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Rubina by Night is a short documentary and Shakti Pictures’ fourth film.

The film premiered at KIMFF (Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival) in December 2018.

Rubina By Night” is a day in the life of Rudra Bahadur Bhujel, a young transgender woman, born as a boy and is an exploration of the personal price paid from making a living by engaging in sex work. 

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Pink Tiffany premiered at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival in December 2017 and screened at the Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival in March 2018. It premiered in the U.S.A. at Boston's 34th Annual "Wicked Queer" Film Festival.

The film was awarded Best Documentary at the Toronto Nepali Film Festival in May 2018.

“Bravely embracing and understanding her transformation from son to daughter, Meghna’s dauntless attitude and spirited laugh become a powerful reminder of not only what it is to be transgender in Nepal, but ultimately, what it is to be human.”  


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Daughters of the Curved Moon is distributed in Europe with Illumina Films and was broadcast with Arte in Spring 2019.

The film premiered in Kathmandu December 2016 at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF).

We are thrilled and excited to have won Best Feature Documentary at the film's U.S.Premiere at the San Antonio Film Festival. 

Daughters of the Curved Moon also won three awards at the Reel East Texas Film Festival in Kilgore, Texas: A Reel Jury Award for Best of Festival, Best Documentary and Best Foreign film.  

The film was also awarded Best Documentary at the Nepal America International Film Festival in D.C. and was recently awarded a Best Cinematography prize at Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival.

 

While telling the story of this unique and charismatic young woman, our intention is to raise awareness of the plight of women in this society whilst sharing a message of hope that things can, and are changing, one woman at a time.