Nepal-EU Film Festival from Wednesday

The 13th edition of the Nepal-EU Film Festival will be held in the capital starting from the coming Wednesday. The festival, themed “50 years of EU-Nepal relations: celebrating cultural diversity,” will take place from March 20 to 23.

Dr. Joëlle Hivonnet, Deputy Head of the EU Delegation for Nepal, expressed that the diverse culture, lifestyle, and cinematic creativity of Europe are being shared with the Nepali audience to commemorate 50 years of diplomatic relations between the EU and Nepal.

A total of nine European films and eleven Nepali short films will be screened during the festival. The European films include ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ (Ireland) directed by Martin McDonagh, ‘Miss Viborg’ (Denmark) directed by Marianne Blicher, ‘Mikado’ (Romania, Czech Republic) directed by Emanuel Parvu, ‘School Girls’ (Spain) directed by Pilar Palomero, ‘Luxembourg Luxembourg’ (Ukraine) directed by Antonio Lukich, ‘Servants’ (Czech Republic, Ireland, Romania, Slovakia) directed by Ivan Ostrochovský, ‘The Naked Truth About Zhiguli Band’ (Bulgaria) directed by Victor Bojinov, ‘Tove’ (Finland) directed by Zaida Bergroth, and ‘The Beast’ (Spain) directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen.

Similarly, the Nepali films to be screened at the festival are ‘Dhye Dreams’ directed by Shanta Nepali, ‘Divination’ (Aakhat) directed by Gopal Acharya, ‘Hawaman’ directed by Samal Bajracharya, ‘Kathmandu Monsoon’ directed by Nigma Gelu Sherpa, ‘Makhmali Udaan’ directed by Atin Shrestha, ‘Let’s Talk Period’ directed by Rajin Maharjan, ‘Rato Paccheuri’ directed by Miraz Roshan Thakuri, ‘Sanai’ directed by Akanchha Karki, ‘The Bull, the Cow, the Calf’ directed by Swoyan Maskey Manandhar, ‘The Mirage’ directed by Santosh Dahal, and ‘Whirl’ directed by Anil Kurmi.

After the capital, the festival will travel to the Sudurpaschim Province, where screenings will continue in the hall of Far Western University on April 10th and 11th. The next destination will be Lumbini Province, with screenings scheduled for April 15th, followed by the Karnali Province, where screenings will take place on April 19th and 20th.

The Delegation of the European Union to Nepal is also organizing a ‘Film Critics Competition,’ which will culminate in the presentation of the ‘Film Critics Award’ for the best critic. The EU will publish a call for entries for the film critics competition very soon. The winner of the film critics competition will also have the opportunity to travel to Brussels in the autumn of this year to participate in the mirror festival of Nepali films.