Punte Ko Pangro’ took home the Best Fiction Film award at the closing ceremony of Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) on Monday. The film, directed by Sachin Ghimire, was described by jury member Henry Iddon as having ‘excellent narrative structure, great editing and sensitive use of sound’.
Iddon announced the award for the Best Documentary to ‘Pawan’. Directed by Laxcha Bantawa, it tells the story of a little boy, Pawan, who moves to the UK with his family. Iddon remarked that ‘Pawan’ had a simple story and was intelligently edited. “The filmmaker did so well to bring us into the family and used humor to show the subtle complexities of moving from one place to another.”
The two films were selected from the Nepal Panorama category. Each film has been presented with a cash prize of Rs 50,000, from Film Development Board and Thames International College, respectively.
In the international category, ‘Les Jours de Tarap’ (Days of Tarap) by French filmmaker Herve Tiberghien won the first prize. The second prize was given to Mattia Colombo’s ‘Alberi che Camminano’ (Trees that Walk) while Niko Jager’s ‘The Cave Connection’ won the third prize.
The top three prizes are USD 1,500, 1,000 and 500 respectively for the international competition.
‘Sunakali’, directed by Bhojraj Bhat, received the award for the Best ICIMOD Mountain Film along with a cash prize of USD 1,000.
The five-day film festival screened 80 films from 20 different countries at Kumari Hall and Russian Cultural Center in Kamal Pokhari.
Films like ‘Maanish Harayeko Suchana’, ‘1000 Dreams’, ‘Sunakali’ and ‘The Contagious Apparitions of Dambarey Dendrite’ were celebrated with the Judges’ Special Mention awards.
At the end of the ceremony, Secretary of Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Aviation Suresh Man Shrestha presented director Kala Sangroula with the Audience Award for ‘Butte Jama’.
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