SPINY BABBLER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – 2022 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED

KATHMANDU – Spiny Babbler International Film Festival – 2022 award distribution ceremony was conducted at Nepal Tourism Board. on the date 01 May 2022. This event was organized by Spiny Babbler Movies Pvt. Ltd. This Film Festival was sponsored by Bus Sewa. Other Supporting Partners for this event were Libju Films Media Pvt. Ltd. Right to Information Integrated Development(RTI AID), Online Khel Khabar, and MANS Group company. We also want to give hearty thanks to Power International National Media Pvt. Ltd. (PIM Nepal) for their coordination during this event. We also thank all filmmakers, respected juries, Actors, Directors, Writers, Film editors, journalists, and media-related persons for joining this event. The Chief Guest of this program was Bhimsen Das Pradhan. The honor and Jury Members of this Festival are mentioned below:

HONOUR

• Ramesh Dahal(Singer)

• Rajan Thapa(Journalism)

• Anita Ghimire(Beautician)

• Sanjit Bhandari(Actor)

JURY MEMBERS

• Madhab Raj Kharel (Jury Co-ordinator)

• Dabbu Kshetri(Lyricist/Journalist)

• InuThapa(Fashion Designer)

• Dipak Sharma(Music Director)

• Kamal Adhikari(Lyricist)

• Rajendra Bajgai(Music Director)

• JeebanThapa(Director and Actor)

• Kedar Nath Paudel(Theatre Director and writer)

• Purna Rai(Singer)

• Manoj Pariyar(Sound Designer)

• Leegyash Bhattarai(Actor) and

Film Festivals importantly offer a platform for our young filmmakers to present their creative ideas; their singular stories and storytelling; their talent and skill in their making and, not least, their passion to communicate how they feel and think about the world they live in. These are things they share with us, the audience, and with other filmmakers, whether they are making more familiar live-action drama or provocative experimental films. More than 150 movies were submitted to this Festival. The films were submitted from many regions of the world. The award-winning Films of the Spiny Babbler International Film Festival (2022) are listed below:

INTERNATIONAL AWARD-WINNING MOVIES

• Best Story/script FILM: THAALLAPIZHA ( SHAINY DEEPAK MATHEW)

• Best DOP FILM: CROW(ALIA KHAR KHODASHENAS)

• Best Director FILM: HERO(RODEN PINGOL RAMOS)

• Best Movie FILM: HERO(LIGHT MOON PRODUCTION)

NATIONAL SHORT FILM AWARD WINNERS

• Best Motivational Story/Script FILM: SACRIFICE (ROSHAN PARAJULI, MURALIDHARACHARAYA, AND NAJIMSEKH)

• Best story/script FILM: MATRI(PRASHANNAMALLA)

• Best inspiring DOP FILM: SACRIFICE (KEDAR RAI)

• Best DOP FILM:DAMLO(DEEP CHANDRA THAKURI)

• Best Editor FILM: ANTAK(ASOQ PATHAK)

• Best Motivational FILM: SACRIFICE (MURALIDHARACHARAYA)

• Best Inspirational FILM: BHINNATA(GANESH UPADHAYA)

• Best Short Film FILM: CONFUSION(AASHUKAARYAL)

• Best Director FILM: ICE-CREAM(SANGITA SHRESTHA)

 NATIONAL FEATURE FILM AWARD- WINNERS

• Best Feature FILM: TULKEE (SHEKAR LAMA & R.P. KARMACHARYA)

• Best Director FILM: PREEM GEET-2 BHOJPURI (SONU KHATRI)

• Best Actor FILM: SAGARGHISING (GHRAN)

• Best Actress FILM:KRITYBANIYA (LOVI PAPI)

• Best Choreographer FILM: GHRAN (AJAY SYANGTAN)

• Best Editor FILM:LOVI PAPI (BANDE PRASAD)