Before You Were My Mother

Before You Were My Mother 1970

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Ibemhal, 59, left her home in Manipur and moved to Nepal after her marriage. She now lives in New York. Her life has been dedicated to raising her two daughters while trying to find her own identity in new places. Ibemhal’s eldest daughter, 30-year-old Prasuna, longs to understand her mother, the person. Who is Ibemhal beyond her identity as a mother and a wife? What was her life like in Manipur? Their bond has been shaped by the conflict-ridden socio-political environment in which Prasuna was raised, Nepali society’s patriarchal expectations, and years of living apart. When Ibemhal returns to Nepal to visit Prasuna in 2020, they take a trip to Manipur to visit Ibemhal’s mother.

1970

Big Sister Punam

Big Sister Punam 2009

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In 2005, Punam Tamang is nine, living in the Nepalese city of Bhaktapur. She lost her mother when she was five years old and since that time she has been the family caretaker to her small siblings while her father works from dawn till night. Punam tells us her story and she introduces us to her family, neighborhood, teachers, and friends. Four years later, life has changed for Punam, who is now thirteen. What she and her siblings had managed to avoid has now become an inevitability: in 2009, her narrative takes us to the local brick-making factory.

2009

A Little Bit of Freedom

A Little Bit of Freedom 1998

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This film is set in a traditional household in Nepal and documents a servant girl, Nani; a married woman, Sarita; and a mother-in-law, Ama. In interesting mixture of entrapment, duty and tradition unfold.

1998

The Candle's Wick

The Candle's Wick 2017

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Director Sahara Sharma took inspiration from a poem written by a man about women, and reworked it, giving women the agency they deserve. The film is about the rules that women have to abide by in Nepali patriarchal society, but Sahara doesn't have a single man in the film.

2017

Wheels on the Bus

Wheels on the Bus 2022

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At school, they preach that all evil will return in the next life. But nobody looks when Bhyal's classmates blackmail him to make wheels for their toy bus. Bhyal, who lives with his mother on the outskirts of the village and works as an iron smith at night is an ‘Untouchable’. A cinematic examination of the caste system in a small mountain village in Nepal.

2022

OTHA KHOLERA

OTHA KHOLERA 2021

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The debut song sung by Sachin Pariyar, a genius child actor. More than 13 million views on YouTube.

2021

In Search of Light

In Search of Light 2021

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The Story might be fiction but the place, incident, time and circumstances are very close to reality. The Native People who were have been living in harmony and peace in various places of Nepal since the ancient period. These native peoples are being enticed and displaced away from their native land by some groups with strategic planning. The story has tried to depict partial examples of such places. And we are very sorry for any inconvenience caused by it.

2021

Goldfish,Noodles etc.

Goldfish,Noodles etc. 1970

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Poonam, a mother and a wife,facing domestic abuse and martal rape, meets her long time friend on the night of her anniversary. As they engage in a deep cnversation after-party, her husband intervenes.

1970

Anjali

Anjali 2016

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This documentary explores the upbringing of transgender model Anjali, in a small village in the hilly district of Nuwakot, a district neighboring capital city Kathmandu, the discrimination she faced, the struggle she did after coming to Kathmandu and also about her dreams and hopes about the future.

2016

Dikshya

Dikshya 2019

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Inspired by the Women of Nepal

2019

Playing with Nan

Playing with Nan 2012

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This is the story of 28-year-old Ram, who migrates to work in a Nepali restaurant in northern Japan. The film explores his daily life in Japan and that of his family back home, reflecting on the socio-cultural challenges created by globalisation. Having escaped his home village, for 12 years Ram worked at restaurants in Kathmandu, but his family’s poverty remained constant.

2012