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Telluride Inside – Mountainfilm: 44th Edition Award Winners

by Nicole C. Scott | Jun 2, 2022 | In the News

Telluride Inside announces the winners for the Telluride summer festival season, Mountainfilm. PASANG: In the Shadow of Everest won the Charlie Fowler Best Adventure Film.

The jury stated,

“The film chronicles an unsung hero, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa’s tragic and inspiring journey to become the first Nepali woman to summit Chomolungma in 1993. The story is brilliantly captured through rarely seen archival footage and the words of Nepali friends and relatives. Her determined pursuit to climb the mountain plays out within the context of her nation’s quest for democracy and political upheaval and is a hitherto untold tale that fits today’s emerging trend of Indigenous reclamation of the Himalaya. This combined with Pasang’s spirit and determination makes this the perfect winner for the Charlie Fowler Best Adventure award.”

Read more about MountainFilm and the winners at:
Telluride Inside – Mountainfilm: 44th Edition, A Wrap; Winners, the Holly, Bad Axe & More!

For information on all our festival screenings, visit our screenings page.

BIFF: A Very Sweet Sixteen/Part II

by Nicole C. Scott | May 31, 2022 | In the News, Interviews

The Berkshire Edge of Massachusetts features an interview with Christy McGill, BIFF alum and Producer for PASANG: In the Shadow of Everest.

” “This is a beautiful film that deeply probes the structural inequalities in Nepal. Pasang changed the country and fulfilled a national destiny. There were more people at her funeral than the King’s”. Her astonishing achievement was tempered with tragedy, as Pasang never made it down from the summit alive. “It’s our feeling that Pasang’s name should be known worldwide, and that Nancy’s film is really about correcting an omission in the record of history.” Pasang is an inspiration to Nepalis, and now her story can touch the world. “We were at Santa Barbara International Film Festival with Pasang’s daughter. Watching her watch the film was incredibly moving and gratifying.” As for the director Nancy Svendsen, this has been a labor of deep love and commitment: “Nancy has been making this film on and off for ten years”, Christy explains with a note of sincere admiration, “I look at her work on this project as a profile in courage. And this is her very first film”.”

Read the article here:
The Berkshire Edge – BIFF: A Very Sweet Sixteen (Part II) A continuation of our conversation with BIFF’s 2022 filmmakers.

For information on all our festival screenings, visit our screenings page.