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May 2023 

May 6th & 7th | Junbesi Monastery, & Phaplu Community School, Nepal

We are glad to share in our image gallery, some of the pictures from the screening at Junbesi Monastery, Junbesi, & and Phaplu Community School.

Pasang Lhamu Foundation would like to express gratitude to the Phaplu Mountain Bike Club for their warm hospitality & making the screening possible in Solu.
Photos & Screening Logistics by Sattya Media Arts Collective.
A picture from the screening of Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest at Junbesi Monastery, Junbesi, & and Phaplu Community School on May 6-7, 2023.
A picture from the screening of Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest at Junbesi Monastery, Junbesi, & and Phaplu Community School on May 6-7, 2023.
A picture from the screening of Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest at Junbesi Monastery, Junbesi, & and Phaplu Community School on May 6-7, 2023.
A picture from the screening of Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest at Junbesi Monastery, Junbesi, & and Phaplu Community School on May 6-7, 2023.
A picture from the screening of Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest at Junbesi Monastery, Junbesi, & and Phaplu Community School on May 6-7, 2023.
A picture from the screening of Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest at Junbesi Monastery, Junbesi, & and Phaplu Community School on May 6-7, 2023.
A picture from the screening of Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest at Junbesi Monastery, Junbesi, & and Phaplu Community School on May 6-7, 2023.
A picture from the screening of Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest at Junbesi Monastery, Junbesi, & and Phaplu Community School on May 6-7, 2023.
A picture from the screening of Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest at Junbesi Monastery, Junbesi, & and Phaplu Community School on May 6-7, 2023.
A picture from the screening of Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest at Junbesi Monastery, Junbesi, & and Phaplu Community School on May 6-7, 2023.

April 2023 

April 3oth | Namche Bazaar, Nepal
In the audience were Hon. Mr. Dean R. Thompson, US ambassador to Nepal, CDO, government officials from the area, खुम्बु पासाङल्हामु गाउँपालिका Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality officials, Mr. Kancha Sherpa, the only member of 1953 expedition, Namche Mahila Samuha, Lodge and Hotel Association Namche Bazaar members, Namche Gumba Samiti, students and other distinguished guests.  The Pasang Lhamu Foundation would like to thank U.S. Embassy, Nepal, खुम्बु पासाङल्हामु गाउँपालिका Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality, and Shree Himalaya Basic School for making this possible!
April 23rd | 30th Anniversary – Honoring Pasang at Pasang Memorial Park, Chuchchepati, Nepal

This day marks the 30th anniversary of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa’s historic summit of Everest– a feat of great human courage and enormous resilience that would inspire a new generation of girls and women, indigenous people, aspiring mountaineers from all backgrounds– and change a nation.

Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
Pasang Lhamu Memorial Day at Pasang Lhamu Memorial Park located in Chuchchepati
April 22nd | Public Screening: Lukla, Nepal
Nepalese watching a screening of Pasang: In the Shadows of Everest in Lukla, Nepal
Setting up for the screening of Pasang: In the Shadows of Everest in Lukla, Nepal
Nepalese watching a screening of Pasang: In the Shadows of Everest in Lukla, Nepal
The screening of Pasang: In the Shadows of Everest in Lukla, Nepal
Nepalese watching a screening of Pasang: In the Shadows of Everest in Lukla, Nepal
Nepalese watching a screening of Pasang: In the Shadows of Everest in Lukla, Nepal
Nepalese watching a screening of Pasang: In the Shadows of Everest in Lukla, Nepal
Nepalese watching a screening of Pasang: In the Shadows of Everest in Lukla, Nepal
April 19th | Nepal Premiere – Kathmandu, Nepal
Dawa and Pasang's daughter
Nepal Premiere ticket
Pasang's daughter with Dawa
Nancy and Diki Sherpa
Nancy Svendsen, with Pasang's brother, and Dawa Futi Sherpa
Australian Embassador of Nepal with Nancy Svendsen
Nancy Svendsen in the audience
Asking questions at Q&A at the Nepal Premiere

March 2023

March 30th | Benefit Screening – Lark Theater
March 5th – New York Wild Film Festival
Director, Nancy Svendsen accepting the Wild Spirit Award at the 2023 New York WILD Film Festival
Nancy Svendsen and Associate Producer, Andrea Pierpont with the Wild Spirit Award at the New York Wild Film Festival
Nancy with the Wild Spirit award pictured with New York Wild staff

February 2023

Feb 18th – Festival Gorniškega Filma | Domžale, Slovenia

2022

November 2022 

Kendal Mountain Festival | Kendal, England, UK

October 2022 

SF Indiefest – The Roxie, San Francisco, CA
We felt the ❤️! at the iconic Roxie Theater last night! Thank you Chris Metzler and the San Francisco IndieFest for supporting local independent film!

