Int’l Indigenous Nationalities Film Festival begins

Kathmandu, June 12. The eighth International Indigenous Nationalities Film Festival has begun in Kathmandu on Thursday.

As many as 60 short films produced by the different producers from Nepal, India, Japan, Belgium, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia, among other countries, will be screened on the occasion.

The judges for the competition are GL Bhardwaj (India), Nimo Guji Nawami (Japan) and Anita Gurung (Nepal).

Inaugurating the festival, senior scholar Satya Mohan Joshi said that such festivals help identify and establish the rights of indigenous nationalities by means of films.

The festival was organized aimed at shedding light on inter-reality of indigenous groups, said Sanjok Lapha, coordinator at the festival.

Similarly, Nagendra Kumal, chairman of Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities demanded ensuring rights of indigenous nationalities and others in a new constitution.

The festival will conclude on June 14. RSS