Dadyaa: The Woodpeckers of Rotha
An elderly couple in a small empty Nepalese village. When everyone is gone, what is left but memories?
- Nepal, France
- 2016, 16 min
- Director: Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung
- Director of photography: Chintan Rajbhandari
- Editor: Chandra-Bindu
- Screenplay: Pooja Gurung, Bibhusan Basnet
- Music: Parimal Damai
- Cast: Parimal Damai, Chhamkala Damai
- Contacts: Bibhusan Basnet
- Art Director: Sajan Thapa Magar
- Producer: Marie Legrand, Rani Massalha and Prajjwal SJB Rana
- Production: Les Films Du Tambour/Eyecore Films
Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung
Pooja Gurung and Bibhusan Basnet both live in Kathmandu and have been working together for the past six years. Their first short film ‘The Contagious Apparitions of Dambarey Dendrite’ (2013, 18 minutes) was screened at several film festivals, including the Prague Short Films Festival. ‘Dadyaa’ is their second short film. Currently, the duo is working on their first feature film: ‘The Whole-Timers’ produced by Les Films du Tambour. The project was selected at the Atelier of the Cinéfondation of the Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and developed within the Jerusalem Film Lab.