Elephants in the Fog
by Abinash Bikram Shah
ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG
2026 / Nepali / Drama / 103 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)
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
CAST Pushpa Thing, Jasmin Bishwokarma, Aliz Ghimire, Mahima Nawbagh, Anil Kurmi, Deepika Yadav
SELECTIONS AND AWARDS
Cannes Film Festival (France)
Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard
Best Sound Creation
New Zealand IFF (New Zealand)
Best Film
Audience Award
Bangkok International Film Festival (Thailand)
Best Film
Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (Canada)
Best Film
Best Director
Best Editing
NewFest (USA)
Grand Jury Prize
Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Australia)
Best Performance – Pushpa Thing Lama
Singapore International Film Festival (Singapore)
Best Performance – Pushpa Thing Lama
Toronto International Film Festival (Canada)
Karlovy Vary IFF (Czech Republic)
Busan International Film Festival (South Korea)
BFI London Film Festival (UK)
AFI Fest (USA)
Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia)
Festival du film de Cabourg (France)
Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada)
Hamburg Film Festival (Germany)
Helsinki International Film Festival (Finland)
Mill Valley Film Festival (USA)
San Diego International Film Festival (USA)
Chicago International Film Festival (USA)
Bogota International Film Festival (Colombia)
Hawaii International Film Festival (USA)
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (Canada)
Tasveer Film Festival (USA)
Denver International Film Festival (USA)
Philadelphia Film Festival (USA)
Festival de Sevilla (Spain)
Leeds International Film Festival (UK)
Jakarta World Cinema (Indonesia)
Film Festival Cologne (Germany)
West Virginia International Film Festival (USA)
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (Taiwan)
Vermont International Film Festival (USA)
Seoul International Pride Film Festival (South Korea)
Cork International Film Festival (Ireland)
Hamburg International Queer Film Festival (Germany)
Warsaw International Film Festival (Poland)
LEFFEST – Lisboa Film Festival (Portugal)
Around the World in 14 Films (Germany)
MIX CPH Film Festival (Denmark)
Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia)
Yellowstone International Film Festival (India)
QueerCineMad (Spain)
Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece)
Hanoi International Film Festival (Vietnam)
Films from the South (Norway)
Braunschweig International Film Festival (Germany)
Tokyo FILMeX (Japan)
Cormorán Film Fest (Spain)
Rio Film Festival (Brazil)
Honorable Mention – Felix Award
Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil)
SYNOPSIS
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
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.
