"The Sky Is Mine" wins €45,000 in TorinoFilmLab Audience Design Fund awards – ScreenDaily
Deepak Rauniyar's works have been screened internationally, including in Venice, Berlinale, Locarno, and Toronto, as well as at the Museum of Modern Art “MoMA.”
Rauniyar's latest film, Four Nights, premiered at Berlinale 2022 and was nominated for the Golden Bear Award. His 2016 feature White Sun debuted with rave reviews at the Venice Film Festival and won the Interfilm Award at Venice, the New Voice and New Vision Grand Jury Prize at Palm Spring, and the Silver Screen Award for Best Film at the Singapore Film Festivals. The Film was Nepal’s Best Foreign Language Film entry at the 90th Academy Awards. In 2017, The New York Times named Rauniyar one of "The 9 New Directors You Need to Watch".
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Even as the director, Deepak Rauniyar, turns opposition into a structuring principle, he creates a satisfyingly holistic work. – nytimes.com
Acclaimed Nepalese filmmaker Deepak Rauniyar has wrapped principal photography on his next feature, “Rajagunj” (“The Sky is Mine”). The film is also one of nine projects to receive funding from the Norwegian Film Institute’s Sorfond. It received NOK625,000 ($57,600). – variety.com
“Rauniyar manages space and time using a tight script and strong directorial choices to set up a lived-in slice of life on the edge of indie filmmaking.”– icsfilm.org/
Four Nights is a forceful film crafted with heart and wit, and Rauniyar returns with another gem after his critically acclaimed long feature films White Sun (2016, Venice) and Highway (2012, Berlinale/ Locarno). – http://ubiquarian.net/
Co-produced by Danny Glover’s New York-based shingle Louverture Films, “White Sun” won the Interfilm award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue at Venice… variety.com/
“That so packed (and pictorially arresting) a scenario is not only well-acted — from the kids to the elders — but handled with emotional intelligence and even eye-rolling humor, speaks to Rauniyar’s narrative gifts regarding matters of his homeland.” – latimes.com/