World Premiere, Wide Angle: Asian Short Film Competition, 2026
Chumpa: A Doll Under the Basket
춤파 인형
Director Rajesh Prasad KHATRI
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Family/ChildComing of AgeWomenHuman Rights/Labor/Social
Fourteen-year-old Muna wants nothing more than to stay in school, but her dreams are crushed by her village’s rigid tradition of forced early marriage. She turns to her teacher for help, only to be dismissed by the villagers, who ask what use an education could possibly be. In the end, the wedding proceeds, and her dream seems to fade with no way out.
Programme note by PARK Sungho
Stills5
Screenings3
Thu, 10/08
20:0021:43
LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 7
146Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue
Sat, 10/10
15:4017:23
LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 4
327Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue
Tue, 10/13
19:3021:13
CGV Centum City 2
581Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue
Rajesh Prasad studied filmmaking on his own while working as a primary school teacher. In 2018, he completed the Asian Film Academy program at the Busan International Film Festival. His short film A Curious Girl (2017) was screened at the Busan International Film Festival and subsequently won the Special Prize of the Berlinale Generation Kplus International Jury for Best Short Film. Another film, A Scarecrow (2020), received the President’s Special Recognition Award at the AFA-MPA Film Pitch Competition and was selected for the Busan International Film Festival. He is currently working on his debut feature film Black and White Photo.
From Busan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31
