Deepak Rauniyar | Australia, France, Nepal, United States | 2026 | 17 mins. | English, Nepali | South Asia Premiere
A gas station in America. Two outsiders, Maya, a Nepali immigrant working overnight to build a future and Danny, an unhoused Black veteran searching for warmth and shelter clash over one small space, and Maya reaches for the law, then a gun, to belong.
Deepak Rauniyar
Deepak Rauniyar is a Nepali writer-director based in the US whose films have screened at Venice, Berlin, and Toronto. His features include Highway, White Sun (Nepal’s Oscar submission), and Pooja, Sir (Venice 2024). He teaches film directing at Boston University.
Producer: Asha Magrati, Kiersten Houser, Kim Carr, Sheldon Chau
Writer: Deepak Rauniyar, Asha Magrati
Cinematographer: Sheldon Chau
Editor: J. Him Lee
Sound: Cecilia Keirstead, Uttam Neupane
Music: Vivek Maddala
Cast: Asha Magrati, Nick Sencey, Hem Thapa, Joe McAlear, Tylar McCarty, Nicole McCarty
