मंसिर १९,काठमाण्डौं l काठमाण्डौंमा आगामी बिहीवारदेखि अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय पर्वतीय फिल्म महोत्सव ‘ किम्फ ‘ सुरु हुने भएको छ । यो महोत्सव हिमाल एसोसिएसनले हरेक वर्ष आयोजना गर्दै आएको हो l सोमवार काठमाण्डौंमा आयोजकले आयोजना गरेको पत्रकार सम्मेलनमा जानकारी दिए अनुसार पाँच दिनसम्म चल्ने महोत्सवको तयारी पूरा भएको छ ।
महोत्सवमा २२ देशका ५२ वटा फिल्म र डकुमेन्ट्री प्रदर्शन गरिने छ । यस अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय पर्वतीय फिल्म महोत्सवमा अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय प्रतिस्पर्धामा १७, अप्रतिस्पर्धी समूहमा २१ र नेपाल प्यानोरमामा ५६ फिल्म सहभागी हुनेछन भने ति फिल्महरु काठमाण्डौंको राष्ट्रिय सभागृह र नेपाल पर्यटन बोर्डमा प्रदर्शन गरिने छ । आयोजकका अनुसार महोत्सवमा प्रदर्शन गरिने फिल्महरु पर्वतीय संस्कृति, पर्वतारोहण, द्वन्द्व, बसाइसराई, विश्वव्यापीकरण, जैविक विविधता, मानवअधिकार पर्यावरण, लैंगिकता लगायतका विषयमा केन्द्रीत रहेका हुने छन ।
उत्कृष्ट तीन फिल्मले १५ हजार, १० हजार र ५ हजार अमेरिकी डलरका साथ ट्रफी पाउनेछन भने नेपाल प्यानोरमा उत्कृष्ट फिल्मलाई चलचित्र विकास बोर्डले २५ हजार रुपैंया पुरस्कार दिने आयोजकले जनाएको छ ।
फिल्म प्रदर्शन तालिका
RASTRIYA SABHA GRIHA (CITY HALL)
THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER
3:00 pm Out of the Darkness
Dir: Stefano Levi
73 min, Germany 2010
Dr. Sanduk Ruit takes his ‘eye camp’ to his remote village.
5:00 pm Collision Zone: Asia
Dir: Andrew Gregg
50 min 15 sec, Canada 2010
Tectonic tension and the making of a super continent.
FRIDAY, 9 DECEMBER
11: 00 am Human Planet: Mountains – Life in Thin Air
Dir: Nicolas Brown
60 min, UK 2011
Adapting to life at high altitudes.
12:30 pm Enjoy Your Meal- How Food Changes the World
Dir: Walther Grotenhius
90 min, Belgium/ Netherlands 2010
About the food we eat and much, much more.
2:30 pm Journey to Yarsa
Dir: Dipendra Bhandari (in person)
55 min, Nepal 2011
Following a Rukum family in search of yarsagumba gold.
4:00 pm Shorts from Tampere Film Festival
Total Duration: 113 min
Elonkorjuu (Harvest)
Dir: Sami Korjus
15 min, Finland 2006
A Finnish farmhouse lady has had enough…
Kuvitettu Kaupunki (The Illustrated City)
Dir: Jan Andersson
5 min, Finland 2010
The story of a wall.
Hanasaari A
Dir: Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen
16 min, Finland 2009
Experimental short about the demise of a Helsinki power plant.
Tunarit (The Duffers) -PG
Dir: Vesa Manninen
31 min, Finland 2010
Comical take on antics of three small time criminals.
Ukko Ja Akka (The Old Man and the Old Lady)
Dir: Markku Heikkinen
15 min, Finland 2009
Life in a remote Finnish village.
Kaupunkilaisia (Citizens)
Dir: Juho Kuosmanen (in person)
29 min, Finland 2008
What happens when the path of two young migrants cross.
Discussion: Various aspects of filmmaking/ By Juho Kuosmanen 12 Dec, 2:30 pm, City Hall -Annex.
SATURDAY, 10 DECEMBER
11:00 am Special Screening to mark International Human Rights Day
Voice for Justice
A film by OHCHR
22 min, Nepal
Screening will be followed by a discussion.
