The Sheep Thief (aka: Sheep's Feast) is a 1997 United Kingdom 16 mm short film by Asif Kapadia lasting 24 minutes, and is Kapadia's graduation film from the Royal College of Art.
Understanding his concept would not work as well if shot in the United Kingdom, he raised funds and traveled to Rajasthan, India where he worked with film students from the Indian Film School, in Pune and cast and shot with local talent.
[1] Tashan (Abdul Rehman) is young street kid caught while stealing a sheep.
On a backwoods dirt road he meets Safia (Kokila Mahendra), helps her, and eventually becomes an accepted member of her family.
It screened at Clermont Ferrand, Toronto and London Film Festivals,[6] was televised in the United Kingdom by Channel 4, and across Europe by Canal +, ZDF and Arte.