Director Tribeny Rai adapts girl’s death into village boundary dispute drama
Director Tribeny Rai is developing a new film titled 'A Chronicle of Minor Things' that centers on a jurisdictional quarrel between two villages over the body of a deceased teenager at the Busan International Film Festival.
The disputed location details
Two villages are arguing about which one holds authority over the specific spot where a 15-year-old girl died. The girl was found hanging from a tree at daybreak with her body still attached to the branches. One village owns the roots of the tree while the other claims the branch stretching over its land.
Festival market context
This working-titled project is currently part of the Asian Project Market running within the Asian Contents & Film Market. The event takes place inside the Busan International Film Festival structure. Rai previously won awards for her debut film 'Shape of Momo' at the same festival in 2025.
Director thematic focus
Rai states she wants to build a world rooted firmly in the village for viewers to see as their own. She aims to show how power and politics enter ordinary life until people stop seeing them as systems. The director notes that this story feels timely given the current state of the world.
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