Tribeny Rai never intended to romanticize her homeland. The Sikkimese filmmaker’s debut feature “Shape of Momo” deliberately avoids romanticizing mountain communities, presenting instead an unflinching portrait of women navigating patriarchal expectations in a Himalayan village.
“People always want to romanticize places like ours, turn them into some beautiful backdrop for someone else’s story. I’ve never liked that,” Rai tells Variety ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival, where it screens in the Vision section before its European bow at San Sebastián’s New Directors section.
Related Stories
The Nepali-language drama follows Bishnu, who returns to her mountain village after
→ Continue reading at Variety
