Film Southasia
Death and education at a film festival
Film Southasia 2019 provided a glimpse of what Southasia is thinking, feeling, and creating.
Kurchi Dasgupta | Jan 21, 2020
Documenting Southasia
Film Southasia continues to be a vibrant forum for discussing problems that cut across national borders.
Rashmi Doraiswamy | Jan 21, 2020
Found and lost
Castaway Man uses Dor Bahadur Bista’s life and work to explore Nepali society
Taran N Khan | Jan 11, 2016
In the shadow of Shanta’s absence
A conversation with filmmakers in Kathmandu
Taran N Khan | Dec 11, 2015
A road well travelled
COLUMN: Yirmiyan Arthur Yhome’s documentary captures a personal journey through a complex landscape.
Taran N Khan | Nov 30, 2015
A glimpse of hardship
COLUMN: Three documentaries offer moving and intimate portraits of the rural poor.
Taran N Khan | Nov 21, 2015
Goodbye documentary, hello non-fiction
The director of Kathmandu's Film South Asia festival of documentaries looks back at the history of documentary films, maps evolving trends in the genre, reflects on the emergence of a substantial body of viewers for …
Manesh Shrestha | Nov 01, 2003
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Manipur’s conflict has harsh lessons for all of India’s Northeast
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