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.
In rural Nepal, thirteen-year-old Saraswoti changes her name to Rihanna. The school principal scolds and disciplines her for blindly imitating Western culture. She wants to prove herself with quiet support from her watchful mother.
JUNA is a story of a little girl facing polygamy at the age of 13, vulnerably tormented by her husband's family. Child distortion, illiterate society, and their reflection towards the main character JUNA are the major plots of the movie. CHAUPADI, a menstrual taboo of far western Nepal and its effect on women can be easily seen through the film. All the major reasons behind all these scenarios are the poverty, illiteracy of society, and the cruelty of human nature towards women.
A Newari film.
Punte ko Pangro is a story about a child in the countryside of the Kathmandu valley. We follow Punte, a playful boy, who has a toy wheel of his own, but he will do anything to get a bigger one. In his pursuit, he discovers his aspiration and ultimately own potential. The wheel is used as a symbol of supremacy to portray human desire and our passionate struggle to reach higher positions in society.
Movie follows a thirty year old overly religious and superstitious man-child named Hari, He had led his whole life following the rules that were set by his ancestors and his strict mother.
Superhit Nepali Lok Dohori song
Set in lower Himalayas, it is an ominous piece that uses violent history of its people as a background in order to explore (and explain, perhaps) the people's struggle today. And yet, this history is visually absent from the screen.
Nepalese folk songs danced and sung by everyone.
After getting married to a stranger, a newly-wed woman feels uncomfortable in her new home. Instead of seeking comfort with her husband, she is attracted to her sister-in-law.
The film is about how a virtual relationship through cell phone can influence a remote village and it's people and thereby brings forth a change which challenges the age old village set up, leading to a chaotic and humorous aftermath.
The Whole Timers is an upcoming Nepali movie based on the decade long civil war in Nepal. It is told from the perspective of a 13-year-old boy who joins the Maoist revolution in the hope that a gun will help him find his missing father. But he discovers something much more powerful in the cameras carried by members of his platoon who are documenting the war.
Lachhamaniya, according to the communal practice, was married at the age of five. She is now twenty years old and has never met her husband after the wedding. She lives at her natal home hoping her husband to come and take her with him. ‘LACHHAMANIYA’ is a story about the psychological conflict arising from the disagreement between the protagonist’s parents and in-laws and the consequences that follow.
After unforeseeably running away with her lover, 10 year old Suresh must deal with the ordeal of life without a sister figure
Angnima Sherpa, the original "Icefall Doctor", has held the most dangerous job on earth on the slopes of Mt. Everest for 30+ years. A kaleidoscopic and meditative view on his last season as leader of the Icefall Doctors before his death. Some of Everest's bravest Sherpas are "Icefall Doctors", whose daily job is facing possible death walking into the Khumbu Icefall on Everest to manage the route, save climbers, and assure Western mountaineers will have an opportunity at the top of the world. Leader of an unappreciative trade, unrecognized by most Everest enthusiasts, Angnima and his team were a mythical band of hardcore Sherpas, and unfamiliar to a majority of the world. His story reveals culture, commitment to family, chasms of class & financial inequity; and overall hangs the fog of environmental stewardship. In his directorial debut, this award-winning film from Sean Burch offers a refreshingly direct approach to documentary and underrepresented communities.
Ghanchakkar is a nepali movie about two young people trying to earn the wrong way.
Nepalese youths dance wildly!
In a remote Himalayan village, Nima's father tells everyone her mother works abroad, a daily lie to shield his daughter from a painful truth buried in village gossip. As whispers intensify, he fights to preserve Nima's smile.
