Taking the Camera and Power into Her Hands
CLARET & CONVERSATION PODCAST As we get nearer to the release of I Am Belmaya (14 years in gestation, 6 years in the making!), you can hear about how I met Belmaya, what led me to go and live in Nepal, and my own precious little item that will forever tie me to Nepal. Listen …
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We couldn't be happier with the response from the audience at KIMFF! They cheered, they cried, they laughed, they clapped. At the Q&A afterwards, when Belmaya said she'd learnt to stand up for herself, regardless of what others thought, another great cheer went up. Take a peek here at what's in store when I Am …
After five and a half long years, I Am Belmaya is (almost*) finished! A rollercoaster labour of love, faith, blood, sweat and tears. A special preview is in the official selection for Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) 11-15 Dec. We’ll also be showing it at British Council Nepal's WOW (Women of the World) Festival Madesh, in Janakpur, 6-7 Dec, …
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Belmaya's film Educate Our Daughters has won the Short Film Competition at the UK Asian Film Festival! She's had a stunning trip to the UK, full of excitement and warm support from everyone she's met. Here she is, radiant at the Closing Gala Awards Night at Bafta.
Belmaya's film Educate Our Daughters has been selected for yet another international festival - the UK Asian Film Festival, 27 March - 7 April 2019. Her film will be shown as part of the short film competition, at 2pm on 30 March, at the Regent Street Cinema. This is the longest running Asian film festival …
Belmaya Nepali has just won her first international film award! An Air Canada Award, at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, for Educate Our Daughters - which means her film will be shown on international Air Canada flights in May/June 2019! Amazing global reach for her message to the world about the importance of education for girls …
Belmaya's film Educate Our Daughters has been officially selected for the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival in November! She has been invited to Canada to present her film, which is up for the Air Canada Award. This is a huge deal for Belmaya. She has never been out of Nepal before. She didn't even have a passport. But …
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Belmaya's film Educate Our Daughters continues to make waves globally. It has been selected for the prestigious online archive at Women's Voices Now, a curated selection of films that focus on women's rights issues and inspire social change. Belmaya's first film has also just had its USA premiere at Chicago South Asian Film Festival. Plus …
Belmaya's two films have won a third set of laurels! They'll be showing at the NHRIFF this week, in company with some of the best international human rights documentaries on recent release. From the programme:
