From far away Bhutan comes the film that will be screened on Friday 26/8* by CinePortokalia in the hospitable space of the Agricultural School of Karavas.
A film that made it to the Oscars and touched young and old all over the world.
A young teacher in modern-day Bhutan, Ugyen, neglects his duties as he prepares to leave for Australia to become a singer. His superiors, as a form of punishment, send him to complete his service at the world's most remote school in the village of Lunana. After eight days of grueling trekking just to reach the village, he realizes that he must say goodbye to his westernized comforts. In Lunana there is no electricity, no textbooks, not even a blackboard. Despite their poverty, the villagers prepare a warm welcome for their new teacher, who, however, has the heavy duty of teaching the village children in the absence of
of any infrastructure. And as he prepares to give up and leave, the difficulties of his wonderful students' daily lives begin to move him and the incredible spiritual power of the villagers begins to change him.
The screening of the film by the Children and Youth Film Library of the Youth Plan, is implemented in Kythera in the framework of the Youth Plan's educational program “EnCINEstθηση” in collaboration with the Olympia Festival, which will last throughout the summer and includes 5 screenings of films for children and young people and a filmmaking workshop of short film creation.
The film is screened at 21:00 with Greek subtitles and admission is free.
Awards
- Nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Film 2022
- Audience Favorite Film Award, CinemAsia Film Festival 2020
- Best Feature Film Award, International Film Festival Innsbruck 2021
- Best Feature Film, Palm Springs International Film Festival
2020
- Best Film Award of the Children's Jury, Ulju Mountain Film Festival 2020
- Best Feature Film Award, Wisconsin Film Festival 2021
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