HIGHWAY
Directed by Deepak Rauniyar
Louverture Films is a Co Producer
festivals & AWARDS
Fribourgh International Film Festival 2017
Locarno Film Festival 2016
New Taipei City Film Festival 2013
MoMA ContemporAsian Series 2013
Cleveland Film Festival 2013
DC Film Fest 2013
Montreal World Film Festival 2012
Mill Valley Film Festival 2012
Osian's Cinefan Festival of Indian, Asian & Arab Cinema 2012
Berlinale 2012 – Nominee Best First Feature Award (Panorama Section)
Set against the backdrop of the new culture of bandhs (general strikes) that frequently immobilize post-conflict Nepal, HIGHWAY explores four different stories that become intertwined during an ill-fated bus journey from Eastern Nepal to the capital Kathmandu. While the passengers - each of whom urgently needs to be somewhere else - work out a resolution to the combustible strike that is blocking the only passable road, the film explores the emotional and spiritual bandhs that many Nepalis are contending with.