Kathmandu. The film ‘Elephant in the Fog’, which is officially recommended by Nepal for this year’s 99th Oscar Awards, is competing in the Asian cinema category ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’ at the 31st Busan International Film Festival.
The second screening of the film, which premiered in Busan on October 8, will be held on Saturday evening at Cinema Mountain Hall, and there will not be a Q&A session with the director. The third screening of the film will be held again on 13 October.
In ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’, which showcases the best and important works of established and emerging filmmakers in Asia, famous films such as “Elephants in the Fog” by director Avinash Vikram Shah, “Not a Hero” by Rima Das from India and “Diary of a Mad Old Man” starring Fan Bingbing from Hong Kong/USA are also competing.
“Elephants in the Fog” previously won the Jury Prize in the “On Certain Regard” category of Cannes Film Festival 2026. Directed by Avinashvikram Shah, the film will begin its international promotional tour for the Oscar competition for ‘Best International Feature Film’ after the Busan Film Festival.
In order to attract Oscar voters, this film is screening at the famous American Film Institute Festival in the last week of October. Similarly, it is said that special ‘Academy Screenings’ will be organized in various major cities of Europe in London, Paris, and Berlin in the months of November and December. In Nepal, the public screening of this film continues.
Also Jury and Mentor of Avinash Busan
While his own film is competing in the Busan Film Festival, its director Avinash Vikram Shah is on the 3-member jury committee of the prestigious ‘Sonje Award’ given to short films of the Busan Film Festival.
Director Shah has said that it is a matter of pride for the film to participate in the festival and to play the role of judge. Expressing his happiness on the social network, he wrote, ‘Being able to participate in the festival from the first feature film and serving as a judge is like a dream for me.’
Apart from that, Shah Busan is also participating as a mentor by providing guidance and training to new filmmakers from Asia participating in the Asian Film Academy.