KIMFF 2007 SCREENING SCHEDULE |
RASTRIYA SABHA GRIHA (CITY HALL)
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FRIDAY 7 December |
| 3.00PM |
Conflict Tiger
Dir. Sasha Snow. UK 2005, 62’
Humans and tigers live in fatal disharmony in Siberia |
3.15PM |
Climber
Dir. Carlos Villareal Kwasek. Canada 2006, 2’
A climber’s quandary in animation
Coast to Coast
Dir. Olivier Aubert & Mike Blyth. Switzerland 2005, 52’
A journey across the skies of Africa
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| 4.15PM |
A Life with Slate
Dir. Dipesh Kharel. Nepal/Norway 2007, 59’
The poetic dimensions of slate-mining in a Thami village |
4.15PM |
458nm
Dir. Jan Bitzer. Germany 2006, 7’
Molluskan love in jeopardy
Conversing with Aotearoa
Dir. Corrie Francis. New Zealand/USA 2006, 15’
The wilderness within us
Gimme Green
Dir. Isaac Brown & Eric Flagg. USA 2006, 28’
Environmental consequences of the American lawn
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| 5.45PM |
Switch Off
Dir. Manel Mayol. Spain 2005, 87’
Dam compels indigenous Chileans to resist global capitalism |
5.45PM |
Are There Still Any Shepherds?
Dir. Jorge Pelicano. Portugal 2006, 73’The last shepherds of Portugal
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SATURDAY
8 December |
| 11.00AM |
Thin Ice
Dir. Håkan Berthas. Sweden 2006, 57’
Ladakhi women resist patriarchy to play hockey |
11.00AM |
Save Our Planet!
Dir. Bruno Seyes & Filip Vandewiele. Belgium 2007, 2’
An animation of climate change
Kilowatt Ours
Dir. Jeff Barrie. USA 2006, 57’
Exploring an alternative to coal-powered economy |
| 12.15PM |
A Degree of Concern
Dir. Syed Fayaz. India 2005, 13’
Glaciers melting under global warming
A Green Agony
Dir. Geeta Singh. India 2005, 26’
Biodiversity under threat in the Sundarbans |
12.15PM |
Little Terrorist
Dir. Ashvin Kumar. India 2004, 15’
A young boy’s accidental border-crossing trounces prejudice
Made in Italy
Dir. Fabio Wuytack. Belgium 2004, 29’
A quixotic search for an Alpine Lumiere location |
| 2.00PM |
“Melting of Himalayan Glaciers”
A Lecture & Slideshow by Pradeep Kumar Mool |
3.15PM |
Alpine Saga
Dir. Erich Langjahr. Switzerland 2006, 97’
The forgotten art of Swiss haymakers |
| 3.15PM |
For Those about to Rock “We Salute You”
Dir. Abinash B. Shah. Nepal 2006, 80’
Nepali teens vie for musical feat |
5.15PM |
Blowing Up Paradise
Dir. Ben Lewis. UK 2005, 59’
Liberty versus radioactivity in French Polynesia |
| 5.15PM |
Afghan Muscles
Dir. Andreas M. Dalsgaard. Denmark 2006, 59’
The burly dreams of Afghani men |
6.30PM |
The Dragon Women
Dir. Revital Gal & Efi Berkovich. Israel 2007, 52’
The struggles of two Israeli jugglers |
| 6.30PM |
Forgive! Forget Not!
Dir. Pranay Limbu. Nepal 2007, 59’
An account of survival in a Nepali barrack |
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SUNDAY
9 December |
| 11.00AM |
Dalai Lama Renaissance
Dir. Khashyar Darvich. USA 2007, 80’
Intellectuals discuss the world’s problems with Dalai Lama |
11.00AM |
Edith Collier: A Light Among Shadows
Dir. Michael Heath. New Zealand 2007, 65’
Victorian gender roles suppress a great talent |
| 1.30PM |
“Know Your Himal” Quiz
With Kunda Dixit |
12.15PM |
The Wake of Calum MacLeod
Dir. Marc Almon. Canada 2006, 8’
Dying man becomes a parable for Gaelic language
Rita
Dir. Alison Teal Blehert-Koehn. USA 2006, 6’
A tale of a childhood friendship
37°C
Dir. Tamara Sulamanidze. Georgia 2005, 30’
A road trip of the hapless |
| 2.45PM |
Om Bikram
Dir. Dhiraj Rai. Nepal 2006, 47’
A brief history of Nepali Pop Music |
2.45PM |
Adam’s Apples
Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen. Denmark 2005, 94’
Philosophies collide in a comedy about good and evil |
| 4.00PM |
Becoming a Woman in Zanskar
Dir. Jean-Michel Carillion. France 2007, 90’
Friendship and womanhood in a Himalayan tehsil |
4.30PM |
Zum Tode: A Morte
Dir. Katia Bernardi. Italy 2005, 50’
Trentino’s historical resistance of fascism |
| 5.45PM |
The Bench
Dir. Per Fly. Denmark 2000, 100’
Alcoholic working-class father gets a new lease in life |
5.45PM |
¡Salud!
