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N E WSLE T TER JULY 2011 IMZ INTERNAL NEWS

• WHAT’S ON… ZDF IN JULY

• FILM FESTIVAL AT WIENER RATHAUSPLATZ 2011

• MET OPERA BACK FROM JAPAN

• BANFF WORLD TELEVISION FESTIVAL THE WINNERS

• CHRONICLING 100 YEARS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY

• PERSONNEL • FAREWELL GABRIELLE BABIN GUGENHEIM

NEW IMZ MEMBER WELCOME NEW MEMBER FILM+CO

IMZ MEMBER NEWS • EUROARTS THE JULY NEWS

• NHK PERSONNEL

LOOKING FOR PRODUCTION PARTNERS • ACCENTUS 9/11 MEMORIAL CONCERT LIVE FROM NEW YORK

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• ORF CONTENT-SALES INTERNATIONAL SUMMER FREIGHT

• DANCE CAMERA WEST THE WINNERS

• WINDROSE WITH PIETRAGALLA’S TEMPTATION

• INTERNATIONAL FOLK MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL – NEPAL 2011

• ARTHAUS MUSIK WINNING WITH KLEIBER

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IMZ INTERNAL NEWS FILM FESTIVAL AT WIENER RATHAUSPLATZ 2011 … Anna Netrebko … Jonas Kaufmann …

Herbert von Karajan … Gustavo

Dudamel … Christian Thielemann … Jiri Kylian … Diana Krall … Eric Clapton …

Ray Charles … Jamiroquai …

The famous free open-air Film Festival in front of Vienna City Hall is again curated by the IMZ: From 2 to 4 July and 7 July – 4 September 2011, a fine selection of music films, highlights from the fields of classical music, jazz, world music and pop will star on screen turning the hot spot of summer in the City of Vienna into the heart of a vibrant world capital of music…

It goes without saying that an important part of this summer’s programme will render homage to

What’s on…? Find the full programme here !

the art of Gustav Mahler and Franz Liszt. Crowning a splendorous celebration of tradition and the contemporary, of opera, operetta, classical and modern dance, for regulars, youngsters, lovers,

Enjoy the unrivalled Wiener Rathausplatz experience in this summer’s most

experts, sceptics and novices. Not to forget the live transmissions of Beethoven´s Fidelio (on 8 July)

inviting marriage of culture and the culinary!

from the Bavarian State Opera, Munich (with Jonas Kaufmann as Florestan and Anja Kampe as Leonore) and Verdi’s Simone Boccanegra from the Vienna State Opera (on 3 September) starring

Film Festival at Wiener Rathausplatz 2011

Placido Domingo, whose 70th birthday and 50th anniversary of his stage debut this year provide the

2 – 4 July and 7 July – 4 September 2011

perfect occasion for a marvellous Domingo Special featuring several opera film treasures from the

Entry free / Films: Daily at dusk

archives…

Gastronomy open from 11:00 – 24:00 www.wien-event.at

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PERSONNEL Our trainee is packing her rucksack again… Farewell Orly Schwartzmann! Especially,

IMZ AT BANFF WORLD TELEVISION FESTIVAL

we’d like to thank her for supporting the IMZ team in the daily business as a volunteer

The 32nd Banff World Television Festival took place 12 – 15 June 2011

for her plans!

in the office in Vienna. It was a pleasure working with her, and we wish her all the best

at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Canada. International broadcasters, producers, writers, directors, distributors and industry executives from over 25 countries were attending…

A core feature of the festival is the Banff World Television Awards, also known as The Rockies, one of the world’s most prestigious events celebrating outstanding work by international TV creators responsible for the continuing evolution and originality in the

FAREWELL GABRIELLE BABIN GUGENHEIM Dear Gabrielle, May we thank you on the members’ behalf for having been a committed IMZ Board

industry.

Member showing high interest in supporting our work and vision.

