ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG

2026 / Nepali / Drama / 110 min / 4K / Color

Enquadramento Produções | Bubbles Project | Underground Talkies (NP) | Die Gesellschaft (DE) | Les Valseurs (FR) | Storm Films (NO) | Zischlermann Films (DE) | Jayantii Creations (DE)

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DIRECTOR Abinash Bikram Shah

WRITER Abinash Bikram Shah

PRODUCERS Leonardo Mecchi, Tatiana Leite, Anup Poudel, Michael Henrichs, Justin Pechberty, Verona Meier, Paul Zischler, Soham Dhakkal

CINEMATOGRAPHER Noe Bach

PRODUCTION DESIGNER Mausam Agrawal

SOUND MIXER Pedro Earp

EDITOR Andrew Bird

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CAST Puspa Thing, Jasmin Bishwokarma, Aliz Ghimire, Mahima Nawbagh, Anil Kurmi, Deepika Yadav

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SELECTIONS AND AWARDS

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Cannes Film Festival (France)

Un Certain Regard

SYNOPSIS

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In a small Nepalese village nestled in the heart of a forest populated by wild elephants, Pirati is the matriarch of a Kinnar community. She dreams of escaping to a “normal” life with the man she is in love with. But when one of her daughters disappears, she must investigate and choose between love and responsibility to her community.

 

 

DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY

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Abinash Bikram Shah, a National Award winning writer/director based in Nepal, has written/directed short films that have participated at many International Film Festivals. His most recent short film LORI was nominated for Palme d’Or Short at Cannes Film Festival 2022, and won Special Mention award. Elephants in the Fog is Abinash's first feature film. Abinash has previously written short and feature films that have made it to the international film festivals, including Highway (2012), which premiered at Berlinale, and The Black Hen (2015), which won the International Critics’ Week at Venice International Film Festival. Abinash’s most recent film as a writer, Shambhala (2023), has been selected in Main Competition at Berlinale.