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Embassy of India

Alpine Tour Service

Director: Dhurba Basnet
Nepal (2007)
Audio: English
Subtitles: Japanese
52 min.

Story of the plight of Nepali journalists who went through a major test of their
commitment to the free media during the state of emergency in Nepal in 2001.
Many of these journalists in Kathmandu and in outside districts were arrested,
tortured and even threatened to death when they fought against the state control
on the media. Some of these journalists had even thought of killing themselves
as they could not go through the torture meted out by the state. The video
basically deals with the experiences of the journalists who have gone through
the tumultuous time during the state of emergency.

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

(ENVIRONMENT)
* Meltdown
* Leave Nothing but Footprints
* Turf Wars
* Timber to Tibet
(ADVENTURE)
* Riding Solo To The Top Of The
World
* A Higher Calling
* Into the Thunder Dragon
* Farther than the Eye Can See
* Trio for One
* Fatal Game
(POLITICS / HUMAN RIGHTS)
* Thin ice
* Chulo, Choli ra Banduk - a stove,
a blouse and a gun
* Better to Have Been Killed
* The Forbidden Team
* Jashn-e-azadhi (How We
Celebrate Freedom)
* Siachen: A war for Ice
* Tibetan Refugees: A Struggle
Beyond Generations
(POVERTY & DEVELOPMENT)
* Journey of a Red Fridge
* Hami kunako maanche –
We corner people
* A Bridge over the Himalayas
* Yi khel gi kawa
(The Price of a Letter)
* Tingvong: a Lepcha village in
Sikkim
(CULTURE)
* Angry Monk
* Miss Tibet
* Closer than Tibet
* Bhedako Oon Jasto...in search of a song...

* A man called nomad
* Call it Karma
* Daughters of Wisdom
* Bhutan - Taking the Middle Path
to Happiness