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Pawo Choyning Dorji on Lunana & making films

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Independent Bhutanese films have been doing incredibly well at international film festivals. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is one of them. The film opened to rave reviews in Bhutan after touring the world via film festivals. This is Pawo's first film as a writer-director. Lunana won the Audience Choice Award at the Palms Spring International Film Festival 2020 beating Oscar-nominated films! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/namgay-zam/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/namgay-zam/support

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