Pooja Sir

Director: Deepak Rauniyar, 108 min, USA/Nepal/Norway.

When two boys are kidnapped in a border town in Nepal, Detective Inspector Pooja (Asha Magrati) is sent from Kathmandu to solve the case, forcing her to leave her wife and her ailing father behind. But when she arrives to investigate, the brewing political unrest and violent protests throw her off course, and she is forced to seek help from Mamata (Nikita Chandak), a local Madhesi policewoman. By putting aside systemic racial and homophobic discrimination and pushing through everyday misogyny, the women work together to solve the case—but at what personal cost? Inspired by real events which took place in Southern Nepal during the 2015 race protests.