Discoveries from Nepal World Cinema

Shitty Emo kid doodles. *makes it a short film*.

After the long term intense rivalry, The protector of lesbians and the lesbian hunter are having dangerous battle in the outer space but a psychiatrist gets introduced and he explains that the protector and hunter are actually the same person. He has multiple personality disorder and he fights with himself. He is admitted in a mental hospital, tied up, having delusions and tweaking. And later it's revealed that the psychiatrist isn't actually a psychiatrist but just another patient of the hospital who thinks he is a psychiatrist.

Two people prepare for their date in completely different moods, shown in split screen until they meet.

A mechanic Sampat living with his family in metropolitan Kathmandu city, is in his hard days and brings a fan into his room to repair it after finishing his duty at the repair center. His daughter Sangeeta, the sole happiness for whom he couldn't fulfill her boundless dreams, starts to find happiness through the fan for a short time.

The film “Nametine Ghau” is based on the stories of acid attack victims. It sheds light on the struggles, resilience, and courage of 33 young girls who survived such horrific attacks. The movie portrays their journey from trauma to empowerment, highlighting their fight for justice and societal acceptance.

This film travels through a multitude of voices attempting to be choicelessly aware of the interdependent nature of our existence in a system that has, for thousands of years, dehumanized Dalit women's bodies and existence. In the film, we live through the experiences of injustice, resilience, and resistance of women from the Dalit community, examining the ever-reproducing nature of an oppressive society by invoking the art of seeing, learning, and listening.

A Newari film.

Traditionally, Gai Jatra is literally translated as procession of cows and is an age-old festival commemorating the death of loved ones. Since 2001, LGBTI people in Nepal have been using Gai Jatra festival as a medium to appear in the public, flaunt their true selves with pride, and pay tribute to the deceased members of their community.

A man is addicted to cigarettes.

A dance tutor encounters the infidelity of her partner and her father. She has to go through the misery as she walks her own way.

Sonam (50) and his estranged son Karma (20) journey to ancestral monasteries in the mountains of Nepal to light butter lamps in memory of Sonam's deceased wife, before Karma leaves for Australia to study.

Tilak, a gentle and reserved gay Nepali man in a rural setting is forced to marry a girl (Urmila, a school-teacher) by his family. How do the couple navigate social pressures (including not being able to produce a child) as well as take care of their needs.

An American photographer, who has lived in Katmandu for many years, accompanies the Bon monk Gelek on his journey to the origin of the kingdom of Zhang Zhung, where the Bon religion realized its golden age hundreds of years ago. Their way leads them along mystic places, holy locations and to the most holy of all mountains, to the Kailash in the west of Tibet. During their journey on foot, they meet Dhamis (oracles) and shaman priests; together they form a mixed group of most contrary characters. Hardly anyone knows that the Bon religion is not only completely different from Buddhism but also much older.

This film is set in a traditional household in Nepal and documents a servant girl, Nani; a married woman, Sarita; and a mother-in-law, Ama. In interesting mixture of entrapment, duty and tradition unfold.

A GIRL, 26-together with a BOY, 33, who is a stranger to her-- take an injured man to a hospital when an accident take places near them one evening in Kathmandu. The girl, a failed poet, is lost and depressed. She doesn't respond to the boy's friendly gestures. She is returning to her village in the morning after years of struggle in the city. The boy, a tour guide from India, is on a trip to Kathmandu, and is also returning in the morning. They leave the hospital after the injured man's relatives arrive, and part. But they meet again unexpectedly when the girl has to leave her friend's place where she went to stay. With no place to stay, and only some hours left, they begin to wander around. And as they roam around the streets and alleys of the city, by the time morning comes, the girl realizes that she had become a different person.