Draft:A Place Under the Sun (2024 film)



A Place Under the Sun is an upcoming Nepali Crime Drama film written and directed by Jason Lopchan.

The film stars Min Ghalan, Meera Gurung, Biplov Gauli, Amshu Sharma, Prajan Poudel, Prabesh MC, Riden Shrestha and Santosh Mizar.

The film is entirely shot on Iphone 14 Pro Max and is the first ever Nepali film to do so. The film is produced 1 Squad Films.

A Place Under the Sun, is written, directed and edited by Jason Lopchan. Prabin Limbu serves as the direction of photography.

Premise
The plot revolves around 3 best-friends hosting a re-union, before they move on to the next chapters of their life, however the party is cut short when an unknown stranger invites himself in, as secrets unfold.

Cast

 * Min Ghalan as Step-Father
 * Meera Gurung as Muskan
 * Biplov Gauli as Sanju
 * Amshu Sharma as Amir
 * Prajan Poudel as Mani
 * Prabesh MC as Shetty
 * Riden Shrestha as Goley
 * Santosh Mizar as News Reporter #1

Production
In November 2022, after their first feature film got stuck in post production and collapsed due to undisclosed reasons, 1 Squad Films announced their second feature length project. The movie was to be shot on Chitwan, Nepal. However due to multiple reasons, the film was shelved before it went to production.

Several Months later, in February 2023, the team decided to move on to a new project and titled it as, "A Place Under the Sun", and decided to fund the movie themselves. Due to budget constraints, they decided on shooting the entire film with an Iphone 14 Pro Max. Director Jason Lopchan and Cinematographer Prabin Limbu were heavily inspired by Steven Soderbergh's High Flying Bird and Unsane.

Principal photography began on April 19, 2023, in various places of Chitwan. By the end of May, the majority of production had already finished as they moved on to their second schedule in Kathmandu.

On 17 September 2023, after they had finished the entire production phase, they announced the movie through various news articles, also releasing a first look of the movie.

On 13 April 2024, the team announced that the movie would streaming on multiple platforms on July 2024.

Release
A Place Under the Sun is scheduled to stream on multiple platform beginning August 2024, with limited theatrical release in Nepal, dates to be announced soon.