Previously on…

We would also like to express our gratitude for the excellent cooperation in the past

The IMZ presided one of the jury panels from over 30 countries around the world that have been designated by the BANFF organisers to select Rockie Award nominees in

It has always been a pleasure for us to work with you and we are very grateful that you

and to thank you for all your contribution to the IMZ’s work throughout the years.

each one of the 29 (23 genre-based and 6 interactive) categories. On the preliminary

shared your wide experience with us so many times.

jury for Arts Programmes: Larry Weinstein, Frank Gerdes, Elisabeth Freismuth, Katharina

We send you our sincere good wishes for the future and are looking forward to

Jeschke.

welcoming you at one of the next IMZ-events,

An international final jury then screened the programmes just before the BANFF festival

very best regards

and selected the category winners, special jury prizes and Grand Prize winners…

Read more on the Rockie awardees and categories on www.banffmediafestival.com

Franz Patay and the IMZ Secretary General

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IMZ INTERNAL NEWS

Following the huge success of last year´s first edition of the Vienna Music Film Festival in

IMZ AT BUCHAREST MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL 2011

Jekaterinburg which was then held at the Place of Youth for five days , this year´s edition

The 6th edition of the Bucharest Music Film Festival, which was curated by the IMZ,

of Jekaterinburg from 24 June to 3 July 2011.

took place at the George Enescu Square, in the heart of Bucharest and was an

The festival was initiated by the IMZ in cooperation with the Austrian Cultural Forum in

outstanding success once again.

took place open air and for ten days in front of the Federal Ural University in the heart

Moscow and carried out by the Austrian Honorary Consulate in Jekaterinburg. The

From 24 June to 2 July 2011 an audience of approximately 7000 people enjoyed a

festival was opened by the Austrian Honorary Consul Andrej Kosizin

film programme consisting of classical concerts and operas such as The Gustav Mahler

and the Austrian Ambassador in Moscow Dr. Margot Klestil-Löffler.

Celebration, The Three Tenors, Romeo et Juliette et al.

The film programme consisting of classical concerts and operas such as Anna Netrebko

Our partner ArCuB is eager to organize the festival and cooperate with the IMZ again at the next year´s edition.

& Rolando Villazón in Paris, Lang Lang im Wiener Musikverein 2010, La Bohéme, La Traviata im Hauptbahnhof Zürich, I Pagliacci et al.Our partners are eager to organize the festival and cooperate with the IMZ again at the next year´s edition.

N EWSL ET TER NEW IMZ MEMBER WELCOME TO FILM+CO Close your eyes and see…

In the focus: “To touch and be touched by the great gift of music and the performing arts” Matthias Leutzendorff is the artistic motor, filmmaker, producer and founder of film+co, successfully serving the industry for a good 20 years as director, cameraman, and producer mostly for TVcommercials. Instinctively he was driven into the field of music and arts. He loves to operate cameras shooting documentaries and is obsessed by live direction and editing multi-camera setups in opera, concerts and theatre. His skills of understanding space and time are secure grounds for preproduction, creating exact floor plans, choosing the right camera angles, leading into the choreography

and rhythm for the editing and motion matching the

Concert: Cecilia Bartoli – Barcelona Concert

pace of the piece.

Theatre: I Demoni, staged by Peter Stein

As for the in-house who’s who: Coordination and

Documentary, filmed and directed by Matthias

controlling is handled by Michaela Kappel, member

Leutzendorff:

of the sworn in team for many years, Petra Fleischhacker is the long time experienced producer, and protagonists in the HD avid and combustion editing suite are Nina Amesberger and Stephan Schulz.

The Giacomo Variations, Inside, Peter Stein, Schule des Hörens und Sehens, The Infernal Comedy, Inside, King of Chaos, Valerie Gergiev, Out of Ost, Der Film, Balkan Beat Box Trail, Schönberg Akademie, Glimpses backstage – Cecilia Bartoli

Recent work, video directed by Matthias

www.filmundco.at

Leutzendorff:

www.filmundcoclassics.at (under construction)

Opera, Chamber Opera: Alcina (Vienna State Opera), Die Frau ohne Schatten, Attila (Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg), Acis & Galatea (Burg Reinsberg), The Giacomo Variations, The Infernal Comedy (Ronacher Theatre,Vienna)

