Badlido Aakash The Changing Sky Nepal

Badlido Aakash

The Changing Sky

Nepal | Nepali | Drama

Budget USD 280,000 Financing in place USD 70,000 Production Company Underground Talkies Nepal Present at Film Bazaar Anup Poudel Machindra Yongya Looking for Co-Producers Financiers Sales/Sales Agents

Synopsis

After partaking in a secret concert, Shreeti, Sushma, Roman, Mahesh and Ri are caught, and the school decides them to send back home with the assistance of Dechen (discipline In-charge) and Tyson (driver). The group wants to avoid going home and conflict of interests arises on the bus when Ri reveals to Shreeti that she has a revolutionary bloodline. Her grandfather fought during the Gorkhaland’s 80s revolution and went missing in the jungle. Now, Shreeti schemes a plan to ditch the bus and walk the hills to help Ri find out her grandfather’s fate. Everyone agrees with her. While crossing the woods, the group separates into two when Sushma and Mahesh are caught by the police whereas, Shreeti, Ri and Roman continue their journey. Shreeti, Ri and Roman meet the Gorkhaland’s rebel group and they escort them towards safety. All this time, Dechen and Tyson communicate with police and rebels alike to get the kids out of the troubled zone. But the rebels and the police meet and there is a clash. Would Shreeti and the group survive this clash and make their way back home safely?

How can a filmmaker who prefers English to his own native language, Nepali, understand the revolution that a language argument sparked in the Indian state? I have always wondered where I belong because I have lived in the UK for half of my life. The identical query is posed by The Changing Sky’s main character Shreeti. The central theme of the narrative is that Shreeti doesn’t want to return home in Nepal because she has friends and feels alive in Darjeeling. What about your life’s work, though? I had trouble finding my stories in the UK; it wasn’t until I arrived in Nepal that I realized they had always been there. For me, this is akin to discovering a sense of direction. Similarly, the hope that Darjeeling locals experienced in the early days of the Gorkhaland uprising is described in The Changing Sky.

Director(s)’ Biography

Machindra ‘Mac’ Yongya is a filmmaker active in UK and Nepal. He graduated in Digital Filmmaking from SAE Institute, Oxford in 2016 and has been working independently in partnership with LOQU Films on self-financed projects. In this manner, he produced alongside directing and writing three short films, also co-directed and photographed many sketches, comedies, and music videos for LOQU Films. Currently, Mac is based in Kathmandu, where he works as a writer and script consultant for feature film screenplays for various independent productions.

Machindra Yongya Director

(+44) 7454897360 machindrayongya@ gmail.com

Producer(s)’ Biography

Anup Poudel is a producer based in Kathmandu. A graduate of Oscar College of Film Studies in Kathmandu, Anup has graduated in a filmproducing course from Busan Asian Film School, South Korea. His short films as a producer have been selected at festivals like Cannes, Venice, Busan, Winterthur, Locarno, Montreal, Uppsala, Galway and many more. He was also awarded by the former US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton for his short film. He has recently completed three short films and a feature, which are being submitted across various film festivals.

Anup Poudel Producer

(+91) 9851328838 anoopmimosa@gmail. com