AFS Cinema

Texas Premiere

Shape of Momo

India | Narrative Feature

2025 | 114 mins | Nepali

TICKETS

Busan International Film Festival (Vision Section) - Songwon Vision Award and Taipei Film Commission Award
Kolkata International Film Festival - Best Film
Singapore International Film Festival

Bishnu, 32, returns to her ancestral Himalayan village after quitting her city job, only to face mounting family pressures and rigid societal expectations. Awaiting her are her grandmother, who hopes her son will return from Dubai; her mother, eager to see Bishnu settled and married and her pregnant sister Junu, who has come seeking refuge due to tensions at her in-laws’ home.

As old conflicts resurface with Junu’s arrival and a tentative relationship develops with Gyan, a “suitable” local architect, Bishnu is caught between tradition and her desire for independence. Navigating this fragile web of expectations and defiance, she must choose whether to conform or forge her own path.

Restoration Process

About the Artist

Tribeny Rai is a filmmaker from Sikkim. Her work explores female experience within the layered landscapes of the Eastern Himalayas. ‘Shape of Momo’ is her debut feature.

Trailer

For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions.

Credits

Crew:

Director:

Tribeny Rai

Writer:

Kislay, Tribeny Rai

Producer(s):

Dalley Khorsani Productions, Kathkala Films

Film Editor:

Anil Aalayam, Kislay

Featured Cast:

Gaumaya Gurung

Pashupati Rai

Shyamashree Sherpa

Bhanu Maya Rai

Rahul Mukhia

Thank you to our community partners for this screening!

This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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