By Vlad Zakh · December 27, 2025
Nepal’s small film industry has produced a handful of internationally recognised dramas over the last two decades, quietly documenting a country still rebuilding after a decade of civil war. Seto Surya forces two brothers on opposite sides of the conflict to cooperate over their father’s body, White Sun sends a former Maoist rebel home to bury his estranged father, and Kagbeni has a father trying to outrun a prophecy about his daughter’s twenty-fifth birthday. Pashupati Prasad, Loot, Jhola, Sano Sansar and The Black Hen round out the list.
01 Two brothers on opposite sides of Nepal's civil war are forced to cooperate over their father's funeral rites.
Directed by Deepak Rauniyar · 1h 27m
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02 A former Maoist rebel returns to his mountain village to bury his estranged father amid political tensions.
Directed by Deepak Rauniyar · 1h 27m
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Stream: OVID · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
03 A father tries to outrun a prophecy that his daughter will die on her twenty-fifth birthday.
Directed by Bhusan Dahal · 1h 55m
04 An unlikely friendship forms between a security guard and a grieving man near a sacred temple.
Directed by Dipendra K. Khanal · 2h 18m
05 A small-time con artist's scheme to rob a bank spirals into unexpected chaos and betrayal.
Directed by Nischal Basnet · 2h 01m
06 A young woman in rural Nepal battles her in-laws to escape an ancient, deadly widow-sacrifice ritual.
Directed by Yadav Kumar Bhattarai · 1h 30m
07 A middle-class Kathmandu family's daily struggles unfold with quiet humour and warmth.
Directed by Alok Nembang · 2h 24m
08 Two young Nepali friends set off across a war-torn countryside to recover their prized rooster.
Directed by Min Bahadur Bham · 1h 30m
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
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