Nepali film Shirjara seeks final funding at Tokyo market for Cannes debut
Director Bikash Subedi's Nepali feature Shirjara: Song of Grandmother is raising its last $44,000 at the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market ahead of a planned Cannes premiere next year.
Production wraps in high altitude
Principal photography concluded at roughly 4,000 meters in Dhorpatan, Nepal. The team shot the footage on an Arri Alexa 35 camera system. Producer Subash Bhusal noted that the location created real logistical hurdles for the crew.
Story explores technology and tradition
The narrative moves between traditional Himalayan culture and a modern world shaped by artificial intelligence. Director Bikash Subedi stated the film asks what people building learning machines might gain from ancestral knowledge. The project has assembled an 80-minute rough cut of the 80-minute runtime.
Funding goal remains active
The production aims to secure its final $44,000 needed for completion at the current market. Variety reports the film is described as a speculative drama focusing on oral history versus digital databases.
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