Shorts & Mid-length · South Asia Premiere

Private Property

Directed by Deepak Rauniyar

Screens as part of Programme 1: Constructing Belonging.

Screening at DIFF 2026

Thu29 10:45 AM to 11:48 AMThursday 29 Oct · PictureTime 3

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Runtime: 17 min
Year: 2026
Countries: Australia, France, Nepal, United States
Language: English, Nepali
Subtitles: English
Premiere: South Asia

Synopsis

A gas station in America. Two outsiders, Maya, a Nepali immigrant working overnight to build a future and Danny, an unhoused Black veteran searching for warmth and shelter clash over one small space, and Maya reaches for the law, then a gun, to belong.

Director

Deepak RauniyarDeepak Rauniyar is a Nepali writer-director based in the US whose films have screened at Venice, Berlin, and Toronto. His features include Highway, White Sun (Nepal’s Oscar submission), and Pooja, Sir (Venice 2024). He teaches film directing at Boston University.

Cast and crew

Producer: Asha Magrati, Kiersten Houser, Kim Carr, Sheldon Chau
Writer: Deepak Rauniyar, Asha Magrati
Cinematographer: Sheldon Chau
Editor: J. Him Lee
Sound: Cecilia Keirstead, Uttam Neupane
Music: Vivek Maddala
Cast: Asha Magrati, Nick Sencey, Hem Thapa, Joe McAlear, Tylar McCarty, Nicole McCarty

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Private Property

Screening at DIFF 2026

Synopsis

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Cast and crew

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