White Sun
| White Sun | |
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| सेतो सुर्य | |
| Directed by | Deepak Rauniyar |
| Written by | Deepak Rauniyar David Barker |
| Produced by | Deepak Rauniyar Joslyn Barnes Tsering Rhitar Sherpa Michel Merkt |
| Starring | Dayahang Rai Rabindra Singh Baniya |
| Cinematography | Mark Ó'Fearghail |
| Edited by | David Barker |
| Music by | Vivek Maddala |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Countries | Nepal Netherlands Qatar United States |
| Language | Nepali |
White Sun or Seto Surya is a 2016 biographical war drama film directed by Deepak Rauniyar and co-written by Rauniyar, David Barker. It stars Dayahang Rai and Rabindra Singh Baniya in the lead roles alongside Asha Magrati, Sumi Malla, Amrit Pariyar, Deepak Chetri and Deshbhakta Khanal. The film is based on Nepalese Civil War's conflict between royalists and Maoists.
It world premiered in the Horizons section at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival. It was later screened at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Nepali entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.