Elephants in the Fog

About Elephants in the Fog

In a small Nepalese village nestled in the heart of a forest populated by wild elephants, Pirati is the matriarch of a Kinnar community. She dreams of escaping to a “normal” life with the man she is in love with.

Abinash Bikram Shah's Elephants in the Fog is a 2026 thriller film. The film is filed under transgender, queer, missing daughter, and mother daughter estrangement.

Pushpa Thing Lama takes the lead as Pirati, Deepika Yadav as Joon, Jasmin Bishwokarma as Chameli, and Aliz Ghimire as Aspara. It runs 108 minutes and was released in September 2026.

The screenplay is by Abinash Bikram Shah. Produced by Bubbles Project.

Encanto, Heartstopper Forever, and The Elephant Queen make useful companions to Elephants in the Fog, all filed under forest and matriarch.