Kesang Tseten Retrospective | Feb 23-25, 2024 | Nepal Tourism Board
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Social Science Baha and photo.circle are proud to present the Kesang Tseten Retrospective this weekend from Feb 23-25.
A total of 10 films by acclaimed filmmaker Kesang Tseten will be screened during the retrospective, representing both the breadth of Tseten’s oeuvre as a storyteller and Nepali life in its many dimensions.
Kesang Tseten’s films have been screened at international film festivals around the world. These include the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA), the International Documentary Film Festival of Leipzig, the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, the Kraków Film Festival, The Festival Viennale, the Margaret Mead Film Festival, the Mumbai International Film Festival, Film South Asia and the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, among others. He has received filmmaking grants from Busan International Film Festival, Jan Vrijman Fund and IDFA Bertha Fund, and the Sundance Documentary Institute.
A graduate of Dr Graham’s School in Kalimpong, India, Tseten completed his higher education from Amherst College and Columbia University in the United States.
WHEN: Feb 23, 24 and 25, 2024 (Friday - Sunday)
WHERE: Nepal Tourism Board, Pradarshani Marg (Bhrikuti Mandap), Kathmandu
Entry is free and open to all on a first-come-first-seated basis. Kindly arrive early to ensure your seat on time.
Please visit our website for the full schedule and kindly help us spread the word! https://www.photocircle.com.np/presentations/kesang-tseten-retrospective/
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Day 1: Friday, Feb 23, 2024
3:00 PM
Opening Remarks
Basanta Thapa, Social Science Baha
Hospital (59″) (2016)
Remarks by Nisha Pandey, researcher
5:00 PM
Who Will Be a Gurkha (86”) (2012)
Remarks by Pranika Koyu, writer
Day 2: Saturday, Feb 24, 2024
11:00 AM
On the Road with the Red God: Machhendranath (72”) (2005)
Remarks by Diwas Raja KC, researcher and archivist
1:00 PM
We Corner People (50″) (2007)
Remarks by Shradha Ghale, writer
3:00 PM
Castaway Man (82″) (2015)
Remarks by Hari Sharma, analyst
5:00 PM
Trembling Mountain (83″) (2016)
Comment by Niranjan Kunwar, writer
Day 3: Sunday, Feb 25, 2024
11:00 AM
In Search of the Riyal (75″) (2012)
Remarks by Jeevan Baniya, researcher
1:00 PM
The Desert Eats Us (68″) (2011)
Remarks by Sanjay Sharma, researcher
3:00 PM
A Migrant Speaks (28″) (2022)
Remarks by Devendra Bhattarai, journalist
4:30 PM
Diversity Plaza (69″) (2023)
Remarks by Ramyata Limbu, KIMFF festival director
Closing remarks
NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, photo.circle
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We look forward to seeing you at the screenings!
- Team PC
