NAIFF2023 Unveils Lineup of Films

Enepalese Published on: May 24, 2023

MARYLAND 2023 | NAIFF — Nepal America International Film Festival of Maryland,
organized by the Nepal America Film Society, has announced the lineup for its 2023
festival. It includes debut features from writer-directors Saim Sadiq (Joyland, Pakistan)
and Sujit Bidari (Butterfly on a Windowpane, Nepal).


NAIFF2023 will take place from June 22 to June 25 at the AFI Silver Theater and
Culture Center in Silver Spring and at the Old Greenbelt Theatre in Greenbelt,
Maryland. Thirty-eight films from 11 countries, including shorts and features, will be
screened during the festival.


This year’s festival will also feature two films as part of the Global Peace Film Festival
Sidebar— ‘Barry Farm: Community, Land, and Justice in Washington DC’ directed by
Sam George, and ‘World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements’ directed by Chris
Farina. Short film ‘Lori,’ directed by Abinash Bikram Shah and awarded a Special
Mention at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, and director Deepak Rauniyar’s short film
‘Four Nights,’ will also be featured in the festival.


Nepal’s official submission for the Best International Feature Film to the 95th Academy
Awards, Butterfly On A Windowpane, will open this year’s festival on Thursday, June
22, at the AFI Silver Theater. The screening will follow a red-carpet event featuring
guests and filmmakers. The closing night at the same venue on Sunday, June 26, will
screen ‘PASANG: In the Shadow of Everest’ directed by Nancy Svendsen.
Throughout the festival, a variety of events supported by the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission will take place, including talk programs and panel
discussions at Brentwood Arts Exchange. The lineup for talk programs and panel
discussions will be announced soon.


Details of the lineup are available on the website of the Nepal America Film Society, the
organizer of NAIFF, at www.nafilmsociety.org. Follow #NAIFF2023 on Twitter,
Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and LinkedIn for more updates.

The full film lineup is detailed below:

Features

  1. Butterfly on the Windowpane | 93 min | Nepal | Dir.Sujit Bidari (Opening)
  2. Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest | 67 min | USA | Dir. Nancy Svendsen (Closing)
  3. Children of Peace| 93 min | Israel | Dir. Maayan Schwartz
  4. Elephant | 73 min | Poland | Dir. Kamil Krawczycki
  5. Joyland |126 min | Pakistan | Dir.Saim Sadiq
  6. On These Mountains | 75 min | Italy | Dir. Andrea Sbarretti
  7. Sloane: A Jazz Singer | 96 Min | USA| Dir. Michael Lippert
  8. The Riyalists |69 min | Nepal | Dir. Kesang Tseten
  9. The Secrets of Radha | 95 min | Nepal | Dir. Subarna Thapa
  10. When We Were Saints | 65 min | USA | Dir. Theodore Adams III

Global Peace Film Festival — SideBar Section

  1. Barry Farm: Community, Land, and Justice in Washington DC | 50 min | USA |Dir.
    Sabiyha Prince & Samuel George
  2. World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements | 50 min | USA |Dir. Chris Farina

Shorts

  1. A Journey of Innocent | 6.01 min | Nepal | Dir. Pratibha Pant, Kalpana Ban
  2. Coming Out With The Help Of A Time Machine | 15 min | USA | Dir. Naman Gupta
  3. Dinner Intended for two | 1.4 min | Iran | Dir. Bahram Akbari Zarin Ghabaei
  4. Do Ducks Migrate |25 min | India | Dir. Midhun G Babu
  5. Four Nights| 14 min | USA/ Nepal/ Mexico | Dir. Deepak Rauniyar
  6. Gosain: The Colours of Spring | 27.30 min | India | Dir.Bishal Swargiary
  7. Gurkha Girl | 34 min | Nepal | Dir. Bishal Roka Magar
  8. Gyani Maiya | 25 min | Nepal | Dir. Subhashish Panigrahi
  9. Jarna | 10 min | Nepal | Dir. Enuma Rai
  10. Junko |14.59 min | Nepal | Dir. Minsho Limbu
  11. Kathmandu Monsoon | 18:20 min | Nepal | Dir. Ngima Gelu Sherpa
  12. Khulla Aakash | 7:31 min | Nepal | Dir. Dimpal Rajthala, Bhawana Adhikari
  13. Lori | 14 min | Nepal | Dir. Abinash Bikram Sha
  14. Mero Buwa | 6.54 min | Nepal | Dir. Shrisha Kunwar, Angela Chaudhary
  15. Pianoman | 53 min | USA | Dir. Sunny Wenxin Liu
  16. Resurrection under the Ocean | 2.57 min | Turkey | Dir. Serkan Aktaş
  17. Sound of the Lake | 5.19 min| USA | Dir. Cale Green, Johnny Holder, Daphne Wong
  18. The Mirage | 26.30 min | Nepal | Dir. Santosh Dahal
  19. The Sound of Dreaming | 28.45 min | Nepal | Dir. Kalani Gacon
  20. The True Summit | 30 min | USA | Dir. Corban Robbe
  21. Unsolvable | 7.06 min | China | Liang Han
  22. VALERY | 6.21 min | Nepal | Dir. Derek Patterson
  23. Wheels On The Bus| 15.24 min | Nepal | Dir. Surya Shahi
  24. Where the winds die | 12.54 min | Iran | Dir. Pejman Alipour
  25. Yet Another Winter | 22.22 min | Nepal Dir. Kiran SHRESTHA