Human Rights Film Center is going to organize Eighth virtual Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival in Nepal on 25-30 November, 2020 AD (10-15, Mangsir, 2077 BS).
The Inauguration session of the Festival is going to be held at 10:00 AM (Nepal Time) on November 25, 2020 through the virtual platform Zoom. The festival will be inaugurated by Hon. Minister Yogesh Bhattarai, Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.
This year, 52 films from 29 different countries have been shortlisted for the screening. In the festival all categories of films will be displayed including Featured films, Documentary film, Short films, Animation and more. Selected films will be bbroadcasted virtually through ‘Chalachitra TV’ app (https://www.chalchitra.tv) and the discussion will be carried out through Zoom platform.
After the film screening, the discussion series will be conducted with Film directors, film makers and films artist on different topics such as “Women in Asian Sinema: Better portrayal and participation”, “Youth on Nepali Cinema: What we want to see”, “Concern of Minorities: Role of Cinema”.
The co-organization of the festival is national Human Rights Commission and the festival is promoted by film development board. This festival is supported by European union, Germany Embassy for Nepal, Arts for peace, International Organization for migration (IOM) and solidarity by plenty of organizations, CSOs and networks.
Zoom Details:
Topic: Virtual 8th Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival OPENING CEREMONY
Time: Nov 25, 2020 10:00 AM Kathmandu
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Meeting ID: 321 383 0052
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Program Schedule:
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25Th November 2020 |
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| Time | Films/Events | Director | Country |
| 10:00AM-11:00AM | Opening Ceremony | ||
| 11:00AM | Opening Film: Cachada (81Min) | Marlen Vinayo | El Salvador |
| 2:00 PM | Empty Skies (19 min)
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Wenting Deng Fisher and Luke Fisher | USA |
| Omaraska (19 min)
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Varun Sasindran | Bosnia, Herzegovina | |
| Have a Nice Day ( 25 min) | Kok Rui Lau | Malaysia | |
| 5:00 PM | The Valley (75 min) | Nuno Escuderio | France |
| 8:00 PM | In Search of Bidesia (65 min) | Simit Bhagat | India |
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26th November 2020 |
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| 11:00 AM | Crisis (1 min)
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Cesare Maglioni | France/Spain |
| A Second Family (8 min) | Ramon Sanchez Orense, Susanne Krauss | Congo | |
| Harmony for After War (27 min) | Pablo Tosco, Migue Roth | Spain | |
| Blow Back ( 30 min) | Terence McSweeney, George Lee | UK | |
| 2:00 PM | Alter the Change (3 min)
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Jayanti Kunwar | Nepal |
| Mobile arts for peace (MAP) (30 min)
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Deus kwizera | Ruwanda | |
| Wells Of Hope (30 min) | Lia Beltrami | Italy | |
| 5:00 PM | The School Bus (14 min) (GEO-Locked)
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Ramazan Kilic | Turkey |
| Ampitheatre (16 min) (GEO-Locked)
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Mahdi Ali Ali | Quatar | |
| Maid in Hell (60 min) (GEO-Locked) | Søren Klovborg | Denmark, Labanon, Kenya | |
| 8:00 PM | Call Me Intern (70 min) | Leo David Hyde and Nathalie Berger | New Zealand |
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27th November 2020 |
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| 11:00 AM | Down to Earth (3 min) | Franscesc Nogueras | Spain |
| Kenin (3 min)
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Elisa Moar | Canada | |
| Chitrapuri Nagar (13 min)
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Rajeela Shrestha | Nepal | |
| Sampi (16 min) | Arttu Nieminen | Finland | |
| 2:00 PM | Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie (92 min) (GEO-Locked) | David Suzuki | |
| 2:00PM -2:30PM | Panel Discussion on “ Women in Asian Cinema: Better portrayal and participation” | ||
| 5:00 PM | Dust (80 min) (GEO-Locked) | Udita Bhargava | Germany |
| 8:00 PM | Congo Calling (90 min) | Stephan Hillpert | Germany |
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28th November 2020 |
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| 11:00 AM | Form and Function (1 min)
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The Art Collective called: “Are You Artists or Cops” | Canada |
| Song of Sparrow (12 min) | Farzaneh Omidvarnia | Denmark | |
| Kalam (18 min) | Prabin Kumar Basnet | Nepal | |
| Born in Gambia ( 27 min) | Natxo Leuza Fernandez | Spain | |
| 2:00 PM | Gaine (25 min) | Pradeep Dhakal | Nepal |
| I will Love You Till The End (29 min) | Bex Singleton | UK | |
| Blues of Pink (30 min) | Grishma Giri | Nepal | |
| 3:00PM-4:30PM | Panel Discussion on “Concern of Minorities: Role of Cinema” | ||
| 5:00 PM | Soundless Dance (89 min) (GEO-Locked) | Pradeepan Raveendran | France |
| 8:00 PM | The Sako Tapes (73 min) | Machiel Van Den Heuvel | Netherlands |
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29th November 2020 |
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| 11:00 AM | Girl Friends (6 min) | Camila Rodo Carvailo | Chile |
| Mattress (7 min) | Murshida Zaman | Bangladesh | |
| Siya (14 min) | Mira Gurung | Nepal | |
| Lasagna (26 min) | Adi Victory | Indonesia | |
| 1:00PM-2:30 PM | Youth on Nepali Cinema: What we want to see | ||
| 2:00 PM | The dead die once (8 min) | Max McGillivray, Alex Morelli | USA |
| Abuelo (8 min) | Caque and Juan Trueba | Spain | |
| In Broad Dayligh (10 min) | Isra Calzado Lopez | Spain | |
| Come over for a drink, Kanchhi (26 min) | Sikuma Rai | Nepal | |
| My Life My Choice (11 min) | Rmita Chhuju/Tashia Kobylinsa | Nepali | |
| 5:00 PM | Digital Karma (78 min) (GEO-Locked)
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Mark Olexa & Francesca Scalisi | Switzerland |
| 8:00 PM | Cachada (81min) | Marlen Vinayo | El Salvador |
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30th November 2020 |
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| 11:00 AM | The Abandoned Boot (3 min) | Sambhu Sen Thapa and Siman Khadka | Nepal |
| Atisarga (10 min) | Neepil Sharma | Nepal | |
| The Hangman’s Place (15 min) | Julien Bertrand | France | |
| Pari of Pokhara (22 Min) | Babar Ali | Nepal | |
| 2:00 PM | Dela (8 min) | Bernard Attal | Brazil/South Africa |
| Junu Ko Jutta (13 min) | Kedar Shrestha | Nepal | |
| Khana Khajana (15 min) | Arka Das | Bangladesh | |
| Elephant Bird ( 15 min) | Amir Masoud Soheili | Afghanistan | |
| 5:00 PM | Khartoum Offside (75 min) | Marwa Zein | Sudan |
| 8:00 PM | Can Art Stop Bullet (90 min | Mark Street | |
| 04:00-5:00 PM | Closing Ceremony | ||