![]() ![]() At the beginning of The Silent Forest, thick earthworms burrow through the forest floor, in reality the dark, tough soil of history-all the way back to the Nazi era. Volm’s film was one of a number of recent movies directed by younger filmmakers attempting to combine important social issues with popular film genres such as crime dramas and/or thrillers.Īs in Sleep, the film by Michael Venus, the woods-a longstanding symbol in German Romanticism-become a place of horror. ![]() ![]() The debut feature by Saralisa Volm, The Silent Forest ( Schweigend steht der Wald), was one of the most intriguing contributions to the “Perspectives on German Cinema” section at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). The first part was posted February 16, the second February 20, the third February 22, the fourth February 26 and the fifth March 16. Tribals - Nagas and Kukis - constitute a little over 40 per cent and reside in the hill districts.This is the sixth part of a series on films available online from the recent Berlin International Film Festival. Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur's population and live mostly in the Imphal valley. The outbreak of violence began after a court ordered the state to consider extending special economic benefits and quotas in government jobs and education reserved for the tribal Kuki people to the majority Meitei population. Over 4,000 weapons and lakhs of ammunition have been looted from police stations and armouries since the ethnic clashes began in May. More than 180 people have been killed and thousands have fled their homes in the past three months. The operation was carried out a day after a mob looted automatic weapons from the second Indian Reserve Battalion at Naransena in Bishnupur district. On August 4, a joint security force destroyed seven illegal bunkers in the Koutruk hill range. ![]() The 24-hour general strike organised by a panel 27 assembly constituencies in the state on Saturday affected normal life in Imphal valley as markets and business establishments were shut in most areas. "Heavy exchange of fire between state forces and militants was going on at nearby Phougakchao and in the vicinity of Kwakta," they said. This border between the hills and valleys is a buffer zone guarded by central security forces.įollowing the violence, a mob gathered in Kwakta on Saturday morning intending to move to Churachandpur but they were stopped by security forces. This incident has escalated the tension in the area which is on the border of the Kuki-Zomi dominated Churachandpur district and the Bishnupur district which is dominated by the Meiteis. "The three used to stay in a relief camp but had moved to their residences in Kwakta on Friday after the situation had improved," PTI quoted police as saying. They were later slashed with sharp weapons, said reports. The unarmed victims – a father-son duo and a neighbour – were guarding their houses and were gunned down in their sleep. The attackers who raided the village near Kwakta, which comes under Phougakchao Ikhai police station limits, started firing indiscriminately, police sources said. Three people, including a father and son, from the Meitei community were killed by suspected militants in Ukha Tampak village in Manipur's Bishnupur district between 2 am and 3am on August 5. ![]()
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