Ma Khusi Chu (I am Happy)

Nepal, Fiction, 2011, 27 min, Nepali w/ English subtitles

Producer: Abinash Bikram Shah. Producer: Anup Poudel. (Copresentation w/ South Asian Visual Arts Centre & Sattya Media Arts)

Synopsis

This thoughtful and innovative film is about two idiosyncratic urban characters; Vashna, who lives to make others happy, and Aakash, an aimless wanderer who chooses to live happily in the moment. The film is about their meeting, and beautiful and fleeting moments that lead to it.

About Director

Abhinash Bikram Shah lives and works in Kathmandu as an independent filmmaker. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talent Campus in Germany, and Asian Film Academy in South Korea. His short Tie is..Perhaps.. won the best film award in Kalaghoda International Film Festival, India in 2010. The film has also been screened at Inter-university Short Film Festival, Bangladesh and Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival in 2010. He has also written scripts for features Highway and Hamro Team. He has just finished another short Sarir under Lalteen Project.

Previous Screening and Awards

• Busan International Film Festival, South Korea, 2011
• World Film Festival of Bangkok, 2012
• Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, Nepal, 2011
• Seattle South Asian International Film Festival, 2011

Co-presentation