Maryland 2022 | NAIFF — Nepal America International Film Festival of Maryland has announced the lineup for its hybrid (virtual and in-person) festival scheduled for June 23–26, 2022.
The festival will kick-off in-person at the Old Greenbelt Theatre at Greenbelt in Maryland with the opening film- writer/ director Bikram Sapkota’s ‘Halkara-The Postman’ (Nepal). The in-person closing night at the same venue on June 26, will screen ‘Brick Mule’ directed by Michael Brown (USA, filmed in Nepal), and ‘The Lip Readers’ directed by Erik Spink (USA).
Films from more than 12 countries — shorts and features, will be screened during the film festival. NAIFF will feature live virtual programs every day of the festival, which includes live Q&As with filmmakers, actors, and other film talents.
NAIFF has also announced its team of juries for this year which includes Anup Subedi, Nina Streich, Rebecca Bustamante, Farid Bozoegmehr, Portia Cobb, Deborah Jones, and Bhavani Rao.
The Virtual portion of NAIFF2022 films will be available for viewing on the Eventive platform for the duration of the festival. Details of the lineup are available on the website of Nepal America Film Society, the organizer of NAIFF at www.nafilmsociety.org. Follow #NAIFF2022 on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
NAIFF2022 Lineup
Features
1. Brick Mule | 40 min | UK-Nepal (Closing)
2. Halkara — The Post Man | 110 min | Nepal (Opening)
3. On Sacred Ground | 39.54 min | USA
4. One Night in Kathmandu | 85 min | Nepal
5. Singing in the Wilderness | 70 min | China
6. Six Feet | 76 min | USA
7. Tattooed Trucks of Nepal |98 min | USA-Nepal
8. The Inner Glow | 80 min | Venezuela
9. The Iron Digger | 51 min | Nepal
Shorts
10. Antak | 6.01 min | Nepal
11. Barking Dogs | 14 min | Nepal
12. Crime Scene | 4.28 min | USA
13. Dastard, Traitor and Dog |13.59 min | Ukraine-Kyrgyzstan
14. Divination | 14.54 min | Nepal
15. Dumpling |14.32 min | China
16. Fobia | 3.30 min | Brazil
17. God’s Buffalo | 15 min | Nepal
18. Hands of A… |14.55 min | India
19. Home | 20 min | Nepal-Portugal
20. Life is One-Shot | 13.30 min | Iran
21. Medea | 13.29 min | China
22. Metamorphosis | 10 min | Iran
23. Nowhere to Escape |10.35 min | USA
24. OCD | 1 min| Tunisia
25. Rest Time | 15 min | Iran
26. Run Carlos Run | 5 min | Armenia
27. Sitting Still | 10.22 min | USA
28. Sleep Tight | 11.27 min | USA
29. Stronger | 3 min | UK- Nepal
30. The Lip Reader | 6.50 min | USA
31. The Statue (Peykareh) | 09.30 min | Iran
32. Three Threads | 24 min | USA-India
33. Tyndall Typewriters | 22.20 min | USA (DMV)
34. Wildfire | 10 min | Nepal
35. Ye Shaam Mastaani — This Enchanting Evening | 14.59 min | India-USA
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36. Go-Go City | 50 min | USA
37. Out to Vote | 31 min | USA