NAIFF2024 Unveils Lineup of Films

MARYLAND, 2024 | NAIFF — The Nepal America International Film Festival of Maryland (NAIFF2024), organized by the Nepal America Film Society, has announced its lineup for 2024. It includes features from writer-directors, such as Nabin Subba (A Road to a Village, Nepal), Iram Parveen Bilal (Wakhri, Pakistan) and Mirabbas Khosravinezhad (Parvin, Iran).

NAIFF2024 will take place from Thursday, June 20 to Sunday, June 23 at the AFI Silver Theater and Culture Center in Silver Spring and at the Greenbelt Cinema in Greenbelt, Maryland. Thirty-five films, including shorts and features, from 11 countries will be screened during the festival.

This year’s festival will also feature two films as part of the Global Peace Film Festival Sidebar — In Search of Resolution (USA), directed by Robert E. Frye, and The Strait Guys (Germany), directed by Rich Minnich. The award-winning documentary, No Winter Holidays, directed by Rajan Kathet and Sunir Pandey, and the latest documentary by award-winning director Kesang Tseten, Diversity Plaza, will also be screened at the festival.

A Road to a Village, directed by Nabin Subba, premiered at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in 2023 and is set to open NAIFF2024 on June 20 at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center. The screening will follow a red-carpet event featuring guests and filmmakers. Closing the festival at the same venue on June 23 will be The Red Suitcase, directed by Fidel Devkota, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival in 2023.

Throughout the festival, a variety of events supported by the Maryland National Capital Parks and Planning Commission will also take place, including a masterclass and a panel discussion on Women in Film at the Brentwood Arts Exchange.

Details on the lineup are available at www.nafilmsociety.org, the website of the Nepal America Film Society. Follow #NAIFF2024 on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and LinkedIn for more updates.

The full film lineup is detailed below:
Opening Film

1. A Road to A Village | 106 min | Nepal | Dir.Nabin Subba

Closing FIlm

2. The Red Suitcase | 87 min | Nepal | Dir. Fidel Devkota

Saturday Film

3. Wakhri | 99 min | Pakistan| Iram Parveen Bilal

Global Peace Film Festival — SideBar Section
4. In Search of Resolution | 75 min | USA | Dir. Robert E. Frye
5. The Strait Guys | 99 min | Germany | Dir. Rich Minnich

Feature
6. Ali Vs. Ali | 83 min | Iran | Dir. Alireza Rofougaran
7. Diversity Plaza | 68 min | Nepal/USA | Dir. Kesang Tseten
8. Mom | 80 min | Mexico | Dir. Xun Sero
9. Norcia: the earthquake | 80 min | Italy | Dir. Andrea Sbarretti
10. No Winter Holidays | 79 min | Nepal | Dir. Rajan Kathet
11. Parvin | 82 min | Iran | Dir. Mirabbas Khosravinezhad

DMV Close-up
12. LET HER SING | 21 min | USA| Dir. Siamak Dehghanpour
13. MERA DADDU (My Grandpa) | 19 min | USA/India| Dir. Sri Mirajkar
14. Ten Days in September 1956 | 29 min | Maryland | Dir. Joseph Geehreng

Short
15. Asura — The Demon Within | 5 min | USA | Dir. Viren Shinde
16. Bankariya (Indigenous people of Nepal) | 21 min | USA | Dir. Laxmi Basnet
17. Bearer of Glass Beads | 15 min | Nepal | Dir. ‌Pratibha Pant
18. Break | 7 min | Nepal | Dir. ‌Ganesh Upadhyay
19. Chhaupadi — Dying In Illegal Menstrual Huts | 30 min | Nepal | Dir. Hemant Bhattarai
20. Dancing in Fire: Khalikhane Fire-| 46 min | Nepal | Dir. Ramesh Khadka
21. Dhye Dreams | 27 min | Nepal | Dir. Shanta Nepali
22. Mature | 6 min | Germany| Dir. Gina Carroccia
23. No Monastery No Village | 27 min | Nepal| Dir. Tashi Lhazom
24. Nyanga | 20 min | Mexico | Medhin Tewolde Serrano
25. Palle Alone in the World | 20 min | Belarus | Dir. Viktor Krasovcki
26. Remington | 20 min | Mexico | Dir. Magali Caballero
27. Remnants | 30 min | Nepal/Spain | Dir. Dhanraj Barkote (Spain)
28. Roshi | 5 min | Nepal | Dir. James Lama
29. Sanai | 15 min | Nepal| Dir. Akanchha Karki
30. School Benches | 12 min | Iran| Dir. ‌Behrouz Shamshiri
31. Street Photographer | 20 min | Venezuela | Dir. Zoum Domínguez
32. SUBASH — The Acro Pilot | 15 min | Nepal | Dir. Arjun Baral
33. Uncompleted | 9 min | Nepal/USA | Dir. Pramod Tiruwal
34. Who (the culprit) | 12 min | Nepal | Dir. Birendra Cenchuri
35. Windhorse | 10 min | Nepal | Dir. Sunil Gurung