12:30 pm Ma Khushi Chu (I am Happy) – PG
Dir: Abinash Bikram Shah (in person)
27 min 19 sec, Nepal 2011
Love is ‘on’ the air.
Lamaharu Anyolma (Lamas in Dilemma)
Dir: Ramesh Khadka (in person)
25 min, Nepal 2011
Young Humlis question the practice of polyandry in their community.
2:00 pm Buried in Tears -premiere
Dir: Ashok Thapa (in person)
42 min, Nepal 2011
Struggling migrant workers in Korea share their hopes and fears.
3:30 pm Silent Snow
Dir: Jan van den Berg
71 min, Netherland 2011
An Inuit woman discovers the source of pesticides polluting her pristine habitat.
5:00 pm The Desert Eats Us
Dir: Kesang Tseten (in person)
68 min, Qatar/ Nepal 2010
Overwhelming yet the Gulf lures migrant workers.
SUNDAY, 11 DECEMBER
11:00 am Erster Auf Dem Everest (First on Everest)
Dir: Gerald Salmina
53 min 30 sec, Austria 2010
Was Hillary really the first to conquer Mt. Everest?
12:15 pm Hanuman Airline
Dir: Hamilton Pevec (in person)
29 min, Nepal 2011
Nepali paragliders take off from Everest.
Secrets of Dhaulagiri – premiere
Dir: Prabesh Subedi (in person)
30 min, Nepal 2011
Dhaulagiri – far from the madding crowd.
2:00 pm Kunda’s Quiz “Know Your Himal”
Quiz conducted by Kunda Dixit, Editor, Nepali Times.
3:30 pm Ritual Journeys
Dir: Dawa Tshering Lepcha (in person)
75 min, India 2011
Intimate portrait of a Lepcha ‘padim’ or shaman.
5:00 pm Shambala: A Story of Paradise Lost
Dir: Fidel Devkota
50 min, Nepal 2011
Upper Mustang’s Lo-pa people struggle to cope with climate change.
MONDAY, 12 DECEMBER
11:00 am Special Screening
Cultural Vignettes of Nepal
A film by Toni Hagen
45 min, Nepal
Moving images from the 1950s.
12:00 noon Long Distance Love
Dir: Magnus Gertten and Elin Jönsson
77 min, Sweden 2009
A Kyrgyz migrant is home alone in Russia.
2:00 pm Fahrt Ins Risiko: Der Manali-Leh Highway (The Manali-Leh Highway – India´s Road to the Himalayas)
Dir: Holger Preusse
43 min, Germany 2010
Life on a mountain Highway.
3:00 pm War+Love in Kabul
Dir: Helga Reidemeister
87 min, Germany 2009
A pair of star-crossed lovers in Afghanistan.
5:00 pm Award Ceremony followed by screening of
Secrets of Dhaulagiri
Dir: Prabesh Subedi
30 min, Nepal 2011
Dhaulagiri – far from the madding crowd.
NEPAL TOURISM BOARD AUDITORIUM
THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER
3:15 pm Der Vulkan Lebt (Mount St. Helens)
Dir: Jörg Daniel Hissen and Heinz Leger
51 min 21 sec, Austria 2009
Cinematographic impression of a recovering volcanic landscape.
4:45 pm Au-Delà des Cimes (Beyond the Summits)
Dir: Remy Tezier
73 min, France 2009
Ace woman climber shares frank and intimate moments during ascents.
FRIDAY, 9 DECEMBER
10:30 am When the Mountain Calls – Nepal Tibet Bhutan
Dir: Thomas Vendetti
60 min, USA 2011
Discovering the meaning of happiness in unexpected places.
11:45 am Holtanna, L’aventure Antarctique (Holtanna, The Antarctic adventure)
Dir: Sam Beaugey and Frank Dalmat
52 min, France 2011
Extreme sports in an extreme environment.
1:00 pm Discussion: Role of Film Festivals in Promoting Local Film Culture
Panelists: Helena Mielonen, Cultural Producer, Finland; Juhani Alanen, Tampere Film Festival, Finland; Nabin Subba, Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival; Torsten Hvas, Film Festival organizer, Denmark.