September 2022 

Breck Film Festival – Breckenridge, CO

August 2022 

Nevada City Film Festival
Associate producer, Andrea Pierpont at the 2022 Nevada City Film Festival
Dorjee Sherpa and Jesse Locks NCFF
Nevada City Q&A
Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest won the 2022 Audience Award at the 22nd annual Nevada City Film Festival
Middlebury Film Film Festival
Nancy and Karen Allen
Director, Nancy Svendsen at the 2022 Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival

June 2022

Bentonville Film Festival
Nancy Svendsen with Geena Davis at the Bentonville Film Festival
Nancy Svendsen on the far right as panelist for, "If She Can See It, She Can Be It" at the Bentonville Film Festival
Nancy Svendsen on the Panel, "If She Can See It, She Can Be It"
Director, Nancy Svendsen, receiving the award for Honorable Mention
BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS - JUNE 25: Nancy Svendsen, win Honorable Mention for Documentary Feature, during the Bentonville Film Festival Awards Ceremony at the Bentonville Film Festival on June 25, 2022 in Bentonville, Arkansas. (Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images for Bentonville Film Festival)
BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS - JUNE 25: Nancy Svendsen poses for a photo during the Bentonville Film Festival Awards Ceremony at the Bentonville Film Festival on June 25, 2022 in Bentonville, Arkansas. (Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images for Bentonville Film Festival)
Nancy Svendsen with the Honorable Mention Jury Selection award

May 2022

Mountainfilm Festival
Winner of the 2022 MountainFilm Charlie Fowler Best Adventure Film Award
Nancy Svendsen and Conrad Anker at the MountainFilm Festival
Stephen Zaiss, Cory Ravid, Jan Katzoff, Rick Frisbie
Director Nancy Svendsen, Executive Producer Alison Levine
Sharon Wood, Christy McGill, Andrea Pierpont, & Nancy Svendsen at MountainFilm
Q&A at the MountainFilm Festival in Telluride, CO
CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival 
CASCADIA F is for Family Panel
Nancy Svendsen, Claudia Puig, and Dorjee Sherpa
Sherpa Family at the ASCADIA INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL | BELLINGHAM, WA

April 2022

RiverRun International Film Festival 
Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest is an Official Selection of the 2022 RiverRun International Film Festival in North Carolina.
Jane McKimm, Community Director of RiverRun, with Director, Nancy Svendsen, and Producer, Andrea Pierpont

March 2022

Santa Barbara International Film Festival  |  World Premiere
Arriving at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival World Premiere.
Pasang's daughter, Dawa Futi Sherpa with the Pasang Movie poster at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival World Premiere
Director, Nancy Svendsen, at the Q&A after the screening at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest is the recipient of the Special Jury Prize at the 8th Annual Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival in Korea
Winner of the Honorable Mention Jury Award for Documentary Feature at the 2022 Bentonville Film Festival.
Nevada City Film Festival - WINNER Audience Award - 2022
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival - WINNER Audience Award - 2022
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Award - AICEF Prize for Cross-Cultural Filmmaking - 2022
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival - Clio Visualizing History Prize for the Advancement of Women in Film - 2022
Winner of the 2022 MountainFilm Charlie Fowler Best Adventure Film Award
Winner Best Film Mountain Culture for the 2022 BANFF Mountain Film Festival
Winner Best Mountain Film at the 2022 Kendal Mountain Festival
Winner of the Best Culture & Nature Film Kutlura eta Natrua Film Onena at the 2022 BBK Mendi Film in Balbao
Winner of the Best Feature - Wild Spirit Award at the 2023 NY Wild Film Festival
Winner of the 2022 Coast Film & Music Festival Spirit Award