A tree is toppled. A missile is fired. A mountaineer makes a dangerous ascent. A Buddhist nun waves her scarf exuberantly in the wind; mountain animals stare at the camera; there are images of violence, weeping and laughter.The film festival, now eight years old, has just been playing to big audiences in the Nepalese capital.
"What we really want to do is also inform, educate, make the Nepali public aware about issues around the world and in Nepal and how it affects them here," festival director Ramyata Limbu told the BBC. It could be about global warming, about tourism, economic resources, how people in mountains use them."
Nepal itself provided 18 of the films, including the one selected for the festival opening - a new short feature called Threshold.
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"What we really want to do is also inform, educate, make the Nepali public aware about issues around the world and in Nepal and how it affects them here," festival director Ramyata Limbu told the BBC. It could be about global warming, about tourism, economic resources, how people in mountains use them."
Nepal itself provided 18 of the films, including the one selected for the festival opening - a new short feature called Threshold.
Read a full review here
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