Rolling off its Oscar nomination in the international feature category, Pawo Choyning Dorji’s Bhutanese feature debut “Lunana: A Yak in The Classroom” has been sold by Films Boutique in further territories.
Bhutan’s first Oscar entry in 23 years, “Lunana: A Yak in The Classroom” follows a young teacher who dreams of emigrating to Australia to become a singer and instead finds himself assigned to a school in the most remote village in Northern Bhutan, where he unexpectedly bonds with local children and finds happiness.
Berlin-based company Films Boutique has sold the film into leading distributors in Spain (A Contracorriente), Benelux (September Films) and Portugal (Alambique).
The company has already sold the movie in most major markets, including North America with Samuel Goldwyn Films.
The movie premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in 2019 and won the audience award at last year’s Palm Springs Film Festival. The critically acclaimed...
Bhutan’s first Oscar entry in 23 years, “Lunana: A Yak in The Classroom” follows a young teacher who dreams of emigrating to Australia to become a singer and instead finds himself assigned to a school in the most remote village in Northern Bhutan, where he unexpectedly bonds with local children and finds happiness.
Berlin-based company Films Boutique has sold the film into leading distributors in Spain (A Contracorriente), Benelux (September Films) and Portugal (Alambique).
The company has already sold the movie in most major markets, including North America with Samuel Goldwyn Films.
The movie premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in 2019 and won the audience award at last year’s Palm Springs Film Festival. The critically acclaimed...
- 2/15/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Bhutan’s first Oscar entry in 23 years, Pawo Choyning Dorji’s feature debut “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” had an unusual journey before landing on the shortlist for Oscar international film.
The lushly lensed feature, with a plot revolving around the spiritual coming of age of a young man on a quest to find happiness far from home, was made on solar batteries and shot for three months in one of world’s most isolated human settlements with first-time actors and an amateur crew.
“It’s a very surreal journey, and for me it really validates the power of art and filmmaking, that if you put your heart into it, and share a story with the world, it can go from the remotest school in the world, all the way to the most prestigious stages of the world,” says Dorji. He is an author and photographer from Bhutan whose...
The lushly lensed feature, with a plot revolving around the spiritual coming of age of a young man on a quest to find happiness far from home, was made on solar batteries and shot for three months in one of world’s most isolated human settlements with first-time actors and an amateur crew.
“It’s a very surreal journey, and for me it really validates the power of art and filmmaking, that if you put your heart into it, and share a story with the world, it can go from the remotest school in the world, all the way to the most prestigious stages of the world,” says Dorji. He is an author and photographer from Bhutan whose...
- 1/22/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Pawo Choyning Dorji’s lushly lensed Bhutanese drama “Lunana: A Yak in The Classroom,” one of the 15 films shortlisted for the Oscar’s international feature film race.
Represented by Berlin-based Films Boutique, “Lunana: A Yak in The Classroom” premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in 2019 and won the audience award at last year’s Palm Springs Film Festival. The critically acclaimed film is the second Oscar entry from Bhutan, a landlocked country in South Asia. The first official Bhutanese Oscar submission was in 1999 with Khyentse Norbu’s “The Cup,” a Tibetan-language drama.
The movie follows a young teacher who dreams of emigrating to Australia and instead finds himself assigned to a school in the most remote village in Northern Bhutan where there is no running water and electricity. While he wants to leave as soon as he arrives, the teacher...
Represented by Berlin-based Films Boutique, “Lunana: A Yak in The Classroom” premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in 2019 and won the audience award at last year’s Palm Springs Film Festival. The critically acclaimed film is the second Oscar entry from Bhutan, a landlocked country in South Asia. The first official Bhutanese Oscar submission was in 1999 with Khyentse Norbu’s “The Cup,” a Tibetan-language drama.
The movie follows a young teacher who dreams of emigrating to Australia and instead finds himself assigned to a school in the most remote village in Northern Bhutan where there is no running water and electricity. While he wants to leave as soon as he arrives, the teacher...
- 1/3/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The film will play in the family strand in London.
Films Boutique has boarded sales on Bhutanese director Pawo Choyning Dorji’s Himalayan-set drama Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom ahead of its world premiere in the BFI London Film Festival’s family strand.
The film revolves around a trainee teacher who dreams of emigrating to Australia but instead finds himself assigned to a school in the remote Himalayan village of Lunana in northern Bhutan.
The high altitude, a lack of amenities and the increasingly cold weather as the winter closes in, make him want to leave as soon as he arrives.
Films Boutique has boarded sales on Bhutanese director Pawo Choyning Dorji’s Himalayan-set drama Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom ahead of its world premiere in the BFI London Film Festival’s family strand.
The film revolves around a trainee teacher who dreams of emigrating to Australia but instead finds himself assigned to a school in the remote Himalayan village of Lunana in northern Bhutan.
The high altitude, a lack of amenities and the increasingly cold weather as the winter closes in, make him want to leave as soon as he arrives.
- 10/2/2019
- by 1100380¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
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