Filmmaker’s are crucial cultural agents of our time. Filmmakers create narratives, their stories build social cohesion, promote deeper understanding between societies and encourage to question redundancy in communities. We believe filmmakers in Nepal, still lack foundation infrastructures to make cinema of their choice. These include the lack of project development programs, unavailability of accessible funding and gap in exposure platforms for non mainstream filmmakers. A large segment of our society as women, sexual minorities and politically disadvantaged communities still have limited access to the idea of making cinema themselves.

Filmmakers are also amongst the most policed creative practitioners, with state and non state actors highly reactive to individual choices made by filmmakers. We are still at a juncture where cinema waits to be accepted as an artistic expression, and filmmakers respected for their role as culture agents and artists. We believe ensuring filmmakers freedom over creative expression ensures agency remains in the hands of the people.