Dir. Connie Field. USA 2005, 94’
Competing values mark the battle for global health |
MONDAY
10 December |
| 11.00AM |
Buhran
Dir. Ajit Lamichhane & Shreeram Dahal. Nepal 2007, 95’
Tharu migration in farwestern Nepal |
11.00AM |
We Shall Overcome
Dir. Neils Arden Oplev. Denmark 2006, 105’
A school boy rebels against tyrannical authorities |
| 1.30PM |
“Mountain’s Echo: Understanding Our Mountains”
A Lecture & Slideshow by Dr. Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa |
2.45PM |
After Srebrenica
Dir. Andrea Oskari Rossini. Italy 2005, 33’
Bosniaks in Srebrenica, still waiting for justice
Voices of the Abandoned
Dir. Lokesh Shrestha & Seetashma Thapa. Nepal 2006, 24’
Children endure Nepal’s prolonged battle |
| 2.45PM |
The Sari Soldiers
| ** SPECIAL ENAGAGEMENT SCREENING ** |
Dir. Julie Bridgham. USA/Nepal 2007, 90’
Women on the frontline of Nepal's conflict |
4.30PM |
Siachen: A War for Ice
Dir. Fulvio Mariana & Mario Casella. Switzerland 2005, 52’
India-Pakistani battle to control glacier
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| 4.30PM |
Kripa
Dir. Maotse Gurung. Nepal 2006, 80’
A girl’s passage to social consciousness |
5.45PM |
Rain in a Dry Land
Dir. Anne Makepeace. USA 2006, 83’
Somali refugees find new homes in America |
| 6.15PM |
Dreaming Lhasa
Dir. Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam. India 2005, 90’
Personal and political crises of Tibetan identity |
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TUESDAY
11 December |
| 11.00AM |
Tingvong: A Lepcha Village in Sikkim
Dir. Dawa Lepcha, Anna Balikci-Denjongpa & Asen Balikci. India 2005, 60’
The social life and rituals of Lepchas |
11.00AM |
Angnima Sherpa: The Icefall Doctor
Dir. Hari Thapa. Nepal 2006, 29’
A sherpa climber reflects on his life and work
East
Dir. Priscila Botto & Christian Steinhauser. Brazil 2006, 22’
The challenge of a Brazilian peak |
| 12.00PM |
Volcanic Sprint
Dir. Steve Dorst. USA 2007, 53’
A lucrative and life-threatening race to Mt. Cameroon |
12.15PM |
Sky Burial
Dir. Ellen Bruno. USA 2005, 12’
An elegiac depiction of Tibet’s death ritual
The Secret of Genyen
Dir. Armin Widmann. Italy 2007, 45’
The ascent of a virgin mountain |
| 2.00PM |
Book Release: “Nepal: Hindu Adhirajyako Itihaas, Dosro Khanda,” by Sylvain Levi |
3.00PM |
Loop
Dir. Sjur Paulsen. Norway 2006, 78’
Modern people’s relationship with time and nature |
| 3.15PM |
Miss Tibet
Dir. S.L. van Leeuwen. Netherlands 2007, 25’
Tradition and modernity clash in the Tibetan exile community
The Big Top Shuffle
Dir. Subina Shrestha. Nepal 2007, 25’
The perils of rescuing children from an Indian circus |
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| 4.45PM |
Dying for Everest
Dir. James Heyward. New Zealand 2007, 52’ The ethics of mountaineering |
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