NIFF 2021 Selection | National Short films
A Scarecrow | 13 mins 34 second | Nepal
Directed by: Rajesh Prasad Khatri
After getting a job of making scarecro...
Despite my strong faith in cinema as a tool of resistance, and its ability to express and deliver impactful messages on the masses, continuing the narration of ...
I believe cinema must be a weapon to visualize stories with a social conscious message. My work is a halfway between fiction and documentary. I look for the poe...
NIFF 2021 Selection | National Short Films
Bare trees in the mist | 15 mins | Nepal
Directed by: Rajan Kathet
Kaali and her young son hear that a villager ...
This movie was inspired by the concept and plot of John Patrick Shanley’s masterpiece, ‘Doubt’. My co-writer (Charindra Chandrasena) and I started this film pro...
NIFF 2021 Selection | National Short Films
Home an ado to all fathers | 9 mins 40 seconds | Nepal
Directed by: Prakash Jha
A young man tries to make amends ...
I wrote this film in response to the growing number of railway suicides in the UK. The focus in these cases is understandably on the person who takes their own ...
NIFF 2021 Selection | NATIONAL SHORT FILMS
Dharso | 11 mins 13 second | Nepal
Directed by: Amrit Kauchha
Racial and caste discrimination still somewhat exist...
I am a child of war. I escaped Vietnam when I was 12 years old, days before the fall of Saigon, and went to the US. I remember watching the news and seeing tank...
After I graduated from France. My continuing fascination with wildlife led me to immigrate to Canada in 2014, where I spent 2 years in the Rocky Mountains. Ther...
NIFF 2021 Selection | Docs @ NIFF
Return to the lost eden | 55 mins | Switzerland
Directed by: Adriano Zecca
"Following a boisterous journey on a local run...
As a filmmaker I have had the chance to travel to places that seemed unreachable growing up in a small town of Yakymivka in the South-East of Ukraine. Working w...
NIFF 2021 Selection | Docs @ NIFF
Mawhialeo Ote Alowha / Our Love | 16 mins | New Zealand
Directed by: Valeriya Golovina
Meli and her husband Avito reflect ...
NIFF 2021 Selection | Short live-action
In the Depth of Winter (Xitor Xojat) | 4 mins 45 second | India
Directed by: Arindam Barooah
In our society, there's ...
This is not a film about a collection born out of boredom, vanity, or a need for show-off, but an ode to dignity, stubbornness, and the right of dreaming. This ...
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