Chandra camina por el lugar sacudido por el terremoto en Katmandú con su abuelo. Van a visitar a su madre y hermano recién nacido en eñ hispotal. ¿Qué les espera al final?

Chandra walks through earthquake-hit Kathmandu with his grandfather, to visit his mother and new-born sibling in hospital. What awaits them at the end?

Asmita Shrish (Katmandú, Nepal, 1986) es una directora nepalí de películas de ficción y documentales. Su cortometraje documental Auntie Ganga, seleccionado en 15 festivales internacionales, fue seleccionado por el Bristish Council para ser proyectado con motivo del National Old Age Day y ganó Human Rights Watch Film festival en Londrés. También ha producido el cortometraje documental kaloo School (2013), estrenado en el International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam en 2013 y uno de los ganadores del One World Human Rights Film Festival, Praga, y el Human Rights Film Festival Bir Duiyo Kazakhstan, entre otros. En su faceta de direcrora de ficción destaca Chandra, nominada hasta el momento en festivales como Locarno Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, São Paulo International Short Film Festival, London Shorts Film Festival, Dhaka International Film festival, FLICKERS Rhode Island Film Festival y Fribourg International Film Festivals, entre otros. Asmita es licenciada en Ingeniería Informática por la Kathmandu University y ha cursado postgrados en Artes Visuales y Animación por la Universidad de Gloucestershire.

Fateme Ahmadi (Shiraz, Irán, 1984) es graduada en Literatura Persa y Dirección Ciematográfica en la Tehran University y la Art University of Tehran, respectivamente. En 2009 completó un máster en Lingüística en el Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies de Teherán. Obtuvo también una beca para cursar el máster de Cinematografía en la London Film School. Mientras cursaba estos estudios dirigió más de diez cortometrajes, incluyendo algunos para la BBC World Service. Su película “One Thousand and One Teardrops” ha sido nominada a Mejor Cortometraje en el Orlando Film Festival 2014 y Mejor Cortometraje UK en el Film Festival 2015. Fateme esguionista y codirectora de “Chandra”. Actualmente, está investigando para el largometraje documental titulado “Iran &Us: A love Story”, dirigido por Taghi Amirani.

Asmita Shrish (Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986) is a Nepali filmmaker working in fiction and documentary. Her short Documentary Auntie Ganga a portrait of an elderly Gurkha couple living in Britain has played in 15 festivals around the world including in Britain and Nepal. It was selected by the British Council to play on National Old Age Day, and won an award from Human Rights Watch Film festival in London. The film has circuited in various film festivals and galleries including Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2015. She also produced the short documentary Kaloo School (2013) exploring the challenges of education in the mountains of Afghanistan. The film was premiered at the International Documentary Film festival Amsterdam in 2013 and was winner of the One World Human Rights Film Festival, Prague, the Human Rights Film Festival Bir Duiyo Kazakhstan and many other festivals around the globe. As a fiction filmmaker she co-directed Chandra, the moving story of the journey of a boy and his grandfather through a devastated Kathmandu. The film was funded by Chinese giants Youku Originals and Heyi Pictures for 20th Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Masters and Newcomers Project, and has already been nominated for a number of festivals including Locarno Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, São Paulo International Short Film Festival, London Shorts Film Festival, Dhaka International Film festival, FLICKERS Rhode Island Film Festival and Fribourg International Film Festivals. Asmita completed her Computer engineering degree from Kathmandu University at age 19 and pursue her creative career by doing MA in Visual arts and Animation from the University of Gloucestershire, took a certificate in documentary from the National Film and Television School, and was one of 8 directing fellows in Asian Film Academy 2014 nurtured by auteur Béla Tarr.