Length: 25 min, Year of production: 2016, Language: Gurung & Nepali mix with English Subtitles
One and a half months after the devastating earthquake reduced an entire village to rubble, and a ten-year-old girl longs for normality. News reaches her that school will re-open in a day and she is understandably overjoyed, but there is a hitch: she must first locate her shoes — mandatory under new school rules — in the debris that was once her home.
Screenings/ Awards
Finno-Ugric Film Festival, ESTONIA, 2025
West Bengal Short Film Festival, INDIA, 2023
University of Lisbon 2019, PORTUGAL
Maoriland Film Festival 2019, NEW ZEALAND
Bangaluru International short Film Festival 2018, INDIA
Nepal Cultural International Film Festival 2018, NEPAL (winner: Best Children Film)
Nepal International Film Festival 2018, NEPAL
Charlotte Asian Film Festival 2018, USA
Ulju Mountain Film Festival 2018, S. KOREA
Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema, 2018, RUSSIA
Kashmir World Film Festival 2018, INDIA
Midllebury New Filmmakers Festival 2018, USA
Tryon International Film Festival 2018, USA
Delhi International Film Festival 2018, INDIA
International Film Festival of Shimla 2017, INDIA
Covellite International Film Festival 2017, USA
Pokhara International Mountain Film Festival 2017, NEPAL
Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2016, NEPAL (World Premiere)
Credits
Director/ Producer/ Writer/ Editor: Ngima Gelu Lama
Cinematography: Ali Rasheed, Prajwal Bhattarai
Location Sound / Music: PushpaSangam
Ngima Gelu Sherpa 