Postgasse 6, A-1010 Vienna +43-1-5133150 office@filmundco.at

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NEW APPOINTMENT

NEW IN THE CATALOGUE Le Quatuor Ebène – Fiction: With Natalie Dessay, Stacey Kent and drummer Richard Héry,

Jan Bremme is EuroArts’ newly appointed Head of

the Ebène Quartet revisits jazz, pop and rock standards, often used as movie soundtracks. In

Production. His career started as a commissioning editor

this live concert in Paris, they perform – and sing – their own arrangement of Misirlou (Pulp

for Sat1 in the fiction department and afterwards he

Fiction), Somewhere over the rainbow (Wizard of Oz), Streets of Philadelphia... and many more.

produced several films for ARD. Jan Bremme won several awards for his projects including Deutscher Fernsehpreis. He

Duration: 83’ / 60’ · Format: HD · progr. no: 7962 · Director: Olivier Simonnet · Produced by: Idéale Audience, in co-production with France 3, in association with Mezzo

studied comparative literature in Berlin. As a passionate lover of classical music he plays piano and clarinet and also edited the letters of Monteverdi. He wants to continue the successful

© Julien Mignot

productions of EuroArts exploring new ideas...

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS NEW RELEASES ON DVD AND BLU-RAY

Blu-ray + DVD: Joaquín Achúcarro, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; Recital at the Teatro Real in Madrid (Albéniz, Debussy, Granados, Ravel, De Falla)

DVD: Verbier 2010 – Adam Laloum Piano recital (Schumann, Debussy, Schubert, Brahms)

Robert Schumann Portrait A film by Michael Fuehr

Khachaturian A documentary by Peter Rosen on the Armenian born Soviet composer www.euroarts.com

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ORF CONTENT-SALES INTERNATIONAL Proudly Presents…

Summer Gala Concert – Grafenegg 2011 (90’)

Concert for Europe at Schloss Schönbrunn 2006. The TVdistribution rights of the annual concert are held by ORF.

This major musical event at the beginning of the Grafenegg festival in Lower Austria has become a byword for festive joie de vivre in recent years. Guesting with the Tonkünstler Orchestra at Grafenegg’s Wolkenturm on 17 June were Genia Kühmeier, Sol Gabetta and Sabine Meyer, three soloists who are among the leading artists in their respective fields on the world’s biggest stages. The magnificent selection of masterpieces was directed by Michael Boder, who, as musical director at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and as an opera

Also available: Concert for Europe 2004 Concert for Europe 2005 Concert for Europe 2006 Concert for Europe 2007

director has worked at the very summit of the international music scene over the past few years.

For further information, please

Featuring music by Franz Liszt, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,

Oberdorfer at marion.camus-

Ottorino Respighi, Carl Maria von Weber, Igor Strawinsky, Alban Berg, Jacques

oberdorfer@orf.at

contact Marion Camus-

Offenbach, Camille Saint-Saens, Edward Elgar, Richard Strauss, Darius Milhaud, George Gershwin.

Recordings of the broadcast will be available worldwide on 1 July 2011 in HD

http://contentsales.orf.at http://enterprise.orf.at/footage

Precious Freight Transporting the heart of classical music… This year, the IMZ is organising the Vienna music film festival in Tokyo, Japan (14 – 16 August), presenting the

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS WINDROSE Eve’s Temptation FR | 2010| 90’|HD Pietragalla’s latest ballet has just been acquired by Windrose.

mastery controlled technique. She is first woman on earth, a warrior, a housewife or a stressed working girl, blending herself in characters she transcends with incredible ease and an amazing talent for comedy.

With music excerpts from Lully to Daft Punk, mixing classic, baroque or house music, words by the writers

One of the most talented dancers of our time, Marie-

Andrée Chedid, Marianne Favreau and Marceline

Claude Pietragalla, the one who became Prima Ballerina

Desbordes Valmore, declaimed by the comedian Daniel

of the National Opera of Paris at the age of 16, is back

Mesguich, sublimate the eternal feminine.

in Eve’s Temptation, a ballet about the history of women over the centuries exploring the female condition and its symbols.

