Аватар персоны Sheram Chingkhei

Sheram Chingkhei

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Sheram Chingkhei is a Sylhet-based filmmaker, poet, and singer-songwriter dedicated to preserving and celebrating his Manipuri heritage. Writing original Manipuri songs under the moniker Hanuba, he is set to release his debut EP, while his 2015 poetry collection Pebetki Pena reflects his deep cultural roots. As a filmmaker, Chingkhei's work includes Imphaldagi (2020), a 14-minute diary film that screened at the 5th Hill Film Festival 2021 and Matribhasha Utsab 2023, and Fishbowl (2018), an 8-minute drama. As a producer, he worked on Pollution Mare (2024), that won Best Film in the One Minute Category at the 10th Dhaka International Mobile Film Festival 2024. His projects in development include Chikonglei, a 90-minute drama, preselected for IFFR HBF 2024, and Numit, that has been selected as a finalist in the Script in Competition category at the Global Youth Film Festival Bangladesh 2024. As a member of the endangered Manipuri community in Bangladesh, Chingkhei uses his work as an act of resistance against cultural extinction. He also leads Jumjai Sessions, a house concert series fostering a community of young Manipuri musicians to inspire the creation of original songs. He is currently prepping to shoot a new short while developing his debut feature.

08-05-1988

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Sylhet, Bangladesh

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4 Works

producer

4 Works

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24 Works

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5 Works

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10 Works

Moments Before Dying

Moments Before Dying

One fine morning it stopped working and I realized my little compact camera was dying. So I started taking as many photos as possible with it before it dies. These photos were taken in 2018 and 2019. A time I spent in oblivion. It was dark. It was blurry. This silent film is my tribute to my beloved camera.
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2024

Eigi Sylhet

Eigi Sylhet

'Eigi Sylhet' is a journey of my self-discovery. With no narrative, this two-minute diary film paints a portrait of my resilience and artistic awakening, weaving together my self-portraits and cityscapes captured in 2018, a year I spent in oblivion, solitude and contemplation. It's a letter I wrote to my future self.
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2024

Imphaldagi

Imphaldagi

What started as a random filming thing, during a music tour, slowly turned into the only way for me to deal with my post-performance blues. This film is a letter I wrote to myself. From Imphal.
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2019

Mama Pabung

Mama Pabung

Mama used to sing and dance. Pabung is a poet. I saw mama crying only once in my life, when she lost her ema. Pabung lost his ema when he was young, and he has kept her alive in his vivid memories and poems ever since. I keep having nightmares about losing mama and pabung. Mama wants me to be a singer after I disappointed her by not becoming a doctor. She also wants me to record her singing, which I keep forgetting. Seeing me down and depressed, wandering aimlessly and successlessly, pabung bought me a camera when I left my day job and said I wanted to be a filmmaker. I haven’t made anything noteworthy yet. However, I did some random lens tests by filming them with that camera.
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