White Sun
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2015
Logline
White Sun is a dark comedy about life in a Nepali mountain village in the wake of the decade-long armed conflict.
Deepak Rauniyar
Director, Producer
Deepak Rauniyar is a director, screenwriter, and producer. A former critic, he became the first Nepali director to compete at a major international film festival when his debut Highway premiered at the 2012 Berlinale. His second film White Sun, premiered at the 2016 Venice Film Festival to rave reviews and has screened throughout the world (Toronto, Busan, Locarno, Rotterdam), winning awards at Venice, Singapore, and Palm Spring film festivals. The film was Nepal’s official selection for the 90th Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film. The New York Times recently described Rauniyar as one of “The 9 New Directors You Need to Watch." He is an alumnus of the Toronto and Berlinale Talent Campuses as well as the Cannes Cinéfondation program and has served a member of the jury at Locarno and Sydney Film Festivals, and Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Joslyn Barnes
Co-Producer
Joslyn Barnes is a writer and producer. Barnes has executive produced or produced since co-founding Louverture Films with partners Danny Glover, Susan Rockefeller and Bertha Foundation, are TROUBLE THE WATER, BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975, and CONCERNING VIOLENCE.