God's Buffalo - Short Documentary - Nepal

Homan Singh Shivabhakti ekes out a living farming in the hills of Sindhupalchowk district, east of Kathmandu. Script He loves and worships his buffalo which has brought him all the good things in his life. All is well until devastating floods ravage the area. Homan Singh's buffalo disappears.

​Widely recognized as one of the finest cinematographers working in Nepal, both for fiction and non-fiction films, Bishnu Kalpit has won the National Award for Cinematography & National Advertising Award for camera work

He has been nominated for an Emmy and has won a Silver Award for Cinematography at the New York Film Festival. Kalpit won the best ICIMOD Mountain Film Award & the best Documentary award for his film God’s Buffalo in 2021. He also won first prize in the Kathmandu International Mountain film festival’s short film contest in 2016.

Director StatementHoman Singh Shivabhakti ekes out a living farming in the hills of Sindhupalchowk district, east of Kathmandu. Script He loves and worships his buffalo which has brought him all the good things in his life. All is well until devastating floods ravage the area. Homan Singh's buffalo disappears.

Director Bishnu Kalpit