To be held from November 18 to 22, the Symposium will showcase the finest selection of new-age young films and will be a meeting point for filmmakers, artists and their global collaborators.[break]
Being held with the purpose of “Promoting Nepali Cinema in the South Asian Spectrum,” this film festival promises to be an unprecedented experience.
“We’re bringing together a program that cherishes the cinematic possibilities we hold, question the flaws that we’ve mastered and point out the paths that can regenerate where our arts can now usher,” says AbhiManyu Dixit, film festival’s coordinator, adding “unlike other festivals, the Symposium will provide exclusive interactions between audiences and filmmakers. Anyone interested to participate, however, will have to file for registration.”
Screenings at the fest
The event will have screenings of highly acclaimed films like The Clay Bird from Bangladesh which received the Cannes Fortnight award, Gandu from India which was showcased at the Berlin Film Festival, Machan from Sri Lanka which has traveled to Italy and the Venice Film Festival.
Also, there is Lalteen from Nepal which was funded by the 5 Rs. Cine Fund, and Fairytale of Kathmandu, a documentary to have its premiere in Nepal after years of long rifts in the Irish Parliament.
Apart from them, the festival will have additional screenings of over 30 films, out of which 15 are of feature length and 20 are short films.
Discourses and workshops
The participants at the fest are to witness talks with Christoph Toke, producer of Buffalo Boy, the Vietnam Oscar nominee for best foreign Language. Master class workshops from prominent filmmakers from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, namely Vimukthi Jayasundara and Mohammad Farooki. Both filmmakers have significant presence in international film festivals like Cannes and Berlin Film Festival.
Elaborating on the significance of the workshops, Dixit says “Vimukthi has won Camera d’ Or in Cannes, and is a very respected South Asian filmmaker of the new younger generation,” adding “Filmmakers as well as aspiring young filmmakers can learn from these master craftsmen.”
Other guests at the fest include Camilla Larson, the coordinator of the Goteborg International Film Festival, and Shailey Tan, Vice President of Mediacorp, Singapore.
To participate, send in your registrations at amanyu@cinesymposium.org or docskoolnepal@gmail.com.
Also visit their website at www.cinesymposium.org for further details.
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