MAIFF 2026  -

AMERASIA

In the Blood

May 8

18:30

Place Ville Marie

Fiction

12

minutes

English and Naga

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About the Film

Director

Nungshimeren Longkumer

Country

Canada

Year

2025

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Description

In The Blood explores the turbulent bond between a Naga-Canadian son and his single mother, as cultural identity and unspoken wounds collide in the quiet corners of their home. When Imsu (or Noah as he tells the world to call him), caught between two worlds and two names, challenges the strained love and patience of his mother, a simple dinner spirals into an emotional standoff that ends only when a line is crossed. Leaving no winners, just distance.

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About the Director
Nungshimeren Longkumer
Director
Nungshimeren is a filmmaker from Nagaland. He started his early career being an editor, and writer for musical artists, and also designed the uniform for the Nagaland Chamber Choir in 2023 for the World Choir Games where they won 2 gold medals. Since then, he finished his post graduate in film at Humber Polytechnic, and made his first short film In The Blood as part of his thesis.
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