‘Lori’s’ success has made my mother happy and hopeful about my career’

Abinash Bikram Shah on what winning the Special Mention of the Jury at this year’s Cannes film festival means for him and his short film ‘Lori’, his experiences in Cannes, and what inspired him to make the film.

Scriptwriter and director Abinash Bikram Shah recently made headlines after his film ‘Lori: Melancholy of my mother’s lullabies’ won Special Mention of the Jury at the 75th edition of the Cannes film festival. The film, which was one of the nine short films selected out of 3,507 films for the The Short Film Palme D'or’ category, deals with child marriage and the overarching influence of patriarchy in such marriages.