फिल्म । बर्षेनी हुँदै आइरहेको नेपाल अन्तराष्ट्रिय चलचित्र महोत्सव (निफ) मा छनौट भएको फिल्मको लिस्ट सार्वजनिक भएको छ । आउँदो मे ६ देखि १० सम्म काठमाण्डूमा हुने महोत्सवमा ५२ देशका ४ सय ५० बढी फिल्म सहभागी भएको आयोजक संस्था नेपाल चलचित्र तथा सांस्कृतिक प्रतिष्ठानका अध्यक्ष केपी पाठकले बताए । उनले कोरोना भाइरसको कारण सिर्जित महामारीको कारणले नेपाली फिचर फिल्मको सेलेक्सनलाई बाँकी राख्दै ३१ देशका ६३ वटा फिल्म प्रस्तिस्पर्धाको लागि छनौट भएको बताए । ‘नेपाली फिल्म प्रदर्शनमा आउन बाँकि रहेकोले केहि समय मांग गर्नु भएको छ । जसलाई मध्यनजर गर्दै हाम्रो टिमले नेपाली फिल्मलाई थाती राखेर अन्य प्रतिश्प्रधी सार्वजनिक गरेका छौं’ पाठकले भने ।
निफको चौथो संस्करणलाई पछिल्ला अनुभवले अझै सभ्य र भव्य बनाउने उनको टिमको तयारी छ । ‘विश्वका कथाहरुको कथ्य उत्सव’ भन्ने नाराका साथ ‘फिल्म संस्कृति’ को विकास गर्ने उद्देश्य सहित सुरु भएको फेस्टिभलमा यो वर्ष महामारीको विषयमा बनेका फिल्मलाई अलग्गै क्याटगोरीमा प्रतिस्पर्धा गराइ अवार्ड पनि बितरण गरिने छ । कोभिड १९ ले पारेको प्रभावमा बनेका यस्ता फिल्मले ५ सय अमेरिकी डलर तथा ट्रफी प्राप्त गर्नेछन् ।
अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय प्रतिष्पर्धाअन्तर्गत सर्वोत्कृष्ट फिचर फिल्मलाई १५ सय अमेरिकी डलर राशिसहित गौतमबुद्ध अवार्ड प्रदान गरिनेछ भने International Federation of film societies, IFFS Don Quijote Award उत्कृष्ट फिचर फिल्मको लागि प्रदान गरिने छ । यसैगरि, सर्वोत्कृष्ट बृत्तचित्रलाई १ हजार डलर राशिको माउन्ट एभरेष्ट अर्वाड, सर्वोत्कृष्ट एनिमेटेड चलचित्रलाई ७५० डलरको मञ्जुश्री अवार्ड, सर्वोत्कृष्ट लघु चलचित्रलाई ५ सय डलर राशिको बाग्मती अर्वाड प्रदान गरिनेछ । त्यसैगरी नेपाली प्रतिष्पर्धा अन्तर्गत उत्कृष्ट फिचर फिल्मलाई रु १ लाख , उत्कृष्ट सर्ट फिल्मलाई नगद रु ५० हजार प्रदान गरिने नेपाल चलचित्र तथा सांस्कृतिक प्रतिष्ठान अध्यक्ष केपी पाठकले बताए ।
NIFF 2021 Selection WORLD PANORAMA | Feature films Films under this selection are eligible for i) Gautama Buddha Award for the Best Feature Film, ii) IFFS Don Quixote Award by the International Federation of Film Societies Film Title Duration Country Cohabitation Directed by. Lauren Barker 1:26:46 United States Quota Directed by. Amudhavanan P 1:30:36 India In My Dream Directed by. Murat çeri 1:39:21 Turkey Wu Hai Directed by. Zhou Ziyang 1:48:00 China Surdine Directed by. Rodrigo Areias 1:15:19 Portugal Tell me who I am Directed by. Sergio Basso 1:29:00 Nepal Dictionary Directed by. Bratya Basu 1:50:00 India Time Directed by. Ricky Ko 1:47:00 Hong Kong / China The Voyage Directed by. Christy Shelton Fernando 1:40:00 Sri Lanka NIFF 2021 Selection DOCS @ NIFF | Documentary films Films under this selection are eligible for i) Mt. Everest Award for the Best Documentary Film Film Title Duration Country Collecting Time Directed by. Christos Sagias 00:30:00 Greece Our Love Directed by. Valeriya Golovina 00:15:55 New Zealand The Khe Sanh Peace Garden Directed by. Tinh Mahoney 00:25:28 Vietnam My Journey to Everest Directed by. Hernán Leal, Thomas Hardy 00:25:50 Chile Over the Barriers Directed by. Banu Ramazanova 00:60:00 Kazakhstan Nepal’s Child Brides Directed by. Shehzad Hameed Ahmad 0:48:02 Singapore A World Without Directed by. Xin Liu 00:15:10 Canada Return to the Lost Eden Directed by. Adriano Zecca 00:55:00 Switzerland Hae Shin Directed by. Matthew Root 00:40:49 South Korea Seeking New Paths Directed by. Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen 00:52:00 Finland Sherpas Speak Directed by. Richard Else 00:31:00 United Kingdom NIFF 2021 Selection PANDEMIC FILM EXHIBIT | SHORT & DOCUMENTARY FILMS Films under this selection are eligible for i) Pandemic Film Exhibit Award for the Best short or documentary film in the segment Film Title Duration Country 2020 Directed by. Andrea Dayan 00:20:00 Italy Lockdown Directed by. Paul London, Tracey Moberly 00:05:00 United States Quarantine Time Directed by. Fran Estévez 00:09:40 Spain Untouchable Directed by. Pi Chengdong 00:28:30 China Monkey Enters Lanka Directed by. Saie Surendra 00:34:24 United Kingdom Civil Soldiers Directed by. Ganesh pandey 00:25:00 Nepal The Meat Directed by. Tathagata Ghosh 00:19:02 India Stage Zero Directed by. Angel Hernández Suarez 00:01:34 Spain NIFF 2021 Selection ANIMATED SHORT FILMS Films under this selection are eligible for i) Manjushree Award for the Best film in the category Film Title Duration Country Renai Dance Directed by. Zhike Yang, Wenjie Wu, Han Chen Chang 00:03:47 United States Überfrog Directed by. Akash Singh 00:11:55 Finland Corona Man Directed by. Fran Estévez 00:02:21 India The Winter Directed by. Xin Li 00:05:00 Australia Humanity Directed by. Vincenzo Lamagna 00:02:54 Italy NIFF 2021 Selection LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS Films under this selection are eligible for i) Bagmati Award for the Best film in the category Film Title Duration Country Round Three Directed by. Shahar Shamay 00:19:54 Israel The Menu for Tomorrow Directed by. Woody – Kazuhiro Kiuchi 00:19:57 Japan Beholden Directed by. Akshay Gouri 00:29:53 India God’s Daughter Dances Directed by. Sungbin Byun 00:24:53 South Korea, Republic Receiver Directed by. Cavan Campbell 00:15:00 Canada Maradona’s Legs Directed by. Firas Khoury 00:20:00 Germany The Silence of the River Directed by. Francesca Canepa 00:14:00 Peru Reunion Directed by. JING ZOU 00:21:44 China Uncle Goose Waits For A Phone Call Directed by. Kew Lin 00:15:00 Singapore In the Depth of Winter (Xitor Xojat) Directed by. Arindam Barooah 00:04:43 India The Flowers of Roadside Directed by. Mahfuzz Nazim Mapple 00:18:23 Bangladesh NIFF 2021 Selection NATIONAL SHORT FILMS Films under this selection are eligible for i) Best Short Film Award for the Best film in the category Film Title Duration Country Home: An Ode to all Fathers Directed by. Prakash Jha 00:09:39 Nepal Priest Directed by. Til Thapa Magar 00:05:18 Nepal Sold in Iraq Directed by. Deepak Subba 00:09:30 Nepal Bare Trees in the Mist Directed by. Rajan Kathet 00:14:59 Nepal Dharso Directed by. Amrit Kauchha 00:11:13 Nepal Samshaya Directed by. Ganesh Rawal 00:22:00 Nepal The War After War Directed by. Rajesh Shrestha 00:08:37 Nepal A Scarecrow Directed by. Rajesh Prasad Khatri 00:13:34 Nepal Ainaa Directed by. Krisha Chaulagain 0:23:00 Nepal
