Elephants in the Fog

Plot

In a small Nepalese village nestled in the heart of a forest populated by wild elephants, Pirati is the matriarch of a Kinnar community. She dreams of escaping to a “normal” life with the man she is in love with. But when one of her daughters disappears, she must investigate and choose between love and responsibility to her community.

About Elephants in the Fog

Elephants in the Fog (Nepali: तिनीहरू, romanized: Tinīharū) is a 2026 thriller film written and directed by Abinash Bikram Shah, in his directorial debut. Starring Pushpa Thing Lama, Deepika Yadav, Jasmine Bishwokarma, Aliz Ghimire, and Dura Sanjay Kumar Gupta, it follows a Nepalese Kinnar community struggle to protect itself. The film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival on 20 May, where it won the section's Jury Prize. It was theatrically released in Nepal on 4 September. It was also selected as the Nepalese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards.

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