Nepali film Elephants in the Fog has created history by becoming the first film from the country to win at Cannes, taking home the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at the 79th edition of the world’s most prestigious film festival.Written and directed by Abinash Bikram Shah in his feature debut, the film was also the first Nepali film to be selected in the segment, which runs parallel to the main competition for the Palme d”Or and highlights emerging filmmakers and distinctive storytelling voices.Set in Thori, a forested village in Nepal”s southern Terai plains, “Elephants in the Fog” follows the lives of transgender women living on the margins of their community.In his acceptance speech, Shah said cinema has the power to look into the shadows. He was accompanied by the film”s cast on stage.”For so long, the lives of Pirati and her daughters, the communities and all the persons, who are in the East, have been kept invisible. By bringing our story here and by recognising it with this award, we have pulled those margins into the light. We have made the invisible visible,” he said, dedicating the honour to his team.”Elephants in the Fog” features Pushpa Thing, Deepika Yadav, Jasmine Bishwakarma, Shanti Giri, Gauri Malla, Maotse Gurung, Sanjay Gupta Dura, Mahima Nawabag and Akanksha Karki.