose mission is to build a league of empowered, educated, proactive individuals who will have the necessary resources to be able to reach out to impoverished children throughout the world.