Pawo Choyning Dorji
June 23, 1983 · 43 years old
Pawo Choyning Dorji (Dzongkha: དཔའ་བོ་ཆོས་དབྱིངས་རྡོ་རྗི།; born 23 June 1983; Darjeeling) is a Bhutanese filmmmaker, writer, photographer. His feature directorial debut Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019) was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. His second film…
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Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
2019 · 1h 50m · Movie
An aspiring singer living with his grandmother in the capital of Bhutan dreams of getting a visa to move to Australia.
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The Monk and the Gun
2023 · 1h 47m · Movie
An American travels into Bhutan in search of a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.
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