Kipalaya Production

02/06/2024

Join Q&A session with the filmmaker of 'Split Ends', Rajan Kathet.

The film is currently being screened online till 7th June.

Q&A session with the filmmaker Rajan Kathet will take place on 7th June (FRIDAY)
Time: 6 pm IST, 6:15 pm NPT, 5:30 pm PKT

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Director’s bio:
Rajan Kathet is a filmmaker based in Kathmandu working in both fiction and documentary films. Rajan's first feature documentary, "No Winter Holidays," premiered in the International First Feature Competition section of Sheffield DocFest 2023 and is the winner of the NATIVA Award at Alternativa Film Awards 2023 in Kazakhstan. His short fiction work, "Bare Trees In The Mist (2019)," was screened at several international film festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival 2019, Tampere Film Festival, HKIFF, Encounters Film Festival, Dharamshala IFF, and Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia.

Rajan collaborates with national and international filmmakers through his production company, Salpa Films. He has worked on projects such as the Taiwanese feature documentary “After The Snowmelt” by Yi-Shan Lo, which premiered at Visions du Réel 2024, and the TV documentaries "In the Land of Machines" by Heo Chul-nyung (South Korea), "Home Street Home" by Alan Lau for Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), and "A Himalayan Endgame" by Deepak Chaturvedi (India), all of which are in post-production.

Rajan is also engaged in film education and mentors young filmmakers through his involvement in local film schools and filmmaking workshops. He regularly contributes to the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival DocLab.

28/05/2024

Join us for a screening of the film ‘Split Ends’ directed by Rajan Kathet (Streaming dates: 1-7 JUNE, 2024) followed by a Q&A session with the filmmaker Rajan Kathet on 7 JUNE 2024 (FRIDAY) at 6 pm IST, 6:15 pm NPT, 5:30 pm PKT.

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27/05/2024

We are excited to introduce ‘Split Ends’ directed by Rajan Kathet as a part of , our monthly online documentary screening series featuring films from the Southasian region in collaboration with Himal Southasian .

From 1-7 JUNE, 2024, join us for the screening of ‘Split Ends’ and a Q&A session with the directors Rajan Kathet.

Streaming dates: 1-7 JUNE, 2024
Q & A session: 7 JUNE 2024 (FRIDAY)
Time: 6 pm IST, 6:15 pm NPT, 5:30 pm PKT

Synopsis: A barbershop becomes a place of refuge for Nepali migrants who travel to Portugal in search of the European dream.

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28/04/2024

Join us for a special screening of the film ‘Lyari Notes’ directed by Miriam Chandy Menacherry and Maheen Zia (Streaming dates: May 1 to May 6, 2024) followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers (May 6 at 6 pm IST (5:30 PM PST)).

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27/04/2024

We are excited to introduce ‘Lyari Notes’ directed by Miriam Chandy Menacherry and Maheen Zia as a part of , our monthly online documentary screening series featuring films from the Southasian region in collaboration with Himal Southasian.

From May 1 to May 6, 2024, join us for the screening of ‘Lyari Notes’ and a Q&A session with the directors Miriam Chandy Menacherry and Maheen Zia.

Streaming dates: May 1 to May 6, 2024
Q & A session: May 6 at 6 pm IST (5:30 PM PST)

Synopsis: Lyari Notes is a coming of age film that unfolds during a dramatic timespan 2012-2015 in Pakistan. The exuberance of the general elections which saw an elected government come to power followed by subsequent extremist attacks … These events are documented and interpreted through the eyes of children growing up in Lyari.

Lyari Notes is an intimate journey of four best friends as they learn to express themselves through music. Throughout the film we see the girls transform as they learn to express themselves overcoming personal tragedy and deep rooted fears and family opposition. Amidst violence and nation wide curfews because of extremist attacks, the girls travel to their classes at music school as they prepare for a grand show.

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26/03/2024

We are excited to present a screening of 'We Have Not Come Here To Die' directed by Deepa Dhanraj as a part of , our monthly online documentary screening series featuring films from the Southasian region in collaboration with Himal Southasian.

From 1-8 April 2024, join us for the screening of ‘We Have Not Come Here To Die’ and a Q&A session with the director Deepa Dhanraj.

Streaming dates: 1-8 April 2024
Q & A session: 8 April 2024
6PM IST | 6:15PM NST | 6:30PM BST | 5:30 PM PST

Synopsis: On 17 January 2016, PhD research scholar and Dalit activist Rohith Vemula committed su***de, unable to bear persecution from a partisan university administration and caste supremacists. His su***de note, which argued against the “value of a man being reduced to his immediate identity” galvanised student politics in India. Over the following year thousands of students all over broke the silence around their experiences of caste discrimination in educational institutions and have started a powerful anti-caste movement. The film tracks this movement that is changing the conversation on caste in India.

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01/03/2024

Watch the film ‘Come Over for a Drink, Kanchi (अरक चाना बानाओ, सीम्मा)’ directed by Sikuma Rhiannon Rai !

Screening from 1-6 March 2024

Q&A session: 6 March
Q&A time: 7PM IST | 7:15PM NST | 7:30PM BST | 6:30 PM PST

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Director’s bio:
Sikuma Rhiannon Rai is a multimedia storyteller based in Lalitpur, Nepal and New York, USA. She discovered her storytelling journey in 2017 through journalism while working at the weekly Nepali Times as a multimedia reporter and later as the online video reporter and team leader at the national daily The Kathmandu Post. In 2020, she solo-produced her short documentary "Come Over for a Drink, Kanchhi" which got nominated at the One World Media Awards 2021 and was discussed at the 50th Annual Conference on South Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2021, Sikuma changed gears to expand her creative endeavor and worked as a costume designer in a feature film "A Road to a Village".
​As of April 2023, Sikuma is a Fulbright grantee and a student at Hunter College, CUNY, New York enrolled in the MFA Integrated Media Arts program. The plan is to graduate by 2025.

27/02/2024

A reminder to sign up for the film ‘Come Over for a Drink, Kanchi (अरक चाना बानाओ, सीम्मा)’ directed by Sikuma Sikuma Rhiannon Rai .

Streaming dates: 1-6 March 2024

Q&A session with the filmmaker: 6 March
Q&A time: 7PM IST | 7:15PM NST | 7:30PM BST | 6:30 PM PST

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26/02/2024

Do not miss the film ‘Come Over for a Drink, Kanchi (अरक चाना बानाओ, सीम्मा)’ directed by Sikuma Rhiannon Rai !

Streaming dates: 1-6 March 2024

Q & A session with the filmmaker: 6 March
Q&A time: 7PM IST | 7:15PM NST | 7:30PM BST | 6:30 PM PST

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26/02/2024

Join us for a special screening of the film ‘Come Over for a Drink, Kanchi (अरक चाना बानाओ, सीम्मा)’ (Streaming dates: 1-6 March 2024) followed by a Q&A session with the filmmaker Sikuma Rhiannon Rai (6 March, 2024).

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21/02/2024