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Theja Rio's Nagaland Film Angh Wins TIFF Platform Prize
The Indian Express2h
THE BRIEF
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Kohima director Theja Rio's debut feature film Angh won the Platform Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, securing a direct Oscars 2027 pathway.
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The festival win allows the non-English-language film to bypass traditional single-country submission rules for the Best International Feature Film category.
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The film is set in 1960s Nagaland and portrays an ageing Konyak village chief and his son using local actors and the Konyak language.