South Asia Competition
Nepal, Sri Lanka
Nepali
2023
87 mins
Asia Premiere
Festival History
Venice Int'l Film Festival
Zurich Film Festival
South Asia Competition
Nepal, Sri Lanka
Nepali
2023
87 mins
Asia Premiere
Festival History
Venice Int'l Film Festival
Zurich Film Festival
A pick-up truck driver leaves Kathmandu airport for a two-day drive with a delivery arriving from abroad to a remote mountain village. Climbing the serpentine road into the mountains, the driver listens to old popular songs and callers who tell of true-life strange experiences on the radio. When he stops to check on his truck, he meets a man who convinces him to rest the night and avoid the long drive in the night. The two men share a drink. Outside on the dark mountain road a migrant worker passes, calmly rolling his red suitcase uphill.
Saugat Malla
Prabin Khatiwada
Bipin Karki
Shristi Shrestha
Fidel Devkota
Sushan Prajapati
Saman Alitigala
Shrawal Raj Pandey and Sudeepta Sadhukhan
Uttsav Budhathoki
Ramlal Khadka
Sujan Pariyar
Ram Krishna Pokharel
Shova Thapa
Fidel Devkota
Icefall Productions in association with Film Council Productions
Cine Sankipa
Ram Krishna Pokharel
rk@icefall.com.np
Anna Krupnova
ak@reason8films.com
Fidel Devkota is a Nepalese filmmaker and visual anthropologist who has been active as a filmmaker, anthropologist, activist, photographer, and lecturer for the past decade. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Film Studies, MA, and a Ph.D. in Visual Media Anthropology. His filmography includes The Last Fit (2007, 11’), Irony (2008, 23’), Shambala: The Story of Paradise Lost (2011, 50’) and The Last Yak Herder of Dhe (2014, 33’). His films, photography, publications, and research works are mainly focused on the themes of spiritual, social, and economic transformation in a time of environmental and political change in Nepal. The Red Suitcase is his debut fiction feature film.
