Since early January, thirteen outstanding documentaries from South Asia, which were first shown in Film South Asia '07 last October, have been touring around the world. The Travelling Film South Asia \'08 package features five award-winning films.
After successfully opening in Pokhara, Chittagong, New Delhi and Karachi in South Asia, Arizona, New Haven, Minnesota, and Virginia in the US, and Brighton in the UK, the films are coming back to Kathmandu next weekend.
Catch TFSA '08-Kathmandu at Yala Maya Kendra, Patan Dhoka from 30 May to 1 June. The films will continue travelling until October 2009 and in the next few months will be shown in Islamabad, Goa, Guwahati, Shillong, Colombo, Colorado and New York.
6 Yards to Democracy (55 min)
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Election promises of free saris leads to a stampede (31 May, 11.30 AM)
Ayodhya Gatha (60 min)
India, 2007, dir - Vani Subramanian
Life in Ayodhya post-Babri Masjid
Winner of the Special Jury Mention Award at FSA '07
(30 May 1.30 PM)
Chaama Deu! Tara Nabirsa!
(Forgive! Forget Not!) (59 min)
Nepal, 2007, dir - Pranay Limbu
A journalist's fight for survival in a Nepali barrack
(1 June, 3PM)
Eisenfresser (Ironeaters) (85 min)
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Famine forces farmers to seek work as ship-breakers
Winner of the Ram Bahadur Trophy for Best Film at FSA '07
(31 May, 4PM)
Every Good Marriage Begins with Tears
(62 min)
UK/Bangladesh, 2006, dir - Simon Chambers
Sassy Londoners sent to Dhaka for arranged marriage
(1 June, 1.30 PM)
From Dust (60 min)
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Post-Tsunami expos? of state corruption
(31 May, 10 AM)
A Life with Slate (59 min)
Nepal, 2006, dir - Dipesh Kharel
Poetic dimensions of slate-mining in a Nepali village
Joint Winner of the Best Debut Film Award at FSA '07
(31 May, 2PM)
Living Goddess (96 min)
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Lives of the Kumaris during the People's Movement of April 2006
(30 May, 5PM)
The Miseducation of Pakistan (30 min)
Pakistan, 2005, dir - Syed Ali Nasir
Primary schools in Pakistan: an indictment of state and society
(31 May, 11.30 AM)
Motherland Afghanistan (74 min)
Afghanistan, 2006, dir - Sedika Mojadidi
An Afghan father's return to the home country
(31 May, 6PM)
Rabba Hun Kee Kariye (Thus Departed our Neighbours) (65 min)
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The scars of Partition in Indian Punjab
(1 June, 10AM)
Remembrance of Things Present (81\')
India, 2007, dir - Chandra Siddan
How is a teenager supposed to deal with an arranged marriage?
Winner of the Second Best Film Award at FSA '07
(30 May, 3PM)
The Sky Below (75 min)
India/Pakistan, 2006/07, dir - Sara Singh
The India-Pakistan frontier six decades after Partition
Joint Winner of the Best Debut Film Award at FSA '07
(1 June, 11.30 AM)
Tickets - Rs 30 available at Dhokaima Cafe, Patan Dhoka, 5522113 & Film South Asia Secretariat, Patan Dhoka, 5547279
Limited season passes also available for Rs 300
For screening schedule and further information, visit: www.filmsouthasia.org or contact 5547279.
