More than 50 films from 29 countries were screened at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival. Cash prizes were awarded to the best films in various categories at the festival.
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The 23rd edition of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMF) concluded on Sunday.
The festival screened more than 50 films from 29 countries. The film won the Best Feature Documentary award under the international competition at the festival. The film won a cash prize of 1,500 US dollars. Similarly, 'The Anti Expedition' was declared the best short documentary and won a cash prize of 1,000 US dollars. In the fiction category, 'Ha Lingkha Beneng' was declared the best feature fiction and won 1,500 US dollars. 'Ali' was declared the best short fiction and received a cash prize of 1,000 US dollars. The international jury, led by India's film program coordinator Deepti D'Cunha, included Chalida Uabumrungjit, director of the Thailand Film Archive, Nepalese writer and poet Kumar Nagarkoti, and Luca Bich, director of the Cervino Cinematography Festival in Italy. Under the Nepal Panorama section, 'My Mom is a Bodybuilder' was declared the best documentary, while 'Evening Colors' was awarded the best fiction award. Both these films received a cash prize of Rs 100,000 each.
The Nepal Panorama section was evaluated by a team including Lucie de Barros, Cultural and Communication Coordinator of the French cultural organization Alliance Française Kathmandu, Nepali filmmaker Navin Chauhan, and film journalist and critic Rina Moktan.
The famous 'Audience Choice' worth Rs 100,000 went to Japanese director Sakamoto Junji's film 'Climbing for Life'. The film is based on the life of Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb the world's highest peak, Mount Everest.
This edition of KIMFF was inaugurated with the Nepal premiere of 'Shape of Momo' directed by Triveni Rai.
