A Bhutanese short film titled Lo Sum Choe Sum or three year three month retreat will be premiered at Berlin International Film Festival, the first for Bhutan.
The opening of the fourth Film Festival of the Republic of Korea began at Terma Linca resort in Thimphu, yesterday.
The Bhutan Film Association for the first time is organising a Viewer’s Choice Awards.
About 50 children and a handful of teachers from different schools learned the basics of origami, the Japanese art of paper folding at Pelkhil School, yesterday. They were given lessons by an origami expert from Japan.
(Picture Story): A film festival was held in Sherubtse College for the first time in its history. Nine feature films and two documentaries made it to the film festival.
From 20 to 30 movies released a few years ago, the number of new movie releases has gone down drastically. Last year, only 14 new movies were released. In this our producer, Sonam Lhamo, takes a look at the current state of the local movie industry.
A book titled “Phallus, Crazy Wisdom” from Bhutan was launched today in the capital.
The director of the famous films: The Cup and Travellers and Magicians, has once again created magic on screen. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche says his new film in English, Vara: A Blessing, is inspired by a Bengali short story, Rakta Aar Kanna, meaning blood and tears, written by the Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay.
“The Red Door”, a 15-minute local film, has been selected to be screened at two international film festivals. It will be screened at Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and Fribourg in Switzerland.
A two-day Korean film festival- sharing ideas, ended in Thimphu, today.
