May 22, 2026

“ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG” BY ABINASH BIKRAM SHAH: WINNER OF BEST SOUND CREATION 2026 (PRIX DE LA MEILLEURE CRÉATION SONORE 2026)

“ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG” BY ABINASH BIKRAM SHAH – WINNER OF BEST SOUND CREATION 2026″

PRIX DE LA MEILLEURE CRÉATION SONORE 2026

“Un Certain Regard”
Under the official patronage of the City of Cannes.

Under the leadership of its president, director Vincent Maël Cardona, the jury of the 7th edition of the Best Sound Creation Prize (PRIX DE LA MEILLEURE CRÉATION SONORE 2026), composed of author, composer and performer Barbara PRAVI, conductor Laurent COUSON, sound engineer Jean-Luc PÉART, as well as Janine LANGLOIS-GLANDIER and Christian HUGONNET, founders of the prize, unanimously chose to award the Nepalese director Abinash BIKRAM SHAH for his film “Elephants in the fog”.

In a Nepalese village nestled deep within a forest teeming with wild elephants, Pirati, the matriarch of a Kinnar community, dreams of escaping to live with the man she loves. But when one of her daughters disappears, she must investigate and choose between her desire for freedom and her responsibilities to her community.

Abinash BIKRAM SHAH – Directing,
Abinash BIKRAM SHAH – Screenplay / Dialogues,
Noah Bach – Images,
Mausam AGRAWAL – Scenery,
Frédéric ALVAREZ – Music,
Andrew BIRD – Editing,
Pedro SÁ EARP – Son.

Year of production: 2026
Countries: Nepal, France, Germany, Brazil, Norway
Duration: 103 minutes

ABOUT :

The NGO La Semaine du Son (Sound Week), founded in 1998 by acoustician Christian Hugonnet, aims to raise awareness of the importance of sound in personal and social well-being. Since 2017, it has been supported by UNESCO through resolution 39C/49, which promotes best practices in five areas: hearing health, the relationship between image and sound, musical expression and pedagogy, the sound environment, and recording/reproduction techniques.

Organized as part of the prestigious “Un Certain Regard” selection, the Best Sound Design Award has, since 2017, recognized a director for the excellence of their film’s sound, because it enhances the viewer’s artistic, semantic, and narrative perception. https://www.lasemaineduson.org/

“Un Certain Regard”
Under the official patronage of the City of Cannes.

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