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White Sun

Fall Grant 2014 - Production Stage

Synopsis

When his father dies, anti-regime partisan Chandra must travel to his remote mountain village after nearly a decade away. Little Pooja is anxiously awaiting the man she thinks is her father, but she’s confused when Chandra arrives with Badri, a young street orphan rumoured to be his son. Chandra must face his brother Suraj, who was on the opposing side during the Nepali civil war. The two brothers cannot put aside political feelings while carrying their father’s body down the steep mountain path to the river for cremation. Suraj storms off in a rage, leaving Chandra with no other men strong enough to help. Under pressure from the village elders, Chandra must seek help from outside the village to obey the rigid caste and discriminatory gender traditions he fought to eliminate during the war. Chandra searches for a solution in neighboring villages, among the police, guests at a local wedding, and rebel guerrillas…

Credits

Director

Deepak Rauniyar

Screenwriter

Deepak Rauniyar and David Barker

Producer

Deepak Rauniyar, Joslyn Barnes, Tsering Sherpa, Michel Merkt

Production Company

Aadi Production

About the Director

Deepak Rauniyar is a Berlinale Talent Campus and TIFF Talent Lab alumnus. His feature length debut, ‘Highway’ (2012) had its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, and was the first film from Nepal to screen at a major international festival. Currently in progress, ‘White Sun’, his second feature, was selected for L’ Atelier at the Festival de Cannes and Boost! in Rotterdam, and awarded funding from the Hubert Bals Fund.

Awards and Festival History

Festivals

New Directors New Films, New York 2017
Int’l Film Festival Rotterdam 2017
Busan Int’l Film Festival 2016
TIFF 2016
Valladolid Int’l Film Festival 2016
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2016
Dubai Int’l Film Festival 2016, Cinema of the World
Karlov

Awards

INTERFILM Award, Venice Film Festival 2016 (WP)
Silver Screen Award, Singapore International Film Festival 2016
New Voices / New Visions Grand Jury Prize, Palm Springs International Film Festival 2017
Nepal’s Official Submission for the 2017 Academy Aw

Contacts

• Co-Producer

  Louverture Films

  Company: 

  Louverture Films

  Phone: 

  +1 212 229 3960

  Email: 

  info@louverturefilms.com

• Main Contact

  Deepak Rauniyar

  Company: 

  Aadi Production

  Email: 

  deepakrauniyar@aadiproductions.com

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