Bengaluru International Film Festival

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A disillusioned schoolteacher is transferred to the most remote school in the world, cut off from modern life deep in the Himalayan glaciers. In a classroom with no electricity or even a blackboard, he finds himself with only a yak and a song that echoes through the mountains.

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Palm Springs International Film Festival 2020- Winner Best Narrative Feature, Best of the Fest Audience Vote, New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize

Bhutanese entry -Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards | Golden Rooster Awards 2019- Nominee Best International Film

Director - Pawo Choyning Dorji

Producer - Pawo Choyning Dorji, Jia Honglin, Stephanie Lai, Shaokun Xiang

Cinematographer - Jigme Tenzing

Editor - Hsiao-Yun Ku

Screenplay - Pawo Choyning Dorji

Sound - Yi-Chen Chiang, David Stevens, Duu-Chih Tu

Music - N/A

Cast - Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Kelden Lhamo Gurung, Kunzang Wangdi

Pawo Choyning Dorji is a writer, photographer and filmmaker from the Kingdom of Bhutan. Pawo's introduction to film came in 2012 when he worked as Khyentse Norbu's assistant for the later's feature Vara – A Blessing. In 2016 he produced the critically acclaimed Bhutanese feature Hema Hema – Sing me a song while I wait. The film had its world premiere at the 69th Festival del film Locarno and went on to win the Special Mention at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Lunana – A Yak in the Classroom is his Directorial debut.

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Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

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