Suggested Watch Time - Film: Friday 6:00pm - 7:55pm, Q&A: 8:00pm - 8:30pm
A young teacher in modern Bhutan, Ugyen, shirks his duties while planning to go to Australia to become a singer. As a reprimand, his superiors send him to the most remote school in the world, a glacial Himalayan village called Lunana, to complete his service. He finds himself exiled from his Westernised comforts after an arduous 8 day trek just to get there. There he finds no electricity, no textbooks, not even a blackboard. Though poor, the villagers extend a warm welcome to their new teacher, but he faces the daunting task of teaching the village children without any supplies. He wants to quit and go home, but he begins to learn of the hardship in the lives of the beautiful children he teaches, and to be transformed through the amazing spiritual strength of the villagers.
- Year2020
- Runtime110 minutes
- LanguageDzongkha
- CountryBhutan
- Premiere5 October 2019 (London Film Festival)
- DirectorPawo Choyning Dorji
- ScreenwriterPawo Choyning Dorji
- ProducerPawo Choyning Dorji
- Executive ProducerJia Honglin
- Co-ProducerTshering Dorji
- CastSherab Dorji, Tshering Dorji, Kelden Lhamo Gurung, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Sonam Tashi, Pem Zam
- CinematographerJigme Tenzing
- Production DesignTshering Dorji
- Sound DesignYi-Chen Chiang
Suggested Watch Time - Film: Friday 6:00pm - 7:55pm, Q&A: 8:00pm - 8:30pm
A young teacher in modern Bhutan, Ugyen, shirks his duties while planning to go to Australia to become a singer. As a reprimand, his superiors send him to the most remote school in the world, a glacial Himalayan village called Lunana, to complete his service. He finds himself exiled from his Westernised comforts after an arduous 8 day trek just to get there. There he finds no electricity, no textbooks, not even a blackboard. Though poor, the villagers extend a warm welcome to their new teacher, but he faces the daunting task of teaching the village children without any supplies. He wants to quit and go home, but he begins to learn of the hardship in the lives of the beautiful children he teaches, and to be transformed through the amazing spiritual strength of the villagers.
- Year2020
- Runtime110 minutes
- LanguageDzongkha
- CountryBhutan
- Premiere5 October 2019 (London Film Festival)
- DirectorPawo Choyning Dorji
- ScreenwriterPawo Choyning Dorji
- ProducerPawo Choyning Dorji
- Executive ProducerJia Honglin
- Co-ProducerTshering Dorji
- CastSherab Dorji, Tshering Dorji, Kelden Lhamo Gurung, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Sonam Tashi, Pem Zam
- CinematographerJigme Tenzing
- Production DesignTshering Dorji
- Sound DesignYi-Chen Chiang