Director
A haunting visual fever dream, and a meditation on the afterlife; the journey to the next world, and what gets left behind among the living.
Writer
A haunting visual fever dream, and a meditation on the afterlife; the journey to the next world, and what gets left behind among the living.
Director
A haunting visual fever dream. Simultaneously, a meditation on the afterlife; the journey to the other-world and what gets left behind among the living; and the pain and yearning of return.
Director of Photography
In a village deep in the mountains of Nepal, an aging shaman ekes out a living as a farmer. Since his childhood, the villagers have called him whenever they’ve been plagued by illness and suffering. One day, when he is asked to heal a sick man, his healing powers no longer work. Neither his trance-like recitation of mantras nor the sacrifice of a rooster has any effect. The gods don’t hear him. Has he become too old to be a healer? In tranquil and contemplative images, AAKHAT tells the story of a shaman who is facing the end of his life.
