Documentary

CHADDR

17-year-old Stanzin is about to graduate from high school in Ladakh, in the Kashmir region, India. She is the last generation who has to follow a dangerous mountain pass to get from her home village to school. Global warming and technological progress in the region change the lives of people rapidly. A lot is at stake for Stanzin, who undertakes her last way to school before taking her final exams and leaving her home town forever.

 

YEAR

2021 (cinema release)

DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CO-PRODUCED WITH

Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Minsu Park

FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY
SHOOTING LOCATIONS

Leh, India

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Shortlist Deutscher Filmpreis 2022, Nominee Grimme Preis 2023, Winner FFF-Förderpreis @ DOK.fest Munich 2020, Winner Best Documentary @ Trento Film Festival, Official Selection @ Make Dox Film Festival, One World Film Festival, Peloponnisos Documentary Film Festival, EU Human Rights Days, Cervino Film Festival (Selection)

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