GUWAHATI, Jan 25 - Idiom of Rug, a documentary by Assam filmmaker Dip Bhuyan, has been selected for the competition category of the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF)-2020, which will kickstart on January 28, a press release stated.
The 52-minute long documentary, produced by the Film Division, Mumbai, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, will be screened on January 31.
The documentary explores the practice of traditional rug-making in Arunachal Pradesh that has rich cultural and spiritual manifestations, and the threats that loom large over this generational activity. This is Bhuyan�s sixth film to be screened at MIFF.
Another film by Bhuyan, Manash & People, will be screened in the Northeast package of the Festival on February 2.