- Nepal
Min Bahadur BHAM
- Nepal
An award-winning filmmaker from Nepal, Min Bahadur Bham is graduated in Filmmaking and literature. He has a master degree in Buddhist Philosophy and Political Science. His short film The Flute (2012) was the first Nepalese film presented at the Venice Film Festival in competition. He was a participant of Berlinale Talent Campus 2013, Asian Film Academy 2013, awarded the Fellowship Award. His directorial debut The Black Hen (2015) is the first feature film of Nepal presented in Venice Critics Week and awarded with FEDEORA Best Film. This film was huge box office success in Nepal and also an official entry from Nepal to Oscar for the category of Best Foreign Language Film 2016. He owns his production company, Shooney Films where he has produced several short and feature films, which was screened at various film festivals around the world including, Venice, Berlinale, Busan, San Sebastian, Locarno, Tokyo, Seattle, and Montreal World. Currently he is developing his second feature film, A Year of Cold at Cinefondation Residence, Festival de Cannes.