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Film South Asia to kick off on Thursday

The fifth Film South Asia (FSA) '05 - a festival of documentaries - will kick off in Kathmandu on Thursday at Kumari Hall, the commercial duplex cinema at Kamal Pokhari exhibiting a selection of the best films made in or about the region over the last two years, the organisers said.

Noted filmmaker Sai Paranjpye will open the five-day festival (from 29 September to 4 October).

'She write' a film directed by Anjali Monteiro and KP Jayasankar will be screened at Hall A at 4.30 p.m. while 'The New Boys' by David MacDougall will be screened at Hall B at 4.00 p.m. on the first day.

Likewise, 'Sunset Bollywood' by David Komal Tolani and 'The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan' directed by Phil Grabsky will be screened at Hall A and B respectively at 5.45 p.m.

Altogether 43 films are being screened at FSA '05, and the directors, who will be converging on Kathmandu for the four-day festival, will present most of them.

Public screening will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday and at 9:00 a.m. for the remaining three days. Screening schedules with details of films and timings can be accessed at www.himalassociation.org/fsa.

The first edition of Film South Asia was held in 1997, after which there have been festivals in 1999, 2001 and 2003.

Nepalnews will be providing special coverage of the Film South Asia 2005 including pre-screen reviews for the benefit of our audience. nepalnews.com pb Sep 27 05