Synopse
A debut film that won an award at Cannes is a nightmarish thriller about the everyday life of a transgender community in Nepal, struggling to deal with the increasing hostility of its neighbours. In a remote Nepalese village deep in the forest, Pirati is matriarch of a community of Kinnar women, an age-old group of members of a third sex, who are both revered and feared. At night wild elephants roam the darkness and the village dwellers are forced go out and patrol in order to protect their crops and houses. But when one of Pirati’s daughters disappears and the police remain inactive, she has no choice but to start investigating by herself.
Regie
Abinash Bikram Shah is a Nepalese screenplay author and director. His short film Lori was shown in 2022 at Cannes. He also wrote Shambhala, which had its premiere in 2024 in competition at the Berlinale. His debut feature Elephants in the Fog won The Post Republic Award at European Work in Progress (EWIP) and the Jury Prize at Cannes.
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Original Title: तिनीहरू
International Title: Elephants in the Fog
Category: Feature
Section: Asiascope
Version & Subtitles: Nepali OV with German subtitles
Director: Abinash Bikram Shah
Screenplay: Abinash Bikram Shah, Sandeep Badal
Cast/Protagonists: Pushpa Thing Lama, Deepika Yadav, Jasmine Bishwokarma, Aliz Ghimire, Dura Sanjay Gupta
Production country: Nepal, France, Germany, Brazil, Norway
Year of Production: 2026
Length: 103 min
Producer: Anup Poudel, Justin Pechberty, Michael Henrichs
Production company: UNDERGROUND TALKIES, LES VALSEURS, DIE GESELLSCHAFT DGS
Cinematography: Noé Bach
Sound: Pedro Sá Earp
Editor: Andrew Bird
Music: Frédéric Alvarez
Production Design: Noé Bach
Co-producer: Michael Henrichs
Distributor: missingFILMs GmbH
Kontakt: Christos Acrivulis / missingFILMs
