Ram Krishna Pokharel is a film producer from Nepal whose films include The Nightingale of Tibet (2012) and The Story of ’72 (2018). In 2018, he helped director Tashi Gyeltshen produce The Red Phallus, which won the FIPRESCI Award at the Busan International Film Festival and was nominated for the Crystal Bear Generation 14plus – Best Feature Film prize at the Berlin International Film Festival and played at Edinburgh, Fribourg and Kerala film festivals. The Red Phallus earned him his first APSA nomination for Best Youth Feature Film

Accolades

Tashi Gyeltshen and Kristina Konrad and Ram Krishna Pokharel
Best Youth Feature Film, 2019

The Red Phallus

Best Youth Feature Film, 2019

The Red Phallus

In a remote valley of Phobjikha in the small nation of Bhutan nestled deep into the Himalayas, 16-year-old teenager Sangay lives with her widowed father who is a popular…

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Films

The Red Phallus
2018

The Red Phallus

Bhutan, Nepal, Germany
2018

The Red Phallus

In a remote valley of Phobjikha in the small nation of Bhutan nestled deep into the Himalayas, 16-year-old teenager Sangay lives with her widowed father who is a popular…

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