At the age of fourteen, Belmaya Nepali had the opportunity to be part of the My World My View photography project, led by Sue Carpenter. It seemed an energizing and uplifting moment for this young woman, though the joy of it was short-lived. The home for girls in Pokhara, where Belmaya lived, took away the camera, and Belmaya sank into a life of struggle, poverty, and abuse. Married young, uneducated, lower caste, with a young daughter and a husband with deeply rooted patriarchal ideas, Belmaya’s life turns into one that is deeply challenging.
But Sue Carpenter re-entered Belmaya’s life, co-directing this inspiring documentary alongside its subject, Belmaya. In 2014, Belmaya had the opportunity to be involved in a filmmaking training course, and Carpenter follows her experience. The film gives us a view of her shots alongside Belmaya’s, allowing viewers to follow Belmaya as she navigates this experience and...
But Sue Carpenter re-entered Belmaya’s life, co-directing this inspiring documentary alongside its subject, Belmaya. In 2014, Belmaya had the opportunity to be involved in a filmmaking training course, and Carpenter follows her experience. The film gives us a view of her shots alongside Belmaya’s, allowing viewers to follow Belmaya as she navigates this experience and...
- 4/14/2022
- by Katherine Matthews
- Bollyspice
10 films on the list for low-budget independent films.
Harri Shanahan and Sian A. Williams’ documentary Rebel Dykes and Ryan Andrew Hooper’s comedy-thriller The Toll are among the 10 titles longlisted for the Discovery award at the 2021 British Independent Film Awards (Bifas).
Six documentaries make the list, including Annika Ranin and Sean Fee’s Boarders, following a group of British skateboarders on their journey towards the sports Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. Ranin and Jasmin Morrison are also on the longlist for breakthrough producer, announced as part of the new talent selection earlier this month.
Further documentaries include Celeste Bell and Paul Sng...
Harri Shanahan and Sian A. Williams’ documentary Rebel Dykes and Ryan Andrew Hooper’s comedy-thriller The Toll are among the 10 titles longlisted for the Discovery award at the 2021 British Independent Film Awards (Bifas).
Six documentaries make the list, including Annika Ranin and Sean Fee’s Boarders, following a group of British skateboarders on their journey towards the sports Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. Ranin and Jasmin Morrison are also on the longlist for breakthrough producer, announced as part of the new talent selection earlier this month.
Further documentaries include Celeste Bell and Paul Sng...
- 10/29/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
19 films on international, 14 on documentary list.
Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or winner Titane and Andrea Arnold’s Cow have made the longlists for best international independent film and best documentary respectively at the 2021 British Independent Film Awards (Bifa).
Titane is one of 19 titles on the international list, alongside fellow Cannes 2021 titles A Chiara, Compartment No. 6, Drive My Car, Great Freedom, Paris, 13th District and Red Rocket.
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Six of the 19 international titles hail from North America, with 12 from Europe and one from Japan. Nine of the 19 directors are women.
Alongside Cow on...
Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or winner Titane and Andrea Arnold’s Cow have made the longlists for best international independent film and best documentary respectively at the 2021 British Independent Film Awards (Bifa).
Titane is one of 19 titles on the international list, alongside fellow Cannes 2021 titles A Chiara, Compartment No. 6, Drive My Car, Great Freedom, Paris, 13th District and Red Rocket.
Scroll down for the full list of titles
Six of the 19 international titles hail from North America, with 12 from Europe and one from Japan. Nine of the 19 directors are women.
Alongside Cow on...
- 10/26/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The name Belmaya Nepali may not be familiar to you, but if you’ve been following the film festival scene over the last couple of years then chances are it’s one that’s etched in your mind.
That’s because I Am Belmaya – Nepali’s own account of her eventful life thus far – has been a hit on a global scale, and rightly so. It’s one of the biggest clichés, but this really is a story you couldn’t make up.
Even if you’re not a fan of documentary films, this is definitely one to stick with, particularly as it relates to issues pertinent the world over. Although this is a woman’s struggle within the repressive patriarchal system that exists in rural Nepal, it captures the essence of many issues that defined women in the past and those that persist today. At times it’s difficult...
That’s because I Am Belmaya – Nepali’s own account of her eventful life thus far – has been a hit on a global scale, and rightly so. It’s one of the biggest clichés, but this really is a story you couldn’t make up.
Even if you’re not a fan of documentary films, this is definitely one to stick with, particularly as it relates to issues pertinent the world over. Although this is a woman’s struggle within the repressive patriarchal system that exists in rural Nepal, it captures the essence of many issues that defined women in the past and those that persist today. At times it’s difficult...
- 10/15/2021
- by Dan Green
- The Cultural Post
In the face of many obstacles, a Dalit woman proves her determination to forge a career as a film-maker
After she took up film-making, Belmaya Nepali had to face disapproval from her husband and her highly patriarchal village in Nepal; but this was only one of the series of obstacles that the budding director has had to deal with. Having fallen in love with images thanks to a photography workshop, Nepali was orphaned at a young age, and suffered the stigma of being lower caste. Her camera was taken away when she was put into a girl’s home. Her formal schooling was undermined by discouragement from her brothers as well as her teachers, one even said she had “cow dung” for brain. Later, after repeated incidents of domestic abuse from her husband, her complaints and attempts to get a divorce were ignored by her relatives as well as the police.
After she took up film-making, Belmaya Nepali had to face disapproval from her husband and her highly patriarchal village in Nepal; but this was only one of the series of obstacles that the budding director has had to deal with. Having fallen in love with images thanks to a photography workshop, Nepali was orphaned at a young age, and suffered the stigma of being lower caste. Her camera was taken away when she was put into a girl’s home. Her formal schooling was undermined by discouragement from her brothers as well as her teachers, one even said she had “cow dung” for brain. Later, after repeated incidents of domestic abuse from her husband, her complaints and attempts to get a divorce were ignored by her relatives as well as the police.
- 10/11/2021
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
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