I, The Song

A tale of Buddhist karma, doppelgangers and melancholic Dzongkha songs.

In Bhutan, a country of 700,000 people, everyone knows everyone else. Nima, a schoolteacher, faces trouble when an explicit intimate video surfaces online, featuring a woman who looks exactly like her. Determined to calm her students’ outraged parents, Nima embarks on a quest to find her naughty lookalike. But her doppelganger, Meto, has disappeared without a trace. The locals, struck by Nima’s uncanny resemblance to Meto, begin to believe she is Meto’s long-lost ghost. The village elders suggest singing Aum Tshomo’s sacred song to unravel the mystery. Now, Nima must open her heart and sing to rebuild her shattered life.

Actress Tandin Bidha, who takes on a dual role, shines especially bright as the vibrant doppelganger Meto. This intriguing film, inspired by true events, shifts between past and present, illuminated by Bhutanese culture, customs, and colours.

I, the Song had its premiere in the ‘First Feature Competition’ at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival on 19 November 2024.[7] It had its Asian Premiere at the 55th International Film Festival of India on 27 November in the competition.[8]

On 19 January 2025, it was screened at the 10th Ajanta-Ellora International Film Festival, India.[9] It also competed in Feature films in competition at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema and was screened on 16 February 2025.[10] It was also showcased in the New Southbound Vision at Taipei Film Festival on 21 June 2025.[11]

It was selected at the 24th New York Asian Film Festival and had its New York premiere on 14 July 2025,[12][13] and on 19 July it was screened at the New Horizons Film Festival in Waves section.[14]

On November 2, it was screened at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival in the Wide Angle section.[15] It was presented in the Asian Perspectives section of the 20th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival on 2 December 2025.[16]