‘Soongava’ couldn’t make it to the Oscars competition

The movie selected by the Nepali selection committee to represent Nepal in the Academy Awards, Oscars, couldn’t make it to the short-listing. The movie made on a lesbian love story, ‘Soongava’ was selected by a Nepali committee for the Oscars competition to compete in the Best Foreign Movie category.
  
The Oscars Awards organizer The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science has recently released the list of movies short-listed for the final competition. Nepali movie is  not in the list.

‘Soongava’ features Nisha Adhikari and Diya Maskey in the lead roles. The movie directed by Suwarna Thapa was selected from the pool of the movies released in the last year.

Other movies competing with ‘Soongava’ were ‘Badhshala’ and ‘Shirish Ko Phool’. There was a controversy in the selection of ‘Soongava’ and the nationality of the director, Suwarna. The movie is also planned to be released in the theaters in Kathmandu.

11th KIMFF, short film festival running in Kathmandu

The eleventh edition of Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) is running in Kathmandu since December 11 and will conclude on December 15. The film festival features 47 short films from 20 countries all over Nepal in the City Hall, Kathmandu.

On the inauguration day, Wednesday, a short film by Shahara Sharma ‘Indreni Khodai Janda’ was premiered. The film is made on the struggle of three sisters.

The festival will conclude on Sunday.

KIMFF started in 2000, as a festival focusing the Himalaya and human. The festival was started to showcase a wide range of subjects and issues that explore the diverse and complex ways in which human beings relate to mountains.

KIMFF attract peer review and critiques that lead to better documentation of mountains issues, particularly of highland regions of the developing world.

Selected Films for KIMFF 2013

International Competition

1.     Erhard Loretan, respiser l’odeur du ciel’(Erhard Loretan, breathing the smell of the sky) –    Switzerland
2.     Sulle Tracce dei Ghiacciai: Missione a Caucaso  (On The Trails Of The Glaciers:Mission To Caucasus)- Italy
3.     Pura Vida (The Ridge)-Spain
4.     Village at the End of the World- UK/Denmark
5.     In the Shadow of the Sun- UK/Tanzania
6.     Le Village Suspendu (The Hanging Village)- France
7.     No hau Lugar Lejano ( No Place is Far Away)- Mexico
8.     Life in Paradise-Illegale in der Nachbarschaft(Life in Paradise-Illegals in the Neighbourhood)- Switzerland
9.     High and Hallowed- USA
10.     Down the line- Canada
11.     Ready to Fly- Canada
12.     Die Bergretter im Himalaya (Helicopter Rescuer in the Himalaya)- Nepal/Switzerland
13.     When Hari got Married- India/UK/USA/Norway/Netherlands
14.     Sky Burial- Mongolia
15.     To Sing To Live- China

Non-Competitive

1.     A new perspective
2.     The Blinding Sunlight- China
3.     Regay Neheni(The Hidden Path)- Kuridistan
4.     Stress,Snowfall and the Inner Child- USA
5.     Beyond the Gates of Phu- Canada/Nepal
6.     Loden – der kleine Monch(Loden- the little Monk)- Germany
7.     Palabras magicas (para romper unencantamiento): Magic Words ( Breaking Speel)- Mexico
8.     Dar Jostojoye Palange Iran (In Serach for Persian Leopard)-Iran
9.     Himalaya Bhotia between Nepal and Tibet-France
10.     86 Centimeters-Bhutan
11.     Life at Altitude- China
12.     Journey for Happiness-Denmark
13.     Goutte d’Or ( A Drop of Gold)-Denmark
14.     Memoria-Denmark
15.     Rob’n Ron-Denmark
16.     The Odd Sound Out-Denmark
17.     Kamlahari, I/enface volee du Nepal (Kamlahari, Nepal’s Stolen Childhood)-France/Nepal

Selected Films for Nepal Panorama KIMFF 2013

Competitive Section

•     Chasing Rainbows-Sahara Sharma
•     Don’t go so far (Antim Yatra)-Keshab Pande
•     Playing with Nan-Dipesh Kharel/Asami Saito
•     Red Monsoon-Eelum Dixit
•     The Lost Dreams-Ankit KC
•     Bal Krishna Sama (Bal Krishna Sama Untold Story)-Dinesh Palpali
•     Jhyawlee-Rakesh Kayastha

Non Competitive Section

•     Mani, the Hidden Valley of Happiness at Crossroads- Sonam Lama and Ella Chay Yin Chi

Last year’s KIMFF, KIMFF 2012 started on December7, 2012 and it also premiered the movie ‘Soongava’.

Soongava to release again in Kathmandu theaters

After being nominated to the Oscars Awards from Nepal, the movie is going to be re-released for the viewers who had missed during the previous screening. In the previous screening, it had faced lower than expected viewers.

According to the distributor, Eye Core Entertainment, the movie will be screened for 20 days with one show each day in Mandala Theater and multiplex theater in Kathmandu.

‘Soongava’ features a lesbian love story between the characters played by Deeya Maskey and Nisha Adhikari. The movie also features Saugat Malla in leading role. The movie directed by Subarna Thapa had been selected in various film festivals and it has also won some awards in some of them. Last month, it had won a Jury Award in Italy film Festival. 

Soongava bagged a jury award in Italy Film Festival

A movie on the story of lesbian lover, "Soongava: Dance of the Orchids" has been a critically acclaimed movie appreciated by a lot of viewers. In a recent screening in Italy, the movie bagged a jury award in Italy Film Festival. The movie also created a buzz in in Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay film festival.

‘Soongava: Dance of the Orchids’ was selected to represent Nepal in Best Foreign Film category of Oscar Awards. Directed by Subarna Thapa, the movie features Deeya Maskey, Nisha Adhikari, Saugat Malla, Basundhara Bhusal in main roles. The movie is made on the tragic love story of social problems for the same-sex relationships in Nepal.

eVideoBuzz team offers it’s congratulation to the film makers and wish more successes in coming days.