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Lori

Short

Nepali, English
 mins
15

In-Person, Virtual

2022
Nepal
Drama

Special Jury Mention - Cannes Film Festival
Screens with "In Search of Bengali Harlem"
4/15/23, 5:45 PM
Free with IMFF Badge
AFS Cinema

Director

Abinash Bikram Shah

Abinash Bikram Shah is a National Award-winning writer/director based in Nepal. An alumnus of Locarno Filmmakers Academy, Berlinale Talents, and Asian Film Academy, he has written, directed, and produced short films that have participated and won at many International Film Festivals.

His most recent short film LORI (Melancholy of my Mother’s Lullabies) became the first Nepali film to be officially selected at Cannes Film Festival (2022), where it competed for Palme d’Or Short and was awarded a 'Special Jury Mention'. He has also written several feature films that have premiered in Berlin International Film Festival (2012) and Venice - International Film Critics Week (2015) and went on to become Nepal's Official Entry for the Oscars in Best Foreign Language Film section.

Abinash Bikram Shah

Director:

Abinash Bikram Shah

Writer:

Abinash Bikram Shah

Producer:

Cast:

Priti Jha, Sujita Sah, Ankita Yadav

Editor:

Crew:

This Event is supported in part by a Mini Grant from Humanities Texas.
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