Project Detail

Ashmina

Synopsis

Nestled between a beautiful lake and the Himalayas, Ashmina, 13, lives with her family at the outskirts of Pokhara Nepal, paragliding capital of the world. The remote and traditional town is also a busy tourist destination where the locals are profoundly affected by the swarms of tourists who visit it daily. Forced to skip school, Ashmina helps her family make ends meet by working at the landing field, packing the parachutes of foreign pilots in return of small change.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - World premiere

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Details

Year: 2018
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 16 mins
Format: Red
Director: Dekel Berenson
Producer: Merlin Merton, Dekel Berenson, Dominic Davey
Executive Producer: Elad Keidan, Omar Parker
Editor: Ricardo Mesquita
Screenwriter: Dekel Berenson
Director of Photography: Vasco Viana
Sound: Sound Recordist: Miguel Antunes; Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer: Hugo Leitão
Principal cast: Dikshya Karki, Fabian Gleeson, Prakat Pageni, Sadhana Bhandari

Genre

Human Rights Asian Children’s Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Nepal, UK coproduction

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