A missing daughter. A forbidden love. A community the world has never seen on screen – until now.
A brave film that is both timelessly magic and achingly contemporary.
Elephants in the Fog 2026
Tinihāru तिनीहरू
Straight from its premiere at Cannes' in the prestigious Un Certain Regard section, Elephants in the Fog is the powerful debut of Nepali filmmaker Abinash Bikram Shah.
Set in a far flung village where the Kinnars, trans women knitted together by a vow of chastity, are revered by the villagers for their healing powers, Shah's tale zeroes in on community leader Pirati - who is having an affair with a man she loves and with whom she plans to escape to Delhi.
As fear of the attacks by the wild elephants that roam the surrounding forest mounts in the village, Pirati has to set her plans aside when the young Kinnar Apsara disappears. Did she escape? Was she killed by the elephants? Or was she murdered by a violent lover? As the mystery thickens, Shah probes into the hypocrisy and misunderstandings in a seeming conciliatory society, uncovering everyone's fallibility - including Piravi's.
Aided by the heartfelt central performance of Pushpa Thing Lama as Pirati, Shah's complex writing and vigorous directing conjure up a brave film that is both timelessly magic and achingly contemporary.