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April 20, 2024 at 6:00:00 PM
AFS Cinema
Virtual May 3 - May 5, 2024
North America Premiere
Helena
Nepal, United Arab Emirates | Short
2023 | 13 mins | English,Hindi,Nepali
Official Selection - Focus South Asia, Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023
Helena works in the UAE as a waitress. Her son in Nepal has been asking for a laptop for the last four months and has now stopped going to school. Finally, when she’s saved enough money to buy one, she finds out that she’s lost a small amount of cash. When the son calls her, she lies to him saying that she’s bought the laptop and is sending it with her friend. Deep into the lies, in between the pressure from work and from her family, how will she get through this?
About the Artist
Ayarush Paudel was born and raised in Nepal. After high school, Paudel moved to the United Arab Emirates in order to pursue his passion for storytelling while studying undergraduate education at New York University Abu Dhabi. With his interest lying primarily in narrative stories, Paudel has written and directed a number of projects in the last five years revolving around different issues in Nepal such as the schooling system, gender inequality, the impact of the pandemic, and racism.
Trailer
Credits
Director:
Ayarush Paudel
Writer:
Ayarush Paudel
Producer(s):
Sophiya Paudel
Film Editor:
Ayarush Paudel
Ayushma Shrestha George Jose Yoshina Gautam Sajil Jimmy Samman Sharma Ramesh Rijal
Thank you to our community partners for this screening!
This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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