WHITE SUN
Directed by Deepak Rauniyar
Louverture Films is a Producer
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Loft Film Fest 2017 - Winner CICAE - Art Cinema Award
Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival 2017
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2017
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2017
Skip City International D-Cinema Festival 2017
Filmfest München 2017
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017
Sydney Film Festival 2017
Nepal America International Film Festival 2017
Sarasota Film Festival 2017
Florida Film Festival 2017
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2017
MOOOV Festival 2017
Festival International de Films de Fribourg 2017 - Winner Audience Award, Don Quijote Award, Ecumenical Jury Award, Special Mention for "a very well crafted drama exposing politics, tradition and religion in a confined region”
Habitat International Film Festival New Delhi 2017
New Directors/New Films 2017
Göteborg Film Festival 2017
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2017 - Winner New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize
Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2016
International Film Festival of Kerala 2016
Dubai International Film Festival 2016
Singapore International Film Festival 2016 - Winner Best Film, Silver Screen Award
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2016
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2016
Kolkata International Film Festival 2016
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2016
Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid 2016
Mumbai Film Festival 2016
Busan International Film Festival 2016
Films from the South Festival | Film Fra Sør-festivalen 2016
Toronto International Film Festival 2016 - Contemporary World Cinema
Venice International Film Festival 2016 - Horizons, Winner INTERFILM Award
When his father dies, anti-regime partisan Chandra must travel to his remote mountain village after nearly a decade away. Little Pooja is anxiously awaiting the man she thinks is her father, but she's confused when Chandra arrives with Badri, a young street orphan rumored to be his son. Chandra must face his brother Suraj, who was on the opposing side during the Nepali civil war. The two brothers cannot put aside political feelings while carrying their father's body down the steep mountain path to the river for cremation. Suraj storms off in a rage, leaving Chandra with no other men strong enough to help. Under pressure from the village elders, Chandra must seek help from outside the village to obey the rigid caste and discriminatory gender traditions he fought to eliminate during the war. Chandra searches for a solution in neighboring villages, among the police, guests at a local wedding, and rebel guerrillas...