Elephants in the Fog

But I think it has a lot of interesting things to say, and I think it was just a really, really great film overall.

Another film, Elephants in the Fog, which premiered at Cannes-

Mm-hmm

... which follows, is this Ne- uh, Nepalese village of this, um, following this kin community, which is basically a group of trans women.

Are there any films that you're excited to see or that you would recommend?

I'm curious to see a film called Elephants in the Fog, which is their closing night film.

And I believe that did premiere at Toronto.

That's often the case where films kind of make the awards run.

And there's countries like Nepal, which we don't get to see a lot of films from that particular country.

There's a wonderful film called Elephants in the Fog, which is sort of part mystery, part thriller.

It's really visually arresting film.

So yeah, I felt like we got to really travel the world in the cinema this year.

What a man.

Uh, Elephants in the Fog, which is, I believe, Nepal's, uh, submission for international feature, it, I don't think it will make the final five, but I thought that movie was stunning.

It is about, uh, this group of Kinnars, who are this, the third gender in Nepalese culture.

They're transgender, uh, women who have these, like, sacred ritual things that they do.

The arts community delivered a major victory this week.

The film Elephants in the Fog, which already captured international attention by winning a jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival, has been officially selected as Nepal's entry for Best International Feature at the Academy Awards.

Which is huge.

Securing an Oscar submission validates the growing sophistication and global resonance of the Nepalese film industry.