Junko
Film Screening & Ticket Information
When & Where to See this Film!
In Person Date, Time & Location:
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD • 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
SCREENING BLOCK:
Unseen: Six films that urge us to truly see our fellow travelers.
Synopsis
A newlywed girl is left to live with her mother when her husband leaves to find work in India. He gives her a mobile phone as he departs, and this is to be the sole method of communication between the couple. She waits patiently for her husband to call, but it is in vain.
As days pass, longingness turns to loneliness, then resignation to resolve. The girl and her mother ultimately find solace in each other in this affecting film about solitude, abandonment, and self-actualization.
Credits
- Minsho Limbu, Director
- Minsho Limbu, Writer
- Prem Prasad Adhikary, Producer
- Garima Singh, Key Cast, “Junko”
- Sarita Giri, Key Cast, “Junko Mother “
Director Statement
I read the news about a newly-wed girl whose husband left her in the mother’s home before leaving for India to work. As days turned into years, the husband never called her and one day she committed suicide.
This news struck a chord right through my heart. Identifying myself as a feminist, I couldn’t get over the thought of how great of an opportunity that was for the newlywed girl in absence of her husband to become independent and rejoice in her solitude.
I was rock solid even before drafting the first draft that the central theme of this film will be women empowerment. I didn’t want to force that idea or in any way give a message to the audience but wanted to deal with the central theme in a much more nuanced and subtle way.
This film will always be so special to me because “Junko” is my graduation film. This is the first short film I did with a professional crew.
This short film will also be so special to me in my filmmaking journey because of the innocence that was inside of me when Junko was just taking its baby steps. The innocence which I tried to express with the medium of cinema.
Director Biography
Mingsho Angdembe (Minsho Limbu) is an Independent filmmaker based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He holds graduation in screenplay writing and direction from Everest Film Academy. JUNKO is a directorial debut short film by him. It had been screened at Fribourg, Torino, POFF Shorts, Drama, Washington DC Film Fest, Ajyal, London, Tel-Aviv, MINIKINKO, and few other International film festivals worldwide.
Currently, he is developing his second short film, Summer of Goodbyes, selected at the 9th Drama Pitching Lab, as part of the 45th Drama International Short Film Festival,5-11 September 2022, Greece.
