Ashmina
feature film, short feature, Nepal, UK, 2018
DIRECTED BY: Dekel Berenson
CAST:
Dikshya Karki,
Fabian Gleeson,
Sadhana Bhandari,
Prakat Pageni Shiva,
Sebastian Seitz,
Ramona Swhajor
SCRIPT:
Dekel Berenson
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Vasco Viana
EDITING:
Ricardo Mesquita
Synopsis:
Thirteen-year-old Ashmina lives with her parents on the outskirts of the Nepalese town of Pokhara. The town is overrun by tourists looking for paragliding adventures, leaving a strong mark on the local community. Forced to miss school to help sustain her family, Ashmina works as a parachute rigger to get a few pennies from the tourists. The film won the Best Film Award at Krakow Film Festival.
Subtitles: HR, EN
color, 15'