Emerging Ladakhi filmmaker Stenzin Tankyong, whose shorts “Sekool” and “Last Days of Summer” (Rotterdam 2023) have screened widely on the festival circuit, has written and is set to direct “Kakthet” ( Idiot ).

“Idiot” is produced by veteran filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam of White Crane Films, with Flore Cavigneaux and Jérôme Blesson of France’s La Belle Affaire Productions (“ Wolf Dog ,” Venice Film Festival, 2022) serving as co-producers. La Belle Affaire Productions previously produced Tankyong’s “Last Days of Summer.”

Set against the sweeping, high-altitude landscapes of Ladakh’s Changthang region, “Idiot” is a humorous and whimsical coming-of-age drama centred on Singay, an 18-year-old underachiever who has been unable to progress beyond the 10th grade at his remote gove

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