Belmaya Nepali

Belmaya Nepali
Belmaya Nepali
बेलमाया नेपाली
Born	Pokhara, Nepal
Occupations	Filmmaker, photographer
Notable work	Educate Our Daughters; I Am Belmaya
Children	1
Awards	UK Asian Film Festival (2019)

Belmaya Nepali (Nepali: बेलमाया नेपाली) is a filmmaker from Nepal. She has made several award-winning documentaries depicting the life of women in Nepal especially of those from Dalit community.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Nepali was born in Lahachowk in Pokhara. She is the youngest of six siblings. She lost her parents at the age of nine. She got married in 2011.^[3] Initially she started as a photographer after getting a short training. Her first work was published in 2007 in a book called My World, My Views.^[4]

Works

I am Belmaya is a documentary based on her own life which is co-directed by Sue Carpenter ^[5]^[6]
Educate Our Daughters is a documentary raising the issues of female education in Nepal.
Rowing Against the Flow is a documentary about boat women in Pokhara's Phewa lake.
Stronger is a documentary dealing with the Nepali women.

Awards

Winner of Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (Nov 2018, Canadian Premiere) for Educate Our Daughters
Winner of UK Asian Film Festival (Mar–Apr 2019, European Premiere) for Educate Our Daughters

References

↑ "About Time You Met: Belmaya Nepali, Filmmaker". About Time Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
↑ Carpenter, Sue. "I Am Belmaya". Retrieved 2021-10-27.
↑ Adhikari, Rojita (2021-10-15). "'The heaven of film-making': how a Dalit orphan got to tell her own story". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
↑ "Reclaiming her voice through filmmaking". Retrieved 2021-10-27.
↑ Le, Phuong (2021-10-16). "I Am Belmaya review – uplifting story of a Nepali woman following her film-making dream". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
↑ "I Am Belmaya: The inspiring story of a Nepali woman who transformed her life through filmmaking". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 2021-10-27.

[1] "About Time You Met: Belmaya Nepali, Filmmaker". About Time Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-27.

[2] Carpenter, Sue. "I Am Belmaya". Retrieved 2021-10-27.

[3] Adhikari, Rojita (2021-10-15). "'The heaven of film-making': how a Dalit orphan got to tell her own story". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-10-27.

[4] "Reclaiming her voice through filmmaking". Retrieved 2021-10-27.

[5] Le, Phuong (2021-10-16). "I Am Belmaya review – uplifting story of a Nepali woman following her film-making dream". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-10-27.

[6] "I Am Belmaya: The inspiring story of a Nepali woman who transformed her life through filmmaking". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 2021-10-27.

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