Kimff from December 8

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Dev.1: The 20th edition of Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (kimff) was announced by organising a press conference in Kathmandu on Wednesday. 

 This year, the festival is scheduled to begin on December 8.The five-day Mountain film festival will last on December12. 

 The film festival has been continuously organised since 2000 focusing on mountain communities and cultures to Nepali audiences.

This year more than 60 films from 30 countries will be screened at Rastriya Sabha Griha (City Hall) and Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) Exhibition Road.

Kimff will feature documentaries, fiction, shorts, experimental films and animation as per  this year’s theme ‘Sustainable Summits’. 

Kimff  will open with the latest episode of Herne Katha Bagh ko Bangara (The Tiger’s Jaw), based on  the adventures of honey hunters from Jajarkot in  Karnali Province. 

The festival will close with a special screening of Fly From Everest,  a film on an Australian paraglider’s attempt to fly off Everest to help raise funds to eradicate polio. 

Kimff will present several special screenings, dialogues and discussions on ‘Future of Nepali Film’ and ‘Young Person in Film’ a panel on children in film, and a workshop on Adventure Filmmaking. 

The jury for kimff includes German author, director and producer Michael Pause, Nepali veteran in animation director-producer and Founder and Co-CEO of Incessant Rain Studios Kiran Bhakta Joshi and Programmer of Ulju Mountain Film Festival from Korea Jinna Lee.

 Kimff will also host the General Assembly of the International Alliance for Mountain Film (IAMF), an alliance of 28 mountain film festivals worldwide on December 10.