Filmek
Dadyaa
The Woodpeckers of Rotha
A rothai harkályok
Nepal
Director: Pooja GURUNG & Bibhusan BASNET
16 min. 2016,
with dialogue, Khas, English subtitled
Producer: Marie Legrand, Rani Massalha and Prajjwal SJB Rana
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Screenplay: Pooja Gurung, Bibhusan Basnet
Cinematographer: Chintan Raj Bhandari
Music: Parimal Damai
Editor: Chandra Khaptadi, Bindu Ghonday
Cast:
Parimal Damai
Chham Kala Damai
Atimaley and Devi’s village is haunted by memories. When a dear friend leaves the village without saying “goodbye”, the old couple faces a dilemma; to keep living with the memories or to leave the village for good?
Major screenings, presentations:
- 73 Venice International Film Festival, 2016
- Toronto International Film Festival, 2016
- Busan International Film Festival, 2016
Pooja GURUNG & Bibhusan BASNET
Based in Kathmandu, the duo of Pooja Gurung and Bibhusan Basnet have been working together for the past 6 years. Their first short film ‘The Contagious Apparitions of Dambarey Dendrite’ was screened in numerous international film festivals including Abu Dhabi, Tampere, Locarno and Kurzfilmtage Winterthur among others. It also won the ‘Golden Comma for Fiction’ at the Alpavirama Short Film Festival in Ahmedabad, India.
‘Dadyaa – The Woodpeckers of Rotha’ is their second short film. Dadyaa had its world premiere at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival and has also been screened at the Toronto International Film Festival along with the Busan International Film Festival.
The Duo is working on their first-feature film, The Whole Timers, selected at the Cinefondation L’Atelier of the Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and was developed within the Jerusalem International Film Lab.
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