Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2004
Screening List and Schedule

9 - 12 December

Himal Association proudly presents a selection of 49 films in the third edition of Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival. Films will be screened back-to-back from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm at the Russian Cultural Centre, Kamalpokhari. All films are in English or subtitled.

Tickets (Rs 30 per screening) are available at Saraswati Book Centre, Hariharbhawan (5521599/5528017); Mandala Book Point, Kantipath (4245570); Suwal Music and Video, Lazimpat (4421522); Dhokaima Café, Patan Dhoka (5543017); Thamel Book Shop, opp. Sanchaya Kosh Building (4419849); Vajra Book Shop, Jyatha (4220562) and at the venue.

Tickets are available from the 6th Dec 2004.

Announcement
We regret to inform you that Starkiss – Circus Girls in India has been pulled from the festival at the last minute. The film’s directors have expressed concern for the safety of the circus girls featured in the documentary.

Toni Hagen’s Nepal (47 min, Mini DV, Colour) will be screened in place of Starkiss – Circus Girls in India. The film features unique images from half a century ago providing glimpses of a Nepal that has changed forever.

Hall 'A'

9 December, Thursday
Det Forbudte Landshold (54’) 2:45 pm
The Forbidden Team
Denmark, 2003, dir - Rasmus Dinesen/Arnold Kroeigaard
A team finally gets to play football.

MoenJi, SaBukEul MootDa (83’) 3:55 pm
Sabuk Uprising, April in 1980-Dust Buries Sabuk
South Korea, 2003, dir - Lee Mi-Young (in person)
Miners seize a Korean mountain town.

Nepal (47') 5:35 pm
Switzerland, dir - Toni Hagen
Unique images from half a century ago.

10 December, Friday
Das Geheimnis der Sherpa (90’) 10:00 am
The Secret of the Sherpa
Austria, 2001/2002, dir - Gertrude Reinisch
Sherpa life below Chomolongma.

Pororoca-Surfing the Amazon (26’) 11.45 am
Germany, 2003, dir - Bill Heath
Riding the ultimate wave (nothing to do with mountains!).

Experimental Shorts
Das Rad (8’ 5’’)
Rocks
Germany, 2001, dir - Chris Stenner/ Heidi Wittlinger/
Arvid Uibel
Charming cartoon where the rocks speak.

Hochbetrieb (6’)
Nuts & Bolts
Germany, 2003, dir - Andreas Krein (in person)
A man, a frog, and a construction site.

Mouse (7’ 5”)
Germany, 2001, dir - Wojtek Wawsczyk
Bigger is not better.

Peace into Pieces (4’ 47”)
Nepal, 2004, dir - Raghuwar Nepal (in person)
Shattered hopes, experimental.

Schools in the Crossfire (52’) 2:30 pm
Nepal, 2004, dir - Dhurba Basnet (in person)
Education and the Nepali conflict.

Six “Stories” (43’) 3:45 pm
Nepal, 2004, dir - Mohan Mainali (in person)
Women caught in the crosshairs.

Travellers & Magicians (108’) 4:45 pm
Bhutan, 2003, dir - Khyentse Norbu
Tale of a monk and modernity.

11 December, Saturday
Farther Than the Eye Can See (72’) 9:30 am
USA, 2003, dir - Michael Brown
Being sight-impaired on the Western Cwm.

Ang Pagbabalik ng mga Mummies Part 2 (41’) 11:00 am
The Return of the Mummies
Philippines, 2004, dir - Abner P. Mercado (in person)
Filipino mummies go home.

Storm fur die Sherpas Sherpas – Die Moderne am
Mount Everest (30’) 12:00 pm
Electricity for the Sherpas –
Modern Times at Mount Everest
Germany, 2004, dir - Bettina Ehrhardt
The Khumbu Bijuli Company brings light .

Know Your Himal Quiz 12:30 pm
Quiz Master – Kunda Dixit
Editor, Nepali Times

On the Road with the Red God:
MACHHENDRANATH (50’) 2:00 pm
Nepal, 2004, dir - Kesang Tseten (in person)
Conflict and confluence in the Machhendranath jatra.

Into the Thunder Dragon (47’) 3:15 pm
Canada, 2002, dir - Sean White (in person)
Unicycling about Druk Yul.

Some Roots Grow Upwards -
The Theatre of Ratan Thiyam (51’ 30”) 4:20 pm
India, 2002, dir - Kavita Joshi/ Malati Rao (in person)
The guru and the troupe, in Manipur.

Nima Temba Sherpa (52’) 5:35 pm
Netherlands, 2003, dir - Margriet Jansen (in person)
Mr. Sherpa speaks.

12 December, Sunday
Home (68’) 10:00 am
China, 2002, dir - Wang Yan/ Zhou Xiaolin (in person)
The Yao minority are being relocated.

Gantabbya Mahabhir (41’) 11:25 am
Destination Mahabhir
Nepal, 2004
dir - Mejan Pun/Dab Bahadur Garbuja (in person)
These honey hunters are Pun Magars.