© Windrose

With this film, Pietragalla explored both the playgrounds in front of and behind the camera being fully involved as dancer and choreographer as well as, working with Julien Derouault and Antoine Vidaling, in

From drama to burlesque…

the editing process.

Alone on the stage, she returns to the origins of the

Making-of to be screened on: www.youtube.com

world, incorporating the myths and the forces that

After a triumph across France, Eve’s Temptation is on

drive us, condition and manipulate us. Over the scenes,

its way to tour the world. The film will be viewable on

the deconstruction of collective imagination from

streaming on TVFI’s website from October 2011.

Genesis to modern times is served by her fluent and

Give in to Pietragalla’s temptation!

For screeners and further information, please contact Pauline Mazenod at pmazenod@windrose.fr or telephone +33 (0)6 60 71 44 25.

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS ARTHAUS MUSIK Winner Of The German Record Critics Annual Award

documentary includes interviews with friends such as Plácido Domingo, Otto Schenk, Michael Gielen, Brigitte Fassbaender and Otto Staindl but also his sister Veronika Kleiber. She never wanted to talk about the things her brother did, but in

Carlos Kleiber – Traces to nowhere (produced by Servus TV and

this case she made an exception: It was her first and only

published on DVD by Arthaus Musik), the first film about the legendary

interview.

conductor, won the German Record Critics Annual Award 2011!

The German Record Critics Annual Award is considered as

“In the artistic world there is often a thin dividing line between genius and

one of the most important music award in Germany and is

madness. But seldom are the peaks of euphoria they induce better

awarded once a year by an independent jury of leading

illustrated than in the case of Carlos Kleiber, son of the famous conductor

German music journalists.

Erich Kleiber. Eric Schultz's documentary looks at all aspects of this, offering a fascinating picture of a musician who was at once admirable and tragic. It provides the viewer with a better insight into Kleiber's music and interpretations – and also the extraordinary qualities that make up such an

Arthaus DVD and Blu-Ray Releases

exceptional personality – than could ever be gleaned from an opera or concert performance.”

Sasha Waltz & Guests

Jury Statement (excerpt)

Körper / S / noBody The legendary Körper Trilogy by Sasha Waltz about the

The documentary, directed by Eric Schulz, follows Kleiber‘s final journey from Munich, where he lived, to the slovenian village Konjšica. The

human body

N EWSL ET TER IMZ MEMBER NEWS La Petite Danseuse de Degas LIVRE • BOOK • BUCH & DVD // Limited Edition The story behind a sculpture that became a ballet – DVD and Booklet edition retracing in words and contemporary images the origins of Edgar Degas’ famous Little Dancer of Fourteen Years. A Ballet from L’Opéra National de Paris (also available on DVD and Blu-ray).

WHAT’S ON… ZDF IN JULY

Jahr am Opernstudio Zürich (18 July 2011, 9:45

ZDFneo

pm, on ARTE).

The Montreux Jazz Festival is the lifework of Claude

Portraying the Sleeping Beauty of Baroque… Viola da

Nobs. Brought to life by the skilled cook in his

Gamba, the queen of strings, in comparison to the

hometown in 1967, today it’s one of the most

sound of which the violine is “a squeaking pygmy” and

renowned music festivals worldwide…

the cello “utterly pretentious” (musician Hubert Le

Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis, Deep Purple, Herbert

Blanc in 1740), has been brought back into daily music

Grönemeyer, Prince and Santana paid tribute.

In the documentary Smoke on the water (3 July 2011,

life thanks to the art and effort of a generation of

11:25 pm, on ZDFneo), ZDFneo tells the festival’s

exceptional soloists, especially Hille Perl…

MAESTRO: Hille Perl und die Königin der

story featuring three legendary Montreux concerts of

Streichinstrumente (24 July 2011, 7:15 Uhr, on

the past years: Roger Cicero. Live at Montreux 2010,

ARTE)

Wu-Tang Clan. Live at Montreux 2007, and Korn. Live at Montreux 2004.

Gustav Mahler at Salzburg Festival 2011: Inaugurating this summer’s festival, Pierre Boulez conducts the

ZDF Productions On ARTE

Wiener Philharmoniker performing Das klagende Lied.

