Abinash Bikram Shah is a Nepalese writer and director, and an alumnus of the Asian Film Academy, Sundance Institute, Berlinale Talents, Film Independent Global Media Makers (GMM), and the Locarno Filmmakers Academy. Shah co-wrote The Black Hen (2015), which premiered at the Venice International Film Critics' Week, and Shambhala (2024), which was selected for the Competition section at the Berlin International Film Festival — both serving as Nepal's official Oscar entries. He wrote and directed the short film Tattini (2018), which screened at international festivals, and went on to become the first Nepali filmmaker to compete in the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival with his short Lori (2022), which earned a Special Mention. Most recently, his film Elephants in the Fog won the Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2026.
