Many screen dramas involving the give-and-take within a classroom constitute a romantic subgenre, emotions gradually unclenching on at least one side of the teacher-student equation. Often the change ...

When the Oscar nominations dropped on February 8, one of the most surprising and celebrated inclusions was the Bhutanese feature Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom, only the second ever movie submitted by ...

The underdog story of this Academy Award season centers around a yak that marks the nation of Bhutan’s first Oscars submission of the century. Filming “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” in the heart of ...

The country’s first nomination for best international feature, the debut from director Pawo Choyning Dorji, was shot in a remote Himalayan village with a cast of first-time performers. By Patrick ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The company has acquired North American rights to the heartwarming, gorgeously ...

Rolling off its Oscar nomination in the international feature category, Pawo Choyning Dorji’s Bhutanese feature debut “Lunana: A Yak in The Classroom” has been sold by Films Boutique in further ...

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Pawo Choyning Dorji’s lushly lensed Bhutanese drama “Lunana: A Yak in The Classroom,” one of the 15 films shortlisted for the Oscar’s ...

In a time when bigger is assumed to be better, especially in terms of budget and star power, “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” scored a surprising Oscar nomination for Best International Feature, the ...

"I have hope that you will give these children the education they need to become more." Samuel Goldwyn Films has revealed a new official US trailer for the indie film Lunana: A Yak in The Classroom, ...

Ugyen (Sherab Dorji) is a government-contracted teacher who doesn’t want to teach in Pawo Choyning Dorji’s Oscar-shortlisted debut film Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom. It was submitted for ...

In the first Bhutanese film to be nominated for an Academy Award, a reluctant young teacher is assigned to a remote school in the Himalayas and learns life-changing lessons. By Sheri Linden Senior ...