Elephants in the Fog picked for Oscars
Summary
‘Tiniharu: Elephants in the Fog’ has been selected as Nepal’s official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. The film had earlier won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, while ‘Gauthali’ was the other Nepali film considered.
Key Points
- ‘Tiniharu: Elephants in the Fog’ was chosen to represent Nepal in the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards.
- The International Feature Film Selection Committee (Nepal) evaluated two Nepali narrative films, including ‘Gauthali’, on technical and artistic criteria before making its decision.
- The film had already won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.
- Prime Minister Balendra Shah congratulated the film unit on the selection through a Facebook post.
