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SKATEISTAN: To Live and Skate Kabul (PG)*

‘Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul’ is a beautiful and moving short film that follows the lives of two young skateboarders from Afghanistan who attend the Skateistan charity project. Juxtaposing the harsh reality of life in Kabul with the hopes and ambitions of the country’s children, the film is a touching ray of light from a country only ever in the news for all the wrong reasons. More...


DASDHUNGA (15)*

Some years ago, prominent Nepali politicians Madan Bhandari and Jivanath Aasrit perished in a road accident when their vehicle crashed off the road and tumbled into the Narayani River. Their driver Amar Lama, on the other hand, survived without harm. Starting with this tragedy, thriller ‘Dasdhunga’ follows subsequent events, including the assassination soon after of Amar Lama. Were the deaths really an accident, or can they be linked to the murky world of Nepalese politics? More...


THIS IS MY DESTINY (18)*

A shocking documentary which provides a searing insight into the stranglehold of opium in Afghanistan. From mothers in a Northern village calming their crying babies with the drug to long-term addicts in Kabul seeking help ‘This is My Destiny’ is a unique portrait of modern Afghanistan. More...


NEPAL’S STOLEN CHILDREN

This compelling documentary was made by CNN as part of the organisation’s Freedom Project. The film is presented by actress and activist Demi Moore and sheds light on the shocking trade of human life in South Asia’s sex industry. Moore heads to Nepal to see Anuradha Koirala and her organisation, Maiti Nepal, which has rescued over 12,000 Nepalese women from sex trafficking. Moore speaks with dozens of girls, some as young as eleven, who tell of how they were forced into prostitution and how eventually they escaped to a new life. More...


THE SARI SOLDIERS (15)*

Filmed over three years during the most historic and pivotal time in Nepal’s modern history, ‘The Sari Soldiers’ is an extraordinary story of six women’s courageous efforts to shape Nepal’s future in the midst of an escalating civil war against Maoist insurgents, and the King’s crackdown on civil liberties. When Devi, mother of a 15-year-old girl, witnesses her niece being tortured and murdered by the Royal Nepal Army, she speaks publicly about the atrocity. The army abducts her daughter in retaliation, and Devi embarks on a three-year struggle to uncover her daughter’s fate and see justice done. More...


AFGHAN GIRLS CAN KICK (PG)*

‘Afghan Girls Can Kick’ is an intimate fly-on-the-wall documentary portrait of teenage girls breaking the stereotypes set for them by intensely conservative Afghan society, in some cases escaping grinding poverty, gaining self-esteem and confidence as players in Afghanistan’s first ever women’s national football team. More...


BRILLIANT MOON (12)*

New documentary ‘Brilliant Moon’ explores the life of the revered Tibetan teacher and writer Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, whose students included the Dalai Lama and the King of Bhutan. The film was made by Buddhist lama Neten Chokling and is narrated by Richard Gere and Lou Reed. It features archival footage, animation and interviews with leading Buddhist spiritual figures. More...


BLINDSIGHT (PG)*

A beautiful and uplifting film, Blindsight is the story of six blind Tibetan teenagers’ brave attempt to climb the North Face of Mount Everest. The group are led by an American climber and the German teacher who founded their school in Lhasa, the only blind school in Tibet. More...


THE WAY OF THE ROAD (PG)*

‘The Way Of The Road’ is a film about a road which is being built to the Tibetan border to help relieve poverty in Nepal’s northern districts. The film journeys through the Tamang communities who will be most affected, to hear their reflections on whether the road will benefit them. It is a turning point for these communities, who have occupied a land of crossovers - in trade, in religion and languages on the border zone between south and central Asia. The Tamang speak of mythological travellers, perform dances of warring armies, and discuss uncertain livelihoods, as these people of the border now face the momentum of globalisation with some scepticism. More...


INSHALLAH FOOTBALL (15)*

Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir. Bashir Baba was a one-time leader of militant group Hizbul Mujahideen but has now given up the gun. His son Basharat has grown up under the shadow of a silent war, but found in football his passion and fuel. Marcos, a FIFA-accredited Brazilian football coach, has started a football academy in Srinagar and an exchange programme to Brazil for his most talented players, amongst them Basharat. To play football in the land of legendary Pele is the greatest of his dreams. Unfortunately, Basharat is denied a passport by the Government of India. His crime? That he was born the son of a militant. More...


THE KALASHA: RITES OF SPRING

The Kalasha are a tribal people, 3,000 strong, who live in the high valleys of the Hindu Kush mountains in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The Kalasha are unique as a pagan people in this Islamic Republic. More...


BEAUTY AND BRAINS (15)*

To be third-gender in Nepal means a choice of three careers: giving blessing at weddings, begging or prostitution. Known as the Meti community, they are excluded from family and school, and prey to security forces, blackmail and sexual abuse. However, as Nepal attempts to write a new constitution there is a chance of change. In order to be heard above the clamour and civil unrest, the third-genders with Sunil Pant and the Blue Diamond Society embarked on the Beauty and Brains Talent Contest. This is the story of a community gaining the confidence to finally confront the years of deeply rooted prejudice. More...