The film depicts the journey about the transportation of a herd of sheep from one place to another in the Himalayan region.
The film portrays the struggle of shepherds after the death of a ‘Lomba’, and their efforts to train another sheep to take the new identity as the leader of the herd.
Which gives the film its main conflict,” director Magar said in one of his interviews to Kathmandu Post.
[2] In the Nepali Indigenous Film Festival held from 25 to 27 August 2017, in New York, US, Lomba got nominated in six categories; among them, it won awards in three categories - Best Film, Best Director and Best Costume awards.
"Lomba" was also nominated for 15th Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) 2017.