3:00 pm Onnellisten Kaupunki (Goodwill – Short Stories of Small Town Happiness) Dir: Heikki T. Partanen and Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
50 min, Finland 2010
Illusion of ‘the good life’ on the edge of Europe.
4:15 pm Land of the Painted Mountains
Dir: Robert Morgenstern
45 min, Germany/ Canada 2010
City kids discover a natural habitat. Miners eye the same.
5:15 pm A Life Ascending
Dir: Stephen Grynberg
57 min 37 sec, USA 2010
Chronicles of the life of an extreme mountain guide.
SATURDAY, 10 DECEMBER
10:30 am Family Instinct
Dir: Andris Gauja
61 min, Latvia 2010
A young mother copes with poverty and violence in remote Latvia.
11:45 am Âs Nutayuneân (We Still Live Here)
Dir: Anne Makepeace
56 min, USA 2010
American Wampanoag Indians experience a cultural revival.
1:00 pm Impunity
Dir: Juan José Lozano and Hollman Morris
85 min, Switzerland/ France/ Colombia 2010
A look at the human rights situation in Columbia.
3:00 pm The Town of Badante Women
Dir: Stephan Komandarev
70 min, Bulgaria 2009
It’s the women who migrate for work.
4:30 pm Summer Pasture
Dir: Lynn True and Nelson Walker
86 min, Tibet/ USA 2010
Chronicles of a summer for a nomadic Tibetan family.
SUNDAY, 11 DECEMBER
10:30 am Nanga Parbat
Dir: Marta Saviane
54 min, Italy 2010
Conquering the ‘man-eater mountain’.
11:45 am Tattoo Odyssey
Dir: Andrew Gregg
52 min 3 sec, Canada 2010
A journey documenting the world’s oldest living tattoo culture.
1:00 pm Deklaracja Niesmiertelnosci (Declaration of Immortality)
Dir: Marcin Koszalka
29 min, Poland 2010
Moving reflections of an aging climber.
Tchang
Dir: Gonzalo Visedo and Daniel Strombeck
27 min 35 sec, Spain 2010
Two Basque mountaineers survive a climbing accident only to…
2:30 pm The Prophet
Dir: Alastair Lee
43 min, UK 2010
UK’s top big wall climber revisits the El Capitan.
3:30 pm Discussion: Pitching, Marketing and Distributing Films for an International Market by Torsten Hvas, cultural entrepreneur/film festival organizer, Denmark.
5:30 pm Annapurna La Clave (Annapurna the Key)
Dir: Carmen Portilla
27 min 24 sec, Spain 2010
A Spanish climber’s quest to conquer 8000m summits.
The Swiss Machine
Dir: Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen
19 min, USA 2010
Stunning visuals accompany a speed alpinist’s record-breaking ascents.
MONDAY, 12 DECEMBER
10:30 am Amanhã À Mesma Hora (Tomorrow At The Same Time)
Dir: Luisa Soares and Pedro Sousa Raposo
55 min 24 sec, Portugal 2011
Wine processing in Portugal’s Douro country.
11:45 am Nyarma
Dir: Edgar Bartenev
40 min, Russia 2009
Candid portrait of a Russian reindeer breeder.
WARdisease
Dir: Marie Magescas
8 min 26 sec, France 2010
About arms and men.
12:45 pm Trou De Fer- Zelezna Diera (The Iron Hole)
Dir: Pavol Barabáš
55 min, Slovakia 2011
Exploring the Mt. Everest among canyons.
2:15 pm Path of Roses – A Girls’ Skiing Episode in Kashmir
Dir: Eva Walkner and Marcel Karp
25 min, Switzerland 2011
Female freeskiers experience Gulmarg.
Chasing Water
Dir: Pete McBride
19 min, USA 2011
Getting to know the Colorado River.
3:15 pm Face Au Volcan Tueur (Facing the Killer Volcano)
Dir: Jerome Cornuau
88 min, France 2011
Volcanologists witness an incredible phenomenon.
