The tenth Seattle South Asian Film Festival (SSAFF) is scheduled to kick start on October 15 and movie screenings will be  held in five US cities, according to a media report. 

Along with movies from Nepal, the largest South Asian Film Festival in the US presented by non-profit, community-based organisation Tasveer, will screen films from like India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. 

The festival includes 32 feature films and 27 shorts representing nine countries. Following are Nepali movies that will be screened. 

Sunakali

Director: Bhoj Raj Bhat

Sunakali is a  documentary about Mugu’s women’s soccer team and its journey to the national championship. The movie shows how girls, through football are able to change the societal perception and  has already won accolades.It has an IMDB rating of 9.2/10.

The bayberries have ripened

Director: Niranjan Raj Bhetwal 

This movie is set in the suburbs of Nepal during the civil war period, where most men were either abroad or displaced because of the war.

Drawing the Tiger

Directors: Amy Benson, Scott Squire & Ramyata Limbu 

Drawing the Tiger was filmed over seven years and is about family  whose brightest child is awarded a scholarship to attend school in the city. When she doesn’t return home, the family is forced to survive without her and the opportunity they believed would change their fate.

The Refugees of Shangrila

(Nepal/USA/Bhutan) 

Director: Doria Bramante

This movie is about Bhutanese refugees who’ve  abandoned their hopes of returning to their lost land and seek a new life in the United States

Hokse

Director: Prasanna Poudyal

This movie is about a town called Hokse, also known as “Kidney Village”, where nearly 75 % of its residents have sold their one kidney for survival. The story follows  two individuals who are driven to change the image of the town. 

Will you be watching these movies? Will you be attending the film festival?