Manipuri Film ‘Andro Dreams’ Opens Indian Panorama Non-Feature Film Section At 54th IFFI
ABP NewsGuwahati: 60-year-old Laibi Phanjoubam, runs a handloom and weaving craft shop in a remote village called Andro, nestled in the northeastern state of Manipur. Laibi’s trail-blazing tales in a newspaper article is what caught the eye of the National Award-Winning Manipuri filmmaker Meena Longjam, which today has been brought to the silver screen as ‘Andro Dreams.’ The documentary is the story of Laibi, an old woman with a spirited soul, and her three-decade-old all girls' football club Andro Mahila Mandal Association Football Club. The Manipuri Film ‘Andro Dreams,’ a film of 63-minutes, opened the non-feature film section of the Indian Panorama at the 54th International Film Festival of India in Goa. ‘Andro Dreams’ captures the real life of Laibi and the girls of her football club fighting against all odds,” Longjam said about the passion-fuelled project. The Indian Panorama section at IFFI, which offers an excellent cinematic experience for the film-lovers, opened on Tuesday with the Malayalam film ‘Aattam,’ in the feature section and the Manipuri film ‘Andro Dreams’ in the non-feature section.