KIMFF will be held from December 8 to 12 at the Rastriya Sabha Griha and Nepal Tourism Board Auditorium, according to the organizer, the Himal Association.[break]
Seventeen films are included in the international competition, 21 in international non-competitive section and six are under Nepal panorama. KIMFF 2011 will also feature a special section of shorts films from the northern Europe’s biggest film festival, the Tampere Film Festival.
“The films- documentaries, fiction, animation and shorts, cover a wide variety of subjects including culture, climbing, migration, human rights, biodiversity, environment, globalization, gender and lifestyle,” states a press release issued by the organizer.
Toni Hagen’s Cultural Vignettes of Nepal, a film made on dances and music shot in 1050s and OHCHR’s Voice for Justice will also be screened.
The winner in the international section, as judged by Helena Mielonen of Finland, John Innerdale of UK and Sanjeev Upreti of Nepal, will receive USD 1,500 while runners-up receive USD 1,000 and USD 500 respectively. Best Nepali panorama film will receive Rs. 25,000.
KIMFF will also feature satellite events on scriptwriting, alternative book exhibition, photo exhibition, panel discussion and talks.
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