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NIFF DOCS

Home is not a Place

00:23:51|Nepal

Director:

Lhakpa Choedon Lama

Country:

Nepal

Film Duration:

00:23:51

Language:

English, Nepali

Producer:

Tenying Yangsel, Dolkar Lhamo Gurung

Screenwriter:

Lhakpa Choedon Lama

Synopsis

Home Is Not a Place follows a filmmaker’s search into her own family history after learning that her grandmother was kidnapped and forced into marriage. Through conversations with three women from her village, spanning three generations, the film examines the lasting effects of bride kidnapping in Nepal and how its influence continues to shape ideas of consent, marriage, and womanhood. Told through observation and personal testimony, the film looks at how women live with, respond to, and resist practices that have shaped their lives.

Lhakpa Director

Lhakpa Choedon Lama

Director

Lhakpa Choedon Lama is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist from Nar, Manang. She works across art direction, production design, and writing, often drawing from her Himalayan background. She is currently developing her practice toward visual anthropology, exploring how film can serve as both creative expression and ethnographic inquiry. Home Is Not a Place is her first documentary project and marks an important step in her ongoing exploration of storytelling as both personal reckoning and ideally, a social intervention.

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