Director: Theja Rio

Theja Rio is an Indigenous Naga filmmaker from the Angami tribe, Nagaland, North East India. His work is rooted in the oral histories, landscapes, and cultural memory of the North East, exploring themes of identity, faith, belonging, and social change. His short film Angh (2021) received a Special Mention at Clermont-Ferrand, while his subsequent short, Ade (On a Sunday, 2024)—both shorts were shot on 16mm--is screening here at IFFM. It premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and won Best Film at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. A graduate of the National Film and Television School (UK), his Remains, made at the NFTS, was at the Cambridge Film Festival, EnergaCAMERIMAGE Film Festival Poland. He is finishing Angh, his debut feature.