JAALGEDI - A CURIOUS GIRL (2017)

18 MINUTES | CHILDREN DRAMA

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WRITER/DIRECTOR Rajesh Prasad Khatri

PRODUCER Min Bahadur Bham, Catherin Dussart, Suman Nidhi Sharma, Nigam Bhandari, Rajesh Prasad Khatri

LOGLINE

When a white tourist is seen for the first time in her remote Himalayan village, Jaalgedi - a curious Nepalese girl is distracted from her job causing a catastrophe in her family.

SYNOPSIS

Jaalgedi takes her family's animals to pastures outside her remote village. However, the arrival of a white tourist sends shockwaves among the children of the village. The inquisitive little girl gets distracted from her responsibilities for a while - following the strange white man around the village - only to find a catastrophe has befallen because of her innocent curiosities.

 

JAALGEDI - A CURIOUS GIRL premiered at Busan International Film Festival (2017), the film won Best Short Film at Berlinale Kplus and Asia-Pacific Film Festival (2018), and was officially selected at Zagreb Film Festival (2018).

 

FESTIVAL PARTICIPATION AND ACHIEVEMENTS

  • WORLD PREMIERE Busan International Films Festival, S. Korea (2017)

  • BEST SHORT FILM Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale Kplus Competition), Germany (2018)

  • BEST SHORT FILM 58th Asia-Pacific Film Festival, Taiwan (2018)

  • Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia 2018

CAST

Sharmila Khadka

Kabita Budha

Srijana Khadka

Sital Khadka

Nandalal Khadka

Jhupri BK

Saune BK

CREW

DIRECTOR: Rajesh Prasad Khatri

PRODUCER: Min Bahadur Bham, Catherin Dussart, Suman Nidhi Sharma, Nigam Bhandari, Rajesh Prasad Khatri

STORY: Rajesh Prasad Khatri

SCREENPLAY: Rajesh Prasad Khatri

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Shishir Bishankhe

2ND UNIT DIRECTOR: Diamond Uprety

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Suman Nidhi Sharma

1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Diamond Uprety

SOUND DESIGN AND MIXING: Bipin Sthapit

LOCATION SOUND MIXER: Bipin Sthapit

EDITOR: Kiran Shrestha

LINE PRODUCER: Prabin Kumar Rawat

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Ramlal Khadka

COLORIST: Manoranjan Shrestha

ACTING COACH: Surya Shahi

SINGER: Kabita Budha

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Shooney Films, CDP, France, Cryptid Films