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KUSUNDA
Documentary | Running Time: 25 minutes
2021 / English dialogue
Country: Germany, Taiwan R.O.C., Nepal, United States of America (USA) and Sweden
Directed by: Gayatri Parameswaran, Felix Gaedtke
R12
Gayatri Parameswaran
Gayatri Parameswaran is an award-winning writer, director, and producer of immersive works. India-born and based in Berlin, she co-founded NowHere Media.

Felix Gaedtke
Felix Gaedtke is a virtual and augmented reality storyteller and creative producer. He is the co-founder of NowHere Media.

Producer
Felix Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran
Cast
Gyani Maiya Kusunda, Hima Kusunda, Lil Bahadur Kusunda
Sound
Mads Michelsen
Composer
Hima Kusunda, Mads Michelsen
Production Company
NowHere Media, INVR.space, Fasad, Poké Poké Creative
Felix Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran
Cast
Gyani Maiya Kusunda, Hima Kusunda, Lil Bahadur Kusunda
Sound
Mads Michelsen
Composer
Hima Kusunda, Mads Michelsen
Production Company
NowHere Media, INVR.space, Fasad, Poké Poké Creative
In-Competition:“Kusunda” is an interactive virtual reality experience about the endangered Kusunda language in western Nepal. Co-created by Lil Bahadur, a shaman who speaks Kusunda, and his granddaughter Hima, this intergenerational story invites you to support the challenging task of revitalising a dormant indigenous language.
The Kusunda language has been categorised by linguists as a language isolate, meaning it’s unrelated to any other language family of the world. The Kusunda call themselves the Kings of the Fores” due to their nomadic lifestyle, and there are estimately only 150 people in Nepal who identify as Kusunda.
Lil Bahadur lost his mother tongue when he gave up his hunter-gatherer lifestyle to settle in the village. His granddaughter Hima is a bright teenager detached from her grandfather’s hunter-gatherer identity and represents a different Kusunda identity. Hima is taking on the challenge to revive her mother tongue, preserving the existence and identity of the Kusunda people in Nepal.
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