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KATHMANDU INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL
Screening list
7-11 December, 2006

Tickets (Rs 30 per screening) are available at Saraswati Book Centre, Hariharbhawan (5521599/5528017); Mandala Book Point, Kantipath (4245570/4227711); Suwal Music and Video, Lazimpat (4421522); Jai Nepal Cinema Hall, Hattisar, Himal Association, Patan Dhoka (5542544)

Tickets are available from the 6th Dec 2004.

Gurukul
Old Baneshwor

Nepal Tourist Service Centre
Exhibition Road

Russian Cultural Centre
Kamal Pokhari


8 December, Friday

 

1:00 pm
Flying Over Everest (60')
Italy, 2004, Adventure/hang-gliding
dir - Fabio Toncelli
A man, a hang-glider, and two birds

 

3:00 pm
Women of K2 (47')
USA, 2003, Mountaineering
dir - Jeff Rhoads
Death on the 'savage mountain'

 

4:00 pm
Kekizili: Mountain Patrol (Feature) (85')
China, 2004, Culture/Adventure
dir – Lu Chuan
Risking life for the Tibetan Antelope

9 December, Saturday

 

3:00 pm
The Lord of Darjeeling (53')
France, 2005, Lifestyles/Conservation
dir – Xavier de Lauzanne
A tale of a tea planter

4:00 pm
Hami Kunako Maanche ‘We Corner People’ (50')
Nepal, 2006, Culture/Development
dir - Kesang Tseten
An impoverished Nepali village gets a bridge

5:00 pm
The Other Final (53')
Netherlands, 2002, Sports/Culture
dir - Johan Kramer
Football, friendship and 'feeling hot hot hot' in Bhutan

10 December, Sunday

3:00 pm
Nomads: Wandering Women of the Whitewater Tribe (21')
USA, 2006, Kayaking
dir - Polly Green
About three compassionate kayakers

Trailblazing: The women of Nepal’s Trekking Industry (24')
Canada, 2005, Trekking gender
dir - Lisa Hoffe
Three Nepali sisters show the way

4:00 pm
Light of the Himalaya (69')
USA, 2006, Culture/Mountaineering
dir - Michael Brown
Climbing and curing cataracts

5:30 pm
Planet Earth – Mountains (49')
UK, 2006, Environment/Wildlife
dir - Vanessa Berlowitz
Intrigues of creatures around the world. Spectacular visuals

11 December, Monday

 

3:00 pm
Kilimanjaro ‘Going for Broke’ (52')
UK, 2005/2006, Climbing
dir - Richard Heap & Ben Pritchard
Disabled climbers battle the odds.

4:00 pm
Praszczur ‘Grandpa’ (26')
Poland, 2005, Paragliding/Culture
dir - Miroslaw Dembinski
79-year-old Janusz is passionate about paragliding.

 

Greina (28')
Switzerland, 2006, Culture
dir - Villi Hermann
A Swiss farmer encounters change.

5:00 pm
Call It Karma (47')
Canada, 2004, Culture
dir - Geoff Browne
A Rinpoche returns home.

 

Closing of Kimff 2006

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Ramyata Limbu
Festival Director
Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival
Patan Dhoka, P.O. Box 166, Lalitpur
Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel.: 977-1-5542544, Fax: 977-1-5541196
E-mail: kimff@himalassociation.org
www.himalassociation.org/kimff
 

 
 
 
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