Kalo Pothi wins best film award at Venice Film Festival Critics Week (trailer)

The Nepali movie premiered in Venice Film Festival, ‘Kalo Pothhi’ has been awarded the Best Film award at the Critics Week at the 72nd Venice Film Festival. The festival was held from 2nd September to 12 September, 2015. The festival organized by Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean (FEDEORA) is one of the oldest film festivals in the world.

After winning the award, the director Min Bahadur Bham has told, “I want to dedicate this award to the my beautiful but torn country and my fellow Nepalese. I pray that peace prevails in my county and end the political crisis.” In the thank you speech, Bham has also remembered his late mother who had passed away recently.

‘Kalo Pothi’ is one and half hour long movie about two kids during the hardship of  Maoist insurgency. The movie shot in Mugu features Khadka Raj Nepali, Benisha Hamal and Sukra Raj Rokaya. The movie is going to be featured in a lot of other international festivals in coming days.

The trailer of the movie "Kalo Pothi" has also been recently released:

11th KIMFF, short film festival running in Kathmandu

The eleventh edition of Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) is running in Kathmandu since December 11 and will conclude on December 15. The film festival features 47 short films from 20 countries all over Nepal in the City Hall, Kathmandu.

On the inauguration day, Wednesday, a short film by Shahara Sharma ‘Indreni Khodai Janda’ was premiered. The film is made on the struggle of three sisters.

The festival will conclude on Sunday.

KIMFF started in 2000, as a festival focusing the Himalaya and human. The festival was started to showcase a wide range of subjects and issues that explore the diverse and complex ways in which human beings relate to mountains.

KIMFF attract peer review and critiques that lead to better documentation of mountains issues, particularly of highland regions of the developing world.

Selected Films for KIMFF 2013

International Competition

1.     Erhard Loretan, respiser l’odeur du ciel’(Erhard Loretan, breathing the smell of the sky) –    Switzerland
2.     Sulle Tracce dei Ghiacciai: Missione a Caucaso  (On The Trails Of The Glaciers:Mission To Caucasus)- Italy
3.     Pura Vida (The Ridge)-Spain
4.     Village at the End of the World- UK/Denmark
5.     In the Shadow of the Sun- UK/Tanzania
6.     Le Village Suspendu (The Hanging Village)- France
7.     No hau Lugar Lejano ( No Place is Far Away)- Mexico
8.     Life in Paradise-Illegale in der Nachbarschaft(Life in Paradise-Illegals in the Neighbourhood)- Switzerland
9.     High and Hallowed- USA
10.     Down the line- Canada
11.     Ready to Fly- Canada
12.     Die Bergretter im Himalaya (Helicopter Rescuer in the Himalaya)- Nepal/Switzerland
13.     When Hari got Married- India/UK/USA/Norway/Netherlands
14.     Sky Burial- Mongolia
15.     To Sing To Live- China

Non-Competitive

1.     A new perspective
2.     The Blinding Sunlight- China
3.     Regay Neheni(The Hidden Path)- Kuridistan
4.     Stress,Snowfall and the Inner Child- USA
5.     Beyond the Gates of Phu- Canada/Nepal
6.     Loden – der kleine Monch(Loden- the little Monk)- Germany
7.     Palabras magicas (para romper unencantamiento): Magic Words ( Breaking Speel)- Mexico
8.     Dar Jostojoye Palange Iran (In Serach for Persian Leopard)-Iran
9.     Himalaya Bhotia between Nepal and Tibet-France
10.     86 Centimeters-Bhutan
11.     Life at Altitude- China
12.     Journey for Happiness-Denmark
13.     Goutte d’Or ( A Drop of Gold)-Denmark
14.     Memoria-Denmark
15.     Rob’n Ron-Denmark
16.     The Odd Sound Out-Denmark
17.     Kamlahari, I/enface volee du Nepal (Kamlahari, Nepal’s Stolen Childhood)-France/Nepal

Selected Films for Nepal Panorama KIMFF 2013

Competitive Section

•     Chasing Rainbows-Sahara Sharma
•     Don’t go so far (Antim Yatra)-Keshab Pande
•     Playing with Nan-Dipesh Kharel/Asami Saito
•     Red Monsoon-Eelum Dixit
•     The Lost Dreams-Ankit KC
•     Bal Krishna Sama (Bal Krishna Sama Untold Story)-Dinesh Palpali
•     Jhyawlee-Rakesh Kayastha

Non Competitive Section

•     Mani, the Hidden Valley of Happiness at Crossroads- Sonam Lama and Ella Chay Yin Chi

Last year’s KIMFF, KIMFF 2012 started on December7, 2012 and it also premiered the movie ‘Soongava’.

Soongava bagged a jury award in Italy Film Festival

A movie on the story of lesbian lover, "Soongava: Dance of the Orchids" has been a critically acclaimed movie appreciated by a lot of viewers. In a recent screening in Italy, the movie bagged a jury award in Italy Film Festival. The movie also created a buzz in in Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay film festival.

‘Soongava: Dance of the Orchids’ was selected to represent Nepal in Best Foreign Film category of Oscar Awards. Directed by Subarna Thapa, the movie features Deeya Maskey, Nisha Adhikari, Saugat Malla, Basundhara Bhusal in main roles. The movie is made on the tragic love story of social problems for the same-sex relationships in Nepal.

eVideoBuzz team offers it’s congratulation to the film makers and wish more successes in coming days.

16 new movies to premier in the Ekadeshma Film Festival

In a short films festival, Ekadeshma Film Festival, 16 new Nepali films are going to premier. The detailed program schedule of the film festival was unveiled in a press meet held in Kathmandu on Sunday.

The film festival organized by Underground Talkies starts on September 27 and runs through September 29, 2013 in QFX Kumari, Kamalpokhari. In the festival, 26 Nepali and foreign films are going to be featured in three main categories – Nepali Section (Phoolko Mala), Manhattan Section (Hirako Mala), and Student Section (Sunko Mala) in QFX Kumari and Sarbanam Theater. The winner of Nepali Section winner will be awarded Rs. 30,000 cash prize and free post production facilities. The winner of Student Section will receive Rs. 20,000 in cash prize. The selection of the winner will be based on the votes of the viewers of the movies.

In addition to the films, talk programs and meetings with film personalities will also be organized in the festival. Films from Belgium, France, New Zealand, USa, Australia, UAE, Spain, Finland, Ireland, and England will be featured in the festival.

In the Sunday’s press meet, trailer of Nepali films ‘Chokhaune’ and ‘Naakphuli’ were also released.