KANE

Wanphrang K Diengdoh is an independent film maker and is the founder of red dur, a production space for films and music. His films, music videos and installation works reflect his interest in the culture and politics of the space he comes from. In 2017, he completed 'Because We Did Not Choose', a film on the participation of indigenous labour in the First World War. The 92 minute film shot in India, France, England and Wales took four years to complete and premiered at the Indian High Commission in London. In 2015, he directed 'Between the Forest and the Song', a film that explores the song naming tradition in Kongthong village and the implications modernity in indigenous places. In 2016, he co-wrote and edited ' My Name is Eeooow'. The film won the Best film at prestigious Intangible Culture prize at the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Ethnographic Film Festival in the UK in 2017 as well as the Best Film at the Festival della Lessinia, Italy. In 2013, he was awarded the 'Early Career Film Fellowship' from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, for his documentary proposal ‘Where the Clouds End’ - a documentary about tribal identity and border politics. The film was screened at the Royal Anthropological Institute, Bristol and also at RAI festival in Los Angeles. It was also screened at the United Nations World Urban Forum, Medellin, Columbia. In 2009, his debut short film '19/87' bagged all the awards at the GISFF Film Festival, Guwahati. In 2009 he was also awarded the Public Arts Grant from the Foundation of Indian Contemporary Arts for his installation 'Kali Kamai'. The installation was a semi-finalist at the International Awards for Public Arts in the South East Asian and Middle Eastern Region. Wanphrang has also directed many music documentaries. He is one third of the politco-punk band Tarik and also engineers recordings and produces music for other musical acts.