Kathmandu Horror Film Fest Opens
Summary
The second Kathmandu Horror Film Fest opened in Kathmandu with diplomats, cultural leaders and film enthusiasts celebrating horror cinema and genre filmmaking in Nepal. The festival will run until November 1 and includes audience voting, international screenings and cultural exchange initiatives.
Key Points
- The second edition of Kathmandu Horror Film Fest opened in Kathmandu with a ceremony attended by diplomats and film industry representatives.
- Manish Pandit said he is committed to promoting genre cinema in Nepal, while Anastasia Khokhlova backed deeper cooperation between NFCA and Russian House Kathmandu.
- The festival introduced a ballot-box voting system so viewers can help choose the audience-selected winner.
- The opening screening was "In This Darkness I See You," an Arabic-language supernatural thriller by Lebanese filmmaker Nadim Tabet.
