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Australia-India Screen Ties Strengthen as Migrant Drama ‘Home Before Night’ Heads to Film Bazaar

Variety - Nov 2024

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Film Bazaar has selected the Australian project Home Before Night as one of its official entries in the Co-Production Market, as Australia set to be country of focus at IFFI 2024

Screen Daily - Nov 2024

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'Art is a soft power'- These projects are connecting Australia and Nepal through cinema

SBS Australia - April 2024

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Australia or Nepal; Why these filmmakers from two different backgrounds find their sense of 'home' ambiguous

SBS Australia - March 2024

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A new Nepali film is being registered in Australia and will be directed by Kalani Gacon (Nepali)

OnlineKhabar - March 2024

The production team of 'Home Before Night' is seeking Nepali actors who migrated to Australia as students

SBS Australia - March 2024

'Bed bugs of Kathmandu are unbeatable': Filmmaker Kalani Gacon recounts his days in Nepal's prison

SBS Australia - March 2024

Kalani Gacon's life in Tamang Villages

Inside Himalayas - February 2024

Mountain of Youth film mentorship program receives $100,000 funding injection

Blue Mountains Gazette - December 2023

Mountain of Youth and Springwood High School present 'Dreamlink

Blue Mountains Gazette - December 2023

Filmmaking mentors meet in parliament to discuss challenges facing young creatives

Blue Mountains Gazette - September 2023

'Sapana Ko Awaz' Short Film Has a Hauntingly Beautiful OST

NeoStuffs - May 2023

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Kalani Gacon looking for actors for 'Family Man'

Ekantipur - January 2023

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Australian filmmaker Kalani Gacon tells a uniquely Nepali story (Nepali)

Ekantipur - December 2022

"The Sound of Dreaming“ (2022) At Oldenburg review by Testkammer

Testkammer - November 2022

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Katoomba High School students work with local director Kalani Gacon to release new film, Soles

Blue Mountains Gazette - November 2022

Two Asian films were awarded at the 29th Oldenburg Film Festival

Asian Film Festivals - September 2022

Lucid dreaming and entangled destinies give an otherworldly aspect to Kalani Gacon’s intoxicating and bittersweet tale of romantic longing in Kathmandu

The Film Verdict - September 2022

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Five grants awarded in 2022 Blue Mountains City of the Arts Trust Grants Program

Blue Mountains City Council - June 2022

Film premiere in South Korea for Katoomba's Kalani Gacon

Blue Mountains Gazette - June 2022

Fear of Deportation and Ban from “second home” Nepal for an Australian Filmmaker

Nepal Tube Australia - June 2022

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Cine Concerto - Busan International Short Film Festival 특집- Interview with Kalani Gacon

Busan English Broadcasting Youtube - May 2022

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Banned from entering Nepal, Australian filmmaker keen to return

SBS Australia - March 2021

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Kalani's passion for Nepal not affected by his ban (Nepali)

Setopati - February 2021

Australian man Kalani Gacon released after being detained in Nepal for allegedly taking part in protest

ABC Australia - June 2020

Australian filmmaker thrown in a Nepalese jail for three days after recording a protest is released after swapping stories with prison guards

DailyMail - June 2020

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Australian filmmaker Kalani Gacon released from Nepal jail after being arrested while taking photos at a protest

9 News - June 2020

Aussie among tourists deported from Nepal for joining coronavirus protest

Sydney Morning Herald - June 2020

Searching for one’s existence—inside and outside Nepal

Kathmandu Post - January 2020

Kalani Gacon, an Australian looking for happiness in Nepal (Nepali)

DeshSanchar - January 2020

Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival

Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2019 winners - December 2019

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