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HIGHWAY

Directed by Deepak Rauniyar

Louverture Films is a Co Producer
 

festivals & AWARDS

  • Fribourgh International Film Festival 2017

  • Locarno Film Festival 2016

  • New Taipei City Film Festival 2013

  • MoMA ContemporAsian Series 2013

  • Cleveland Film Festival 2013

  • DC Film Fest 2013

  • Montreal World Film Festival 2012

  • Mill Valley Film Festival 2012

  • Osian's Cinefan Festival of Indian, Asian & Arab Cinema 2012

  • Berlinale 2012 – Nominee Best First Feature Award (Panorama Section)


Set against the backdrop of the new culture of bandhs (general strikes) that frequently immobilize post-conflict Nepal, HIGHWAY explores four different stories that become intertwined during an ill-fated bus journey from Eastern Nepal to the capital Kathmandu. While the passengers - each of whom urgently needs to be somewhere else - work out a resolution to the combustible strike that is blocking the only passable road, the film explores the emotional and spiritual bandhs that many Nepalis are contending with.

 
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