Documentary film by M.A. student in Visual and Media Anthropology CHRISTINA VOIGT has its Berlin Premiere on Tuesday May 18, 7.30 pm @Kino.Babylon.Mitte

 

Beneath Everest - Nepal Reborn

A documentary film by Tulsi Bhandari & Christina Voigt / Nepal 2009 /

90 Min. / nepali with english subtitles

Editing & cinematography: Christina Voigt

Musik: Bela Brauckmann, Gabriel Gordon

 

Berlin Premiere: Tuesday May 18, 7.30 pm @Kino.Babylon.Mitte,

Dates:

MAY 2010 //

May 18 / Babylon.Berlin.Mitte, Germany, 7.30pm, with engl.

subtitles / discussion afterwards with Christina Voigt / Editor and

Cinematographer

May 19 / Babylon.Berlin.Mitte, Germany, 7.30pm, with engl. subtitles

May 20 / Babylon.Berlin.Mitte, Germany, 7.30pm, with engl. subtitles

May 21 / Babylon.Berlin.Mitte, Germany, 7.30pm, with engl. subtitles

May 22 / Babylon.Berlin.Mitte, Germany, 7.30pm, with engl. subtitles

 

 

supported by United States Institute for Peace

 

Dokfest Kassel / Nomination 'Golden Key Award'

Human Rights Film Festival Prishtina, Kosovo

Ethnologisches Filmfestival Zürich

Harvard University Cambrigde, USA

New York City, Asia Society, USA

Tufts University Boston, USA

Swiss Peace, Center for Peacebuilding, Bern

Stadtkino, Basel

u.a.

 

TRAILER: www.beneath-everest.com

 

Synopsis:

 From deep in the Himalaya Mountains where Maoist soldiers greet the

morning sun as they warm up, to the cities where a powerful movement

for change explodes on the streets, the people of Nepal have

experienced moments they never thought possible.

 

Filmed over four years during the height of the insurgency and the

historic transition of Nepal from a 240-year old monarchy to a

Republic nation, 'Beneath Everest'  is a journey that exposes the

grass root realities of Nepal's ten-year war.

 

The film critically questions the use and continuation of

'violence'  and challenges its justifications.

 

Directed by a native Nepali, the film encourages Nepalis silenced by

the fear to tell their stories, and challenges them to reflect on

their fears, triumphs and hopes as Nepal begins the long journey

towards peace.