01 Two brothers on opposite sides of Nepal's civil war are forced to cooperate over their father's funeral rites.
Nepal’s small film industry has produced a handful of internationally recognized dramas over the past two decades, films that quietly document a country still rebuilding after a decade of civil war. In The Black Hen (2015): Two young Nepali friends set off across a war-torn countryside to recover their prized rooster. Don’t overlook White Sun (2016): A former Maoist rebel returns to his mountain village to bury his estranged father amid political tension.
01 Two brothers on opposite sides of Nepal's civil war are forced to cooperate over their father's funeral rites.
02 A former Maoist rebel returns to his mountain village to bury his estranged father amid political tension.
03 A father tries to outrun a prophecy that his daughter will die on her twenty-fifth birthday.
04 An unlikely friendship forms between a security guard and a grieving man near a sacred temple.
05 A small-time con artist's scheme to rob a bank spirals into unexpected chaos and betrayal.
06 A young woman in rural Nepal battles her in-laws to escape an ancient, deadly widow-sacrifice ritual.
07 A middle-class Kathmandu family's daily struggles unfold with quiet humor and warmth.
08 Two young Nepali friends set off across a war-torn countryside to recover their prized rooster.