The soloists are Dorothea Röschmann, Elisabeth

There’s no way but the hard way to the opera world’s Olympus… Filmmaker Sabine Gisiger has accompanied

Kulman and Johan Botha. Also on the programme:

For further DVD and Blu-ray July releases, see

three students at the Zurich Opernstudio, one of the

MAESTRO:

www.arthaus-musik.com!

most prestigious of the international opera academies, on their personal journey to stage and stars.

Eröffnungskonzert (31 Juli 2011, 6:15 pm, on ARTE)

MUSICA: Die Schönheit der Stimme – ein

www.zdf.de

Alban Berg’s Lulu-Suite with Anna Prohaska.

Salzburg

2011:

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circumstances surrounding the

“I’ve been practicing my whole

The Met has previously

three-weeks visit, it held special

life to perform on the stage of

presented a variety of popular

significance for both the Met and

the Metropolitan Opera

artists in concert, including

its large Japanese audience. After

House…” Tony Bennett

Barbara Cook (2006), Kristin

the cancellation of some scheduled tours by other companies, the members of the Met were treated like heroes by

The Metropolitan Opera returned from its three-weeks tour of

t h e J ap a n e s e p u b l i c , w h o

stopped them on streets for Japan, the toast of opera lovers in Tokyo and Nagoya. Having autographs and showered them overcome last minute cancellations over fears of radiation from with applause at the several major stars, the Met's altered casts triumphed with performances. The tour also had performances of Puccini’s La Bohème, Verdi’s Don Carlo and positive implications for Japan's Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. Soprano Barbara Frittoli replaced theatrical economy, offering five Anna Netrebko in La Bohème, Korean tenor Yonghoon Lee replaced weeks of employment for Jonas Kaufmann in Don Carlo, and Rolando Villazón (in his first Met approximately 100 Japanese performances after battling recent vocal problems), Marcelo Álvarez stage crew, all of whom have had and Alexey Dolgov combined to replace Joseph Calleja in Lucia and no work at all since 11 March.

La Bohème. Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi led all performances of La Bohème and Don Carlo; Gianandrea Noseda conducted Lucia di Lammermoor.

Tony Bennett To Perform

A t T h e M e t ro p o l i t a n The first major performing arts company to tour Japan since the Opera March earthquake, the Met gave 13 performances in all. The tour is the company's seventh to Japan, but given the extraordinary

Chenoweth (2007), Sting (2010), The Metropolitan Opera will present Tony Bennett in a special concert, the legendary singer’s first appearance on the Met stage, on 18 September 2011.

The concert will be the first in a series of events celebrating Bennett’s 85th birthday and leading up to the release of the 15-time Grammy winner’s upcoming album, Duets II (RPM/ Columbia Records). The concert will feature pop standards from

and Andrea Bocelli (2011).

Bennett’s Duets II CD, one of the most highly anticipated releases of this year, will be available on 20 September 20th.

It is a follow up to his multi-Grammy Award winning Duets: An American Classic and will be available at a variety of retailers, including the Met Opera Shop.

Please

www.tonybennett.com for more information.

the Great American Songbook, many of which Bennett has introduced and recorded to critical and popular acclaim that led to a string of greatest hits over his 60-year career.

visit

www.metopera.org

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Personnel Carrousel Please note! Due to the personnel change at NHK as of 24 June 2011, the persons in charge of international co-productions/acquisitions have just been changed as follows:

Music for a City, Music for the World: 100 Years with the San Francisco Symphony, the long-awaited history of the San Francisco Symphony will be published in September 2011 by Chronicle Books, coinciding with the opening of

Masayuki Ikeno

the Symphony’s 2011-12 Centennial Season. The book’s author is Larry Rothe, the

Senior Producer (for classical music programmes except ballet)

Symphony’s Publications Editor and co-author of the 2006 essay collection For the Love of Music. In Music for a City, Music for the World he tells the engaging story of the San Francisco Symphony and its role within and impact on its community, from its formative years following the 1906 earthquake to its present position as one of the country’s most

Music & Theater Programmes Division Programme Production Department E-mail: ikeno.m-hg@nhk.or.jp

respected orchestras.

