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Children of the Snow Land

Synopsis

The story of a group of children born in the High Himalayas of Nepal - a remote area of great natural beauty but where life is extremely tough. From just four years old, some children are sent by their parents to the capital city, Kathmandu, to a school run by a Buddhist monk in the hope that education will give them a better chance in life. For ten years or more they do not see or speak to their parents, due to the remoteness of their villages.
Now, upon graduation, aged 16, the children are making the trek home: an arduous and lengthy journey across mountains that takes them to the highest inhabited place on the planet; a faraway, off-grid land where the way of life has not changed for thousands of years, and where their parents are waiting to see children brought up in a world of mobile phones, social media and most modern conveniences. And then the earthquake strikes.
This film documents the children and their families' scary, moving, funny and humbling stories.

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Features
Running time
93 mins
Format
High Definition Video
Director
Zara Balfour, Marcus Stephenson 1st Feature
Producer
Zara Balfour, Marcus Stephenson
Executive Producer
Christopher Hird
Editor
Graham Taylor
Director of Photography
Marcus Stephenson, Mark Hakansson, Zara Balfour
Sound
Marcus Stephenson, Mark Hakansson, Zara Balfour
Composer
Chris Roe
Principal cast
Nima Gurung, Tsering Deki Lama, Jeewan Mahatara, Sangpo Lama
Associate Producer
James Fletcher
Diary Camera
Nima Gurung, Tsering Deki Lama, Jeewan Mahatara, Sangpo Lama, Tsewang Norbu Lama, Kunsang Tsamo Lama
Film Images
©Marcus Stephenson, Mark Hakansson

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