A Little Wisdom | |
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Directed by | Yuqi Kang |
Produced by | Maro Chermayeff Sean Farnel Yuqi Kang |
Cinematography | Amitabh Joshi Yuqi Kang Paola Ochoa |
Edited by | Yuqi Kang |
Music by | Drukmo Gyal Dakimi Martin Zaulich |
Production company | Blue Goat Films |
Distributed by | Journeyman Pictures |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | Nepali |
A Little Wisdom is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Yuqi Kang and released in 2017. [1] The film depicts a group of young boys at a Buddhist monastery school in Lumbini, Nepal, [2] centring in particular on Hopakuli, a four-year-old boy who was left at the monastery with his brother Chorten by their impoverished single mother following their father's death. [3]
The film premiered in 2017 at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival. [2] It had its American premiere at SXSW, [2] and its Canadian premiere at the 2018 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. [3]
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival | 2018 | Best Canadian Feature Documentary | Yuqi Kang | Won | [4] |
Directors Guild of Canada | DGC Discovery Award | Shortlisted | [5] | ||
Doc NYC | Viewfinders Grand Jury Prize | Won | [6] |