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‘Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom’ Review: Oscar Shortlisted Film Puts Bhutanese Culture Front And Center

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Ugyen (Sherab Dorji) is a government-contracted teacher who doesn’t want to teach in Pawo Choyning Dorji’s Oscar-shortlisted debut film Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom.

It was submitted for consideration for last year’s Academy Award for International Feature, but was not accepted because the South Asian nation hadn’t submitted a film since it’s lone entry in 1999.

Beating the odds, Dorji’s film made the International Feature shortlist — making Bhutan one of three countries to make the cut for the first time, along with Kosovo and Panama.In the film, Ugyen dreams of traveling to Australia to become a singer, but he has another year on his contract before quitting.

He resides in large city in Bhutan, but when his supervisor notices he’s slacking at work, he’s transferred to a remote village called Lunana.When Ugyen gets off the bus, he meets Michen (Ugyen Norbu Lhendup), his guide to Lunana.

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