Never Ending Thermal (47’) 12:20 pm
Canada, 2003/2004, dir - Sean White (in person)
Venezuelans celebrate the paragliding lifestyle.

Story of our Climb (38’) 2:00 pm
Nepal, 2003, dir - Dinesh Deokota (in person)
Nepali amateurs attempt a virgin peak.

Natural Heights (23’)
UK, 2003, dir - Helen Atkinson
Meditations on modern free climbing.

Mountain Beauties (60’)
Lecture and Slide Presentation on
our Floral Heritage 3:30 pm
Dr. Tirtha Bahadur Shrestha

Daughters of Everest (56’) 4:45 pm
Nepal / USA, 2004
dir - Sapana Sakya/Ramyata Limbu (in person)
The First Sherpa Women’s Expedition on Everest.

Hall 'B'

9 December, Thursday
Marriage (80’) 3:00 pm
China, 1999, dir - Bibo Liang
Singing for a bride.

Tripping Towards Lhasa (27’) 4:35 pm
USA, 2002, dir - Leo Artalejo
A visual, meditative tale of a road trip.

Cinquentona Gallotti (33’)
The Gallotti Turns 50
Brazil, 2004, dir - Priscila Botto/ Paulo de Barros
Around and about a Brazilian peak.

10 December, Friday
Meltdown-In the Shadow of
Nepal’s Lost Glaciers (50’) 10:00 am
UK, 2004, dir - Richard Heap
The Khumbu’s receding glaciers.

Hirtenreise ins dritte Jahrtausend (124’) 11:00 am
Shepherds’ Journey into the Third Millennium
Switzerland, 2002, dir - Erich Langjahr
The 21 st century shepherd.

The Idu of Dibang (42’) 2: 00 pm
India, 2002, dir - Pramod/Neelima Mathur
A study of the Idu of Arunachal.

Random Voices from Kashmir (12’)
India, 2003, dir - Dr. Parvez Imam (in person)
Kashmiri voices on the long conflict.

Eigernord wand –
Aufden Spuren der Erstbesteige (52’) 3:15 pm
Eiger North Face – In the Footsteps of its First Climbers
Switzerland, 2002, dir - Frank Senn/Thomas Ulrich
Retracing climbing history on the Eiger.

Pensieri Nel Vento (19’) 4:20 pm
Thoughts in the Wind
Italy, 2003, dir - Ermanno Salvaterra
Another meditation on mountaineering.

Alpi: Le Marittime e le Liguri (29’)
Alps: Coastal Peaks and Valleys
Italy, 2004, dir - Folco Quilici
Rocks of the Mediterranean. Glorious music.

Hummingbirds – Jewels of the Andes (50’) 5:25 pm
Germany 2003, dir - Heinz Von Matthey
Pleasing vignette on South America’s tiniest bird.

11 December, Saturday
The Adventure is Not Yet Over (39’) 10:00 am
UK, 2004, dir - Richard Else
Bonington reflects on a life of climbing.

Base Matterhorn (22’)
Austria / Switzerland, 2003, dir - Mario Kreuzer
Leaping off the Matterhorn. Have parachute.

Fiostas populares entre
tradicion y mercado- (41’) 11:15 am
Condors and Bulls brought on Stage
Switzerland, 2001/2002, dir - Andre Affentranger
The real and unreal behind a documentary.

Shepherd Women of Shambala (9’)
USA, 2001, dir - Joy Tessman
Pakistan’s Ismaili women welcome an outsider.

Wspolny Lot (50’) 12: 15 pm
Shared Flight
Poland, 2003, dir - Miroslaw Dembinski
Paraplegic paraglider surmounts the odds.

K2: Una Storia Italiana (49’) 2:00 pm
The Conquest of K2
Italy, 2004, dir - Alessandro Varchetta
The historic conquest of K2.

Al filo de lo Imposible:
Makalu, ese viejo Sueno (55’) 3:10 pm
The Verge of the Impossible: Makalu, That Old Dream
Spain, 2003, dir - Sebastian Alvaro
Tragedy of a Spanish team on Makalu.

Mount Poi-The Big Thing (26’ 27”) 4:20 pm
Germany, 2003/2004, dir - Jochen Schmoll
Climbers mix with Kenyan locals.

Alpi: La Valle D’aosta (29’)
Alps: The Giants of the Val D’aosta
Italy, 2004, dir - Folco Quilici
Good views on rocks, people and ice.

12 December, Sunday
Pizzet (Forsa l’ultim on) (52’) 10:00 am
Pizzet: Maybe the Last Year
Switzerland, 2004, dir - Ivo Zen
Chronicle of a mountain farmhouse.

Hidrofilia (58’) 11:05 am
Thumbnail
Spain, 2004, dir - Jesus Bosque
Two women and a peak.

Wildness (56’) 12:15 pm
Australia, 2003, dir - Scott Millwood
Photographic quest to save Tasmania.

Tavaline Seiklus (89’) 2:00 pm
Adventure High
Estonia, 2004, dir - Liivo Niglas
A cycling odyssey - Mongolia to Nepal.