The documentary recounts Puni Maya Kami and her family’s journey in search of yarsagumba, a fungus that grows out of caterpillars in the high Himalayas and is much prized for its medicinal values.[break]
“I loved the documentary,” said 19-year-old Nitin Sharma, adding, “This will definitely be the winner.”
The demand for the documentary was such that one more screening had to be arranged.
This very documentary had opened this edition of FSA.
Director Bhandari said, “It took me three years to make the documentary. After seeing it again I now think that I could have done better.”
At the festival the film adjudged the best by the jury will receive the Ram Bahadur Trophy, which carries a purse of USD 2,000.
The second best film will receive USD 1,000, as will the best debut filmmaker. The results will be announced on the final day.
Apart from ‘Journey to Yarsa’, the film ‘The Boy Mir: Ten Years in Afghanistan’ also won accolades. Directed by Phil Grabsky, the film tells the story of Mir, an eight-year-old boy.
The director takes the audiences on a journey of Mir’s early adulthood in one of the toughest places on earth, and a journey that mirrors the story of Afghanistan.
The final day of the festival on Sunday will also have discourse and film screenings.
October 2
10 AM International Marketing of Documentaries: Financing & New Strategies for Distribution
A talk by Iikka Vehkalahti, Commissioning Editor of YLE TV
Organized jointly with Docskool
11:30 AM Made in India 97 min, India/USA, 2010, dir - Rebecca Haimowitz, Vaishali Sinha
Outsourcing wombs, the business of surrogate motherhood.
1:30 PM Pink Saris 96 min, India, 2010, dir - Kim Longinotto
Sampat Devi Pal and her gang challenge domestic injustice in Uttar Pradesh.
3:45 PM Aadesh Baba 77 min, Nepal, 2011, dir - Aurore Laurent, Adrien Viel
Between alcoholic drifts and the Pashupati holy life.
Venue: Kumari Cinema, Kathmandu, Tickets at Rs. 50
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