Dechen Roder’s ‘I, The Song’ Sweeps Bhutan National Film Awards
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Dechen Roder’s “I, The Song” achieved a near clean sweep at Bhutan‘s National Film Awards, winning most of the major categories including best film, director, screenplay and acting honors.
The film had its world premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, where Roder won best director, and its Asia premiere at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa.
In the film, to save her job and reputation, a school teacher travels to the south of Bhutan in search of her doppelganger, but as she becomes entangled in her lookalike’s life, she realizes she might be the only one to solve her doppelganger’s disappearance as well as recover a stolen sacred song.
The cast includes Tandin Bidha, Jimmie Wangyal Tshering, Tshering Dorji, Sonam Lhamo and Dorji Wangdi. The film is produced by Roder for Dakinny Productions (Bhutan) and Johann Chapelan for Girelle Production (France).
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