Completed - ENGLISH, NEPALI - Documentary, Social issues, Children's - 93 minutes
A coming of age voyage in which the children must trek from their adopted city school all the way back to their birthplace in the highest inhabited villages on earth, to reconnect with family and an ancient way of life, to make peace with those who gave them up for a ‘better’ life. Born in the high Himalaya. Separated from family for education. After 12 long years, it’s time to go home…
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Zara BALFOUR, Marcus STEPHENSON Producer(s) : Zara BALFOUR (Picture on the Wall Productions & Mayfly TV)
Children of the Snow Land tells the story of a group of children born in the High Himalayas of Nepal - a remote area of great natural beauty but where life is extremely tough. From just four years old, some children are sent by their parents to the capital city, Kathmandu, to a school run by a Buddhist monk in the hope that education will give them a better chance in life. For ten years or more they do not see or speak to their parents, due to the remoteness of their villages. Now, upon graduation, aged 16, the children are making the trek home: an arduous and lengthy journey across mountains that takes them to the highest inhabited place on the planet; a faraway, off-grid land where the way of life has not changed for thousands of years, and where traditional parents are waiting to see children brought up in a world of social media and most modern conveniences. Then the earthquake strikes. Children of the Snow Land documents their scary, moving, funny and humbling stories.
Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM
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Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival 2018 (Best International Non-Fiction Film)London Independent Film Festival 2018 (Best Documentary)Pokhara International Mountain Film Festival 2018Valletta Film Festival 2018Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2018