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 ...

In Pawo Choyning Dorji’s film, a teacher is assigned to a school that’s an eight-day walk from where he lives. By Nicolas Rapold When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through ...

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 ...

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 ...

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If an Oscar category existed for biggest production challenges, the Bhutanese drama Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom would probably be this year’s frontrunner. Written and directed by first-time ...