Junko
Nepal
2021
14 min
A newlywed girl is left to live with her mother when her husband leaves to find work in India. He gives her a mobile phone as he departs, and this is to be the sole method of communication between the couple. She waits patiently for her husband to call, but in vain. As the days pass, longing turns to loneliness, then resignation to resolve. The girl and her mother ultimately find solace in each other in this affecting film about solitude, abandonment and self-actualization.
Original Language
Nepali
Direction
Minsho Limbu
Camera
Niraj Bhusal
Editing
Pasang Dawa Sherpa
Sound
N/A
Script
Minsho Limbu
Producer
Prem Prasad Adhikary
About the filmmaker.
Minsho Limbu is an independent filmmaker based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He studied screenplay writing and direction at the Everest Film Academy. Junko, his directorial debut short, has been screened at film festivals including Fribourg, Torino, POFF Shorts, Drama ISFF, Washington DC Film Fest, Ajyal film festival, London, Tel-Aviv, MINIKINKO, and VGIK International student film festivals. It won awards for best director and cinematography at the Early Bird and Linz International Short Film Festivals in 2022. Limbu is currently developing his next short film, Summer of Goodbyes, which was selected at the 9th Drama Pitching Lab as part of the 45th Drama International Short Film Festival in 2022 in Greece.