Kalani Gacon | Nepal, Australia | 2025 | 17 mins. | Tamang | Filmmaker attending
During a storm in a remote Nepalese village, a mysterious man finds refuge in the house of a family haunted by their father’s disappearance years before. Strangely unwilling to leave, the stranger slowly reawakens lost memories of the missing father.
Kalani Gacon
Kalani Gacon is a filmmaker from Katoomba, Australia, who has lived and worked in Nepal since his teens. His films explore the intersection of East and West, using a community-led approach to storytelling. His latest short, Family Man (2024), won the Audience Award at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand.
Producer: Prawin Karki, Kalani Gacon
Writer: Kalani Gacon, Maya Khan
Cinematographer: Chintan Rajbhandari
Editor: Kalani Gacon, Andy Finn
Sound: Amit Shrestha
Music: Freya Berkhout, Shreeti Pradhan
Cast: Pasang Chheten, Sangita Thapa Magar, Bijay Tamrakar
