Film director Abinash Bikram Shah has taken on two of Nepal's touchiest subjects in "Elephants in the Fog" -- the way it treats its trans women and its wild elephants.So he is delighted that so far ...

After Cannes Special Jury Mention for his short film ‘Lori’ in 2022, Abinash Bikram Shah now makes a historic Cannes feature debut with ‘Elephants in the Fog’ on Nepal’s trans community ...

Nepali feature film *Elephants in the Fog* made history as the first Nepali film in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section, receiving a 7-minute standing ovation for its premiere.

This 2008 film loosely based on W W Jacob’s 1902 horror story The Monkey’s Paw is perhaps best known as the first successful non-mainstream Nepali movie. Krishna returns from Malaysia and is reunited ...

Written and directed by Abinash Bikram Shah, Elephants in the Fog created history at Cannes 2026 by winning the Un Certain ...

If you wanted to meet the man who is perhaps the most successful filmmaker to come out of the South Asian country of Nepal, Wilmington might be the last place you'd look. And yet, for the past three ...

Hot on the heels of Film South Asia comes the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (Kimff). Now in its fifth year, the festival will be showing 52 films from 20 countries, with 26 of them in ...

On June 15, Balendra Shah, the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, warned via social media that he would not allow any Hindi movies to be screened in the city unless the makers of “Adipurush,” an ...

Nepali film Elephants in the Fog has created history by becoming the first film from the country to win at Cannes, taking home the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at the 79th edition of the world's most ...

A group of Nepali filmmakers has reportedly filed a formal complaint with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that challenges the country's submission of "Anjila" for the international ...

Nepali feature film Elephants in the Fog won big with the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival 2026. It is ...