20th Edition Of Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival
In Kathmandu, Nepal, the 20th edition of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival began. The festival`s dates for this year were set for December 8 to December 12, 2022. Due to the epidemic, the festival is restarting its physical screenings after a two-year hiatus and is prepared to present a wide range of international films.
Key Points:
- The key focus of the film fest is on the mountain communities and cultures to Nepali audiences. This year, the audience will get a chance to witness more than 60 films from 30 different countries, at the Rastriya Sabga Griha and Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) Exhibition Road.
- The theme of the Film Fest is `Sustainable Summits` and is going to feature documentaries, fiction, shorts as well as experimental and animated films.
- During the course, of the film fest a discussion on the `Future of Nepali Film` and `Young Person in Film` is also being organized. A workshop on Adventure Filmmaking is also going to be conducted by Switzerland-based filmmaker and journalist Lisa Roosli. The film fest aims to bring together filmmakers, journalists, mountaineers, scholars, and critics from across the world to celebrate the art of filmmaking and to give exposure of world cinema to the Nepali audience.
- Indian film Bandhua (Bonded), directed by Shobhit Jain is also going to be featured in the International Competitive Film category along with films like Ayena, Before You were my Mother, and Matto ki Saikil.
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