Festival Trailer for Min Bahadur Bham's Film 'Shambhala' from Nepal

"I must tell Tashi the truth and bring him home." Screen Daily has revealed the festival promo trailer for a Nepalese indie drama titled Shambhala 🇳🇵, the second feature film directed by Nepalese filmmaker Min Bahadur Bham. This film is premiering this week at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival just before it wraps up. It is the first ever Nepalese film to play in Competition at Berlinale, and has earned some rave reviews already. In a Himalayan polyandrous village, pregnant Pema faces scrutiny when her husband vanishes while on a trading trip to Lhasa. She sets off on an arduous journey to find him to give legitimacy to her unborn child. With her monk brother-in-law, her de facto spouse, she seeks her missing husband in the wild, unraveling her own self-discovery along the journey... The film stars Thinley Lhamo as Pema, with Sonam Topden, Tenzin Dalha, Karma Wangyal Gurung, and Karma Shakya. This is slow cinema at its finest, with a 2 and 1/2 hour runtime in total - and it seems like it will take its time. I always love watching the Himalayas properly captured in cinema, and this looks like a stunning story of self-discovery and growth. Take a look. // Continue Reading ›