Over the past years, the representation of Nepali short films in international film festivals has increased pretentiously. The most recent example of it being Abinash Bikram Shah’s ‘Lori: Melancholy of my mother’s lullabies’ being selected among the nine short films in the ‘Short Film Palme D’or’ category this year at the 75th edition of the Cannes Festival, being held in France right now.
“Nepali short films are slowly becoming more visible in international film festivals, some of them have won awards as well, but it is too early to say Nepali films have an overwhelming presence,” says critically acclaimed Nepali filmmaker, Sachin Ghmire. Ghimire has been involved in making movies, documentaries and short films on
social issues. His films include
“Punte ko Pangro” released in 2013, which was selected in more than 20 international film festivals around the world and “Diyalee” which has been selected for more than six international film festivals.
