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POOJA, SIR


Deepak Rauniyar | Nepal, United States, Norway | 2024 | 117 Mins | Nepali, Maithili, Hindi | CLOSING NIGHT FILM

Sun, Nov 10 | 4:45 PM | Hermann Gmeiner Hall

Poster - POOJA, SIR

When two boys are kidnapped in a border town in Nepal, Detective Inspector Pooja is sent from Kathmandu to solve the case. But when she arrives, the brewing political unrest and violent protests throw her off course, and she is forced to seek help from Mamata, a local Madhesi policewoman. By putting aside systemic discrimination and pushing through everyday misogyny, the women solve the case – but at what personal cost? Inspired by real events which took place in Southern Nepal during the 2015 race protests.

Deepak Rauniyar

Deepak Rauniyar

Deepak Rauniyar’s debut feature film, Highway, was the first film from Nepal to screen at a major global film festival, premiering at Berlinale and later playing at Locarno. His second feature, White Sun, debuted at the Venice Orizzonti Competition to rave reviews. The film screened internationally at over 100 film festivals, including Toronto, Locarno, Rotterdam, New Directors/New Films, Sydney and Golden Horse. It won the Interfilm Award at Venice and Best Film at the Singapore and Palm Springs Film Festivals. Nepal nominated White Sun for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.

Producer : Asha Magrati, Rambabu Gurung, Alan R Milligan
Writer : Deepak Rauniyar, David Barker, Asha Magrati
Cinematographer : Sheldon Chau
Editor : J. Him Lee, Alex Gurvits
Sound : Samrat Khanal, Leandros Ntounis
Music : Vivek Maddala
Cast : Asha Magrati, Nikita Chandak, Dayahang Rai, Bijay Baral, Aarti Mandal, Reecha Sharma, Ghanshyam Mishra, Parmeshwor Kumar Jha Gaumaya Gurung, Pashupati Rai, Niraj Shrestha

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