Nepal - Best International Feature Film
Nepalese submissions for the Oscars for Best International Feature Film
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- DirectorEric ValliMichel DebatsStarsThilen LhondupGurgon KyapLhakpa TsamchoeAn aging chief's last stand, lessons for the new, and the education of a young chief-to-be played against harsh Nature in Nepal's Dolpo. When his son dies returning from Tibet's salt lakes, Tinle blames Karma, his son's friend, refuses to give Karma his blessing as the new chief, and organizes a rival caravan to take the salt to lower Nepal to trade for grain. He, a few old men, his son's widow, his grandson, and his second son, a monk, set out on the arduous journey. Fearing storms, Karma has led his caravan out of the village before the auspicious day ordained by the lamas. Tinle's group catches Karma's before the final pass; the two stubborn men lock wills with Tinle's grandson watching.Nominated
- DirectorTsering Rhitar SherpaStarsGauri MallaMithila SharmaRatan SubediA couple seek guidance from a Nepalese spiritual healer after the death of their baby boy.
- DirectorGyanendra Bahadur DeujaStarsDeepak TripathiUsha PaudelMithila SharmaAn epic tragedy, based on Nepal's most famous epic poem. Madan, a lower-class worker, is forced by poverty and mounting debts to go to Lhasa, Tibet, leaving behind his lonely mother and beloved wife, Muna. However, tragedy befalls him on the way home.
- DirectorSubash GajurelStarsMukunda BastakotiDinesh D.C.Ranju LamichhaneA poor farmer Dhane and his family suffer one calamity after another, and a series of quarrels with fellow villagers forces them to leave the village.
- DirectorSubarna ThapaStarsDeeya MaskeyNisha AdhikariSaugat MallaIndependent and strong-willed Diya, now 22 years of age, is training to be a traditional Nepalese dancer. She forms a deep escalating friendship with another dance pupil, Kiran. Her feelings clearly border on physical desire. She is desolate when her parents find a suitable man for her to marry. Meanwhile, her closeness to Kiran becomes passionate and they become lovers. Diya breaks off her engagement. The two young women decide to live together. The open avowal of their relationship exposes them to ridicule and alienation. How their strength makes them surmount these hardships forms the climax of the film.
- DirectorYadav Kumar BhattaraiStarsGarima PantaSujal NepalLaxmi GiriAfter her husband's death, a girl is forced to die due to the Sati practice in Nepal.
- DirectorNischal BasnetStarsKhagendra LamichhaneDayahang RaiShushank MainaliTulké is a day-laborer in a Nepalese mountain village. He struggles to reclaim his lost aristocratic identity, while a violent revolution disrupts every aspect of village life.
- DirectorMin Bahadur BhamStarsKhadka Raj NepaliSukra Raj RokayaJit Bahadur MallaThey are bonded, nonetheless, by friendship and affection for a hen, whose eggs just might make a difference to Prakash's impoverished family. When the boy's father sells the bird, the chums desperately attempt to raise funds in order to buy it back.
- DirectorDeepak RauniyarStarsDayahang RaiAsha MagratiRabindra Singh BaniyaAnti-regime partisan Chandra confronts physical, social and political obstacles for his father's funeral. His search for a solution takes him to neighboring mountain villages and encounters with the police and rebel guerrillas. A portrait of post-civil war Nepal during the fragile deadlocked peace process.
- DirectorShivam AdhikariStarsNeeta DhunganaSaroj KhanalRupa RanaBased in Nepalese panchayat system.
- DirectorBinod PaudelStarsSwastima KhadkaMukunda BhusalDeepak ChhetriA young mother waiting for her husband to be back for years falls in love with a guy while she looks after her paralyzed father-in-law.
- DirectorSujit BidariStarsKanchan ChimariyaDinesh KhatriSiru BistaAs the studious Bidya(13) prepares for her further studies, her juvenile brother Basanta(9) distracts her with his antics. But learning, his sister is giving up on her dreams, he struggles to give Bidya the hope she desperately needs.
- DirectorBikram SapkotaStarsMahesh TripathiBinita Thapa MagarUmesh TamangAn unemployed village drunk accepts a postman position and ventures into the remote villages of Nepal. In his journey, he must face the challenges and responsibilities of his new job while confronting the personal demons of his past.