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Abinash Bikram Shah reflects on filmmaking journey and family roots

The filmmaker, who recently won a Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, shares how personal experiences and community observations shape his cinema.

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  1. 0:01Filmmaker Abinash Bikram Shah has opened
  2. 0:03up about his journey from Lalitpur
  3. 0:05to the global stage
  4. 0:08Shah won the prestigious Jury Prize
  5. 0:10in the Un Certain Regard section
  6. 0:12at the Cannes Film Festival
  7. 0:14Cast members say Shah writes as
  8. 0:16if he has personally lived through
  9. 0:18the lives of all his characters
  10. 0:21His film Tiniharu features authentic local
  11. 0:23mannerisms from specific blessing rituals
  12. 0:26to gestures
  13. 0:28Now in his 40s his storytelling
  14. 0:30remains deeply shaped by his childhood
  15. 0:33and family dynamics
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