UKHRUL, November 5: Manipuri short documentary film Meira, directed by filmmaker and film scholar Johnson Rajkumar, has been officially selected for the Bangalore Documentary Film Festival (BDFF) 2026, scheduled to be held from November 5 to 8 in Bengaluru.
Organised by the Bangalore Film Forum (BFF), the festival will be hosted at Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan. Meira is scheduled for screening on November 6.
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The documentary explores the historic and continuing resistance of the Meira Paibi, tracing how ordinary women came together to protect their communities and emerged as a collective force of resistance.
Produced by Deepika Gurumayum, Meira marks Johnson Rajkumar’s second documentary engagement with the Meira Paibi movement. His earlier documentary, Fireflies, which also explored the movement, received critical acclaim and was selected for several international film festivals.
Johnson Rajkumar is currently serving as guest faculty in the Department of Mass Communication at Manipur University.