Jyunya Yagi Music for a City, Music for the World can be pre-ordered online at sfsymphony.org/store.

Senior Producer (for ballet programmes)

Those who purchase books before 15 July will receive copies signed by the author.

Music & Theater Programmes Division

Beginning in August, excerpts from the book will be posted weekly on the San Francisco Symphony’s social network site, community.sfsymphony.org.

Programme Production Department E-mail: yagi.j-gi@nhk.or.jp Masayuki Ikeno

N EWSL ET TER LOOKING FOR PRODUCTION PARTNERS ACCENTUS 9/11 Memorial Concert Live From New York ACCENTUS Music and New York Philharmonic proudly announce the live recording of a very special memorial concert: The New York Philharmonic, led by Music Director Alan Gilbert, will present A Concert for New York. In remembrance and renewal, the performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 Resurrection will take place on

Management expects thousands of people to join them on the eve of 11 September.

“We want to create a concert recording which fully respects the integrity of Mahler’s 2nd Symphony and at the same time allows to reflect the memories and emotions of the American people regarding this tragic moment in American history”, says ACCENTUS’ producer Paul Smaczny.

The live concert recording is a production of New

RELATED INDUSTRY NEWS DANCE CAMERA WEST And the winners are…

The Co(te)lette Film has been awarded the Best of Festival and Never Stand Still took home Best Documentary as the 10th annual Dance Camera West Dance Media Film Festival, held 16 – 19 June 2011 in Los Angeles, announced its winners. The Dance Camera West Audience Choice Award went to In Dreams I Run Wild.

the eve of the tenth anniversary of the September

York Philharmonic and ACCENTUS Music in coproduction with ZDF/ARTE and Thirteen /

“The films in this year’s festival exceeded anything we had

attacks 2001. A sign of hope…

WNET.

seen before at Dance Camera West,” says Lynette Kessler, the festival's founder and director. This makes you curious?

Featuring soprano Dorothea Röschmann, mezzosoprano Michelle DeYoung and the New York

ACCENTUS Music is looking for further partners

Choral Artists, the free concert on 10 September

to join this special concert recording and live

2011, at 8:00 pm in Avery Fisher Hall will be

transmission.

projected live onto a large screen in the Josie

For further information, please contact Ulrike

Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center. The Orchestra

Gratz, Label Manager, at u.gratz@accentus.com.

Find out more on the tenth anniversary Dance Media Film Festival

and

the

www.dancecamerawest.org

awarded

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culture of any country and believe that screening films from

INTERNATIONAL FOLK MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL – NEPAL 2011

give us the opportunity to learn from each other’s musical

around the globe will foster cross-cultural understanding and

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heritages and experiences.

I N F O R M AT I O N

For the festival programme, entry form, full terms and

VISIT OUR

Music for life, Music for survival conditions, list of supporters and collaborators etc. etc., Hosted by Music Museum of Nepal / 25 – 27 November in Kathmandu and Nepal Sanskritik Sansthan, Nepal Cultural Corporation.

please visit: www.nepalfolkmusicfilmfestival.com! or www.facebook.com

The venue: Rastriya Naach Ghar, National Dance Theatre, in Jamal, central Kathmandu.

The three-day festival is being dedicated to three prominent past and present musicologists namely Arnold A. Bake, Mireille Helffer and Carol Tingey for their outstanding contributions to the conservation of Nepal’s folk musical heritage.

Music Museum of Nepal is a registered charity and The Folk Music Film Festival is a strictly non-commercial and unfunded enterprise, any revenue generated by the festival will be used for on-going folk music research, for collection, conservation, recording and raising awareness of Nepal’s disappearing musical heritage and also improving the social status of our folk musicians.

Please note: The deadline for film entries has been extended until

If you require any more information, please get in touch with

15 August 2011! (Entry fee: £35)

Homenath Bhandari, the film festival’s secretary, at

The festival invites entries of short films (3 – 15’) or longer films (up

lokbaja@btinternet.com or Norma Blackstock, overseas coordinator, at normacwm@btinternet.com.

to 90’) pertaining to any aspect of folk (traditional) music/dance

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