Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival from December 11-15, 2008

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on December 10, 2008 under Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, Uncategorized |

Kathmandu City, the cosmopolitan heart of the Himalayan region, is hosting the sixth edition of Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival from December 11-15, 2008. More than 60 films covering a wide array of subjects - including conflict, culture, climbing, wildlife, environment, globalization, gender, and lifestyles - will be screened back-to-back at the Rashtriya Sabha Griha and the Nepal Tourism Board, Pradarshani Marg (Exhibition Road).

Thirty-four films will be screened in the international non-competitive section, 19 in the international competitive category, and 12 films in Nepali Panorama section.

International (Competitive)

Film Filmmaker Country
Autumn in the Himalayas Malgorzata Skiba India
Burma’s Open Road-An Insight into Myanmar David Adams Australia
Cherub of the Mist Naresh Bedi India
China’s Stolen Children Jezza Neumann UK
Full Cover Girl Folke Ryden SWEDEN
I Want My Father Back Suma Josson India
Joy for Life Pavol Barabas Slovakia
Karma Tsering Rhitar Sherpa Nepal
Komi, A Jounrney Across the Artic (Les Nomades Du Cercle Polaire) Andreas Voigt France
Living with Shame (wa quan) Huaqing Jin China
Pageant in Painted Scenes Merajur Rahman Baruah India
Playground Eve Spence Australia
Raga of River Narmada Rajendra Janglay India
Red Velvet Klaus Reisinger and Frederique Lengaigne France
The Day After Peace Jeremy Gilley UK
The Linguist Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger USA
The Thirst of a Stone Sea (Zed Kamenog Mora) Vladimir Perovic Serbia
Threshold Deepak Rauniar Nepal
TWISIN…..a reality not far away. Prina Raj Joshi Nepal
The Legend of Shiva and Parvati Krishna Saraswati Germany

International (Non-competitive)

Film Filmmaker Country
A Russian Wave Becky Bristow Canada
A Twinkle Behind Closed Eye (Ghughuti Basuti) Geetika Juyal India
Aconcagua Speed Flying Francois Bon & Damien Dufresne France
Across the Plateau Zhang Zeming and Paul Liu Australia
Amma Aparna Kapur Canada
Apna Aloo Bazaar Becha - from subsistence ecology to the market Pankaj H Gupta India
Crying Sun: The Impact of War in the Mountains of Chechnya USA
Endless Journey (Nonimi Gamana) Henry Warnakulasuriya Sri Lanka
Hai Dupatta Tess Joseph India
Herdswoman (Hjordeliv) Kine Boman Sweden
I Became Arwa Mamaji India
Joseph’s Son (Joseph Ki Macha) Booby Wahebgbam India
Khoda Reza Dolatabadi UK
Liu Fei’s Summer Holidays (liu fei de shu jia) Huaqing Jin China
Mehendigonj of Barisal at Estuary of Meghna Fuad Chowdhury Bangladesh
Mountain Life (Bergschau) Gerhard und Fridolin Baur Germany
No Penguin’s Land Barelli Marcel Switzerland
Pustelniks in the mountain (Pustelnicy W Gorach) MIROSLAW DEMBINSKI POLAND
Red Bull X-Alps Mario Kreuzer Germany
Red Gold Travis Rummel & Ben Knight USA
Rightful Place Producer - WITNESS and Human Rights Center Memorial USA
Sacred Mountains of the World Stipe Bozic Croatia
The Angel of the Himalayas (Kataputali) Toshiaki Itoh Nepal
The Eighth Summit Wayne Tindall Australia
The Endless Knot Michael Brown USA
The High Mountains Guide (Des Hommes Sur La Montagne) Dider Hill Derive Belgium
The Honeymoon Susanne Horizon Franzel Germany
The Last Nomads Andrew Gregg Canada
The Sari Soldiers Julie Bridgham USA
The Skyrunner Niko Jager Germany
The Weatherprophets (die wetterpropheten) Christoph Felder GERMANY
Translation Possible Susanne Horizon Franzel Germany
Twin Trek June Chua CANADA
Unity in Diversity Russ Pariseau Nepal

Nepal Panorama

Film Filmmaker Country
Awaken Eyes Binod Paudel Nepal
Beyul: Sacred Hidden Valleys of the Himalaya Tsering Rhitar Sherpa Nepal
Changa Pooja Gurung Nepal
Dead yet Alive Sanjog Laaphaa Magar Nepal
Dream … a mess of things Raghuwar Nepal Nepal
Frames of War Prem bk and Kesang Tseten Nepal
Irony Fidel Devkota Nepal
Lives of Jawang (Jawangka Jindagiharu) Ramesh Khadka Nepal
Malami Subarna Thapa Nepal
Palush Sindhu Pokhrel Nepal
Petrol Jiban Bhattarai Nepal
Vintuna Aaryem Nakami Nepal

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