| ashu |
Posted
on 03-Feb-01 05:33 AM
The experiment called the Kathmandu Film Archives -- a
joint venture between Martin Chautari and the Godavari
Alumni Association is over.
The experiment has been quite successful. The KFA
recently hosted a three-day Russian Film Festival,
attracting a sizable crowd.
And so, the KFA is now a reality, just like the The Kathmandu
Post Review of Books has been an institution in its
own way.
Founded last September to show top-quality movies
from around the world on a regular basis in
Kathmandu, the KFA has now struck agreements with
the Russian Culture Center in Kamal Pokhari
to use their premises, equipment and influence
to show movies ON A REGULAR BASIS for a fee
to the Kathmandu audience.
Former Boston residents such as Mahendra Man Shakya (a former GBNC president who now heads GAA), Biresh Shah (an
MIT-trained architect), Pratyoush Onta (a Brandeis
alum) were instrumental in making this KFA a
sustainable reality. Thanks too to: Bhaskar Gautam,
Sanjog Rupakheti, Neeraj Nepali and Anup Subedi for
all their hard work . . .
So, hey, we now have our bit of "Brattle Theater"
in Kathmandu; of, if Kiran Sitoula is reading this,
then, hey, we now have a little bit of "Drexel Movie
Theater" in KTM :-)
One film we really want to screen, but haven't
found a print, is: Cinema Paradiso, which is about
a young Italian boy's fascination with the movies.
oohi
ashu
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