Bhutan has chosen “I, The Song,” directed by Dechen Roder , as its submission for the international feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards , marking another significant step for the small Himalayan nation’s emerging cinema.

The selection follows the film’s dominant performance at Bhutan’s National Film Awards, where it achieved a near clean sweep , winning most major categories including best film, director, screenplay and acting honors.

In “I, The Song,” a school teacher travels to the south of Bhutan in search of her doppelganger to save her job and reputation. 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 film had its world premiere at Tal

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