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Nagaland filmmaker Theja Rio’s debut feature Angh won the Platform Prize at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.
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About the Film
- A historical period drama set in the early 1960s, in a remote village near the Indo-Burma border in Nagaland
- Directed by Theja Rio; produced by Nancy Nisa Beso and Theja Rio; co-written with Rajkumar Kandamudi
- Centres on Anghba, the last surviving village chief — “Angh” is the traditional village head among the Konyak Naga tribe
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- Angh — directorial debut of Theja Rio; won the Platform Prize at TIFF 2026
- Angh — hereditary chief of the Konyak tribe, Nagaland’s largest tribe, known for facial tattoos and the former practice of headhunting
- Konyaks are concentrated in Mon district; the Aoleang festival is theirs
- TIFF — Toronto International Film Festival; the Platform Prize honours directorial vision
- Nagaland’s Hornbill Festival is held in December at Kisama
