Nawa Nidhi Dahal
Screenwriter, Director, Producer
Nawa Nidhi Dahal was born in Khotang, eastern Nepal, on July 1, 1989. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies in 2014. He is an alumnus of the Locarno Open Doors Lab (2018), Produire au Sud (2018), Busan Asian Film School (2018), and the Global Media Makers (2019). In 2017, he founded his production company, Simal Cinema, and began with producing short films.
As a producer he is currently developing the feature fiction, Where Does the Marsyangdi River Flow to? by Manoj Babu Panta. He is also developing his new short film, Nitya Nutan. He co-wrote the short film Summer of Goodbyes by Minsho Limbu, which was selected at the Drama Pitching Lab, 45th Drama International Short Film Festival, 2022, in Greece.
He films portray the authenticity and uniqueness of Nepal ranging various themes like nostalgia, identity, kinship etc. He has produced several internationally acclaimed films and the credit includes:
The Witness Tree (2023), short fiction by Niranjan Raj Bhetwal premiered at 28th Busan International Film Festival, 53rd Rotterdam International Film Festival, 46th Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 38th Fribourg International Film Festival, 17th Movies That Matter Festival, 13th Black Star Film Festival, 13th Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, 25th San Diego Asian Film festival and 38th Leeds International Film Festival.
Baghthan (2022), short fiction by Sunil Pandey premiered at 51st Rotterdam International Film Festival, 63th International Film Festival BRNO16 and 20th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, 12th Macau International Short Film Festival, 3rd Lima Alterna International Film Festival, 10th Tuzla Film Festival and 17th Tasveer South Asian Film Festival.
Dolma (2021), short fiction by Pasang Dawa Sherpa funded by Next 10 Ventures Pte Ltd and Petra Films.
Songs of Clouds (2020), short fiction by Ankit Poudel Premiered at 35th Sundance Film Festival, Palm Springs International Short Fest, Doku Fest International Documentary and Short Film Festival and Montreal Festival of New Cinema.
One Night in Kathmandu (2019), feature fiction by Mohan Rai premiered at Brooklyn Film Festival and 25th Kolkata International Film Festival.
The Remains (2018), short fiction by Manoj Babu Panta premiered at screened at 68th Melbourne International Film Festival, 49th Tampere Film Festival, won special mention at 25th ifva awards Asian New Force category and Grand Jury Prize at 3rd Nepal America International Film Festival.
The Eternal Journey (2016), short fiction by Sunil Pandey selected in Brooklyn Film Festival, Brno 16, Ekadeshma International Short Film Festival and won awards in a few.