{"id":48984,"date":"2024-03-15T17:45:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/?p=48984"},"modified":"2024-03-15T17:45:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:00:16","slug":"nepal-eu-film-festival-2024-celebration-of-cultural-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/2024\/03\/15\/nepal-eu-film-festival-2024-celebration-of-cultural-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal-EU film festival 2024: Celebration of cultural diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kathmandu:<\/strong> The Delegation of the European Union to Nepal is back again with its 13th edition of Nepal European Union Film Festival 2024 (2024 NEUFF) with the theme \u201cFifty Years of EU-Nepal Relations: Celebrating Cultural Diversity<\/em>.\u201d This year\u2019s festival is part of a series of events to mark the 50th anniversary of EU-Nepal diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opening of the 2024 NEUFF will take place at the CDC Cinemas, CTC Mall in Sundhara Kathmandu on 20 March and continue until 23 March in the same venue.  Upsana Singh Thakuri has been selected as the brand ambassador for this year\u2019s s Nepal European Union Film Festival (NEUFF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participation in the opening day of the film festival is by invitation only while other festival days will be open to the public. The award-winning film \u2018The Banshees of Inisherin\u2019 directed by Martin McDonagh will be screened on the opening day along with a Nepali film \u2018Dhye Dreams\u2019 directed by Shanta Nepali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will be a second screening of \u2018The Banshees of Inisherin\u2019 on 22nd March at 1:30 pm. This film with several international awards to its credit is a simple but impactful plot delivered with the most beautiful and serene backdrop of the Irish countryside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each screening of the festival will have a \u2018double bill\u2019, one Nepali and one European film. A short film competition for young Nepali filmmakers was organised to select films for the festival. The director of the winning film along with one other young director, who are yet to be selected by the EU Delegation to Nepal, will be travelling to Brussels in autumn to participate in a mirror festival of Nepali films. The ten Nepali films for the festival were selected through a film competition, which received a large number of entries from young filmmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u201cI am happy to share the diverse culture, lifestyle and cinematic creativity of Europe with the Nepali audience in Kathmandu, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim as we mark the 50 years of EU-Nepal diplomatic relations,\u201d said Dr Joelle HIVONNET, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Nepal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A total of nine European films and eleven Nepali short films will be screened during the festival. The European films include \u2018The Banshees of Inisherin\u2019 (Ireland) directed by Martin McDonagh, \u2018Miss Viborg\u2019 (Denmark) directed by Marianne Blicher, \u2018Mikado\u2019 (Romania, Czech Republic) directed by Emanuel Parvu, \u2018School Girls\u2019 (Spain) directed by Pilar Palomero, \u2018Luxembourg Luxembourg\u2019 (Ukraine) directed by Antonio Lukich, \u2018Servants\u2019 (Czech Republic, Ireland, Romania, Slovakia) directed by Ivan Ostrochovsk\u00fd, \u2018The Naked Truth About Zhiguli Band\u2019 (Bulgaria) directed by Victor Bojinov<\/a>I, \u2018Tove\u2019 (Finland) directed by Zaida Bergroth and \u2018The Beast\u2019 (Spain)  directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, the Nepali films to be screened in the festival are \u2018Dhye Dreams\u2019  directed by Shanta Nepali, \u2018Divination\u2019 (Aakhat) directed by Gopal Acharya, \u2018Hawaman\u2019 directed by Samal Bajracharya, \u2018Kathmandu Monsoon\u2019 directed by Nigma Gelu Sherpa, \u2018Makhmali Udaan\u2019 directed by Atin Shrestha, \u2018Let\u2019s Talk Period\u2019 directed by Rajin Maharjan, \u2018Rato Paccheuri\u2019 directed by Miraz Roshan Thakuri, \u2018Sanai\u2019 directed by Akanchha Karki, \u2018The Bull, the Cow, the Calf\u2019 directed by Swoyan Maskey Manandhar, \u2018The Mirage\u2019 directed by Santosh Dahal and \u2018Whril\u2019 directed by Anil Kurmi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival will travel to the Sudurpaschim province where screenings will continue in the hall of the Far Western University on the 10th and 11th of April. The next destination will be Lumbini province, where there will be screenings on 15 April followed by the Karnali Province where screenings will take place on the 19th and 20th of April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Delegation of the European Union to Nepal is also organising a \u2018Film Critics Competition\u2019 which will culminate into the giving away of a \u2018Film Critics Award\u2019 for the best critic. The EU will publish a call for entry for the film critics competition very soon. The winner of the film critics competition will also be able to travel to Brussels in autumn this year to participate in the mirror festival of Nepali films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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