Belmaya Nepali (Nepali: बेलमाया नेपाली) is a filmmaker from Nepal. She has made several award-winning documentaries depicting the life of women in Nepal especially of those from Dalit community.[1][2]

Belmaya Nepali
बेलमाया नेपाली
Born
NationalityNepali
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, photographer
Notable workEducate Our Daughters
I Am Belmaya
Children1
AwardsUK Asian Film Festival (2019)

Biography

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Nepali was born in Lahachowk in Pokhara. She is the youngest of six siblings. She lost her parents at the age of nine. She got married in 2011.[3] Initially she started as a photographer after getting a short training. Her first work was published in 2007 in a book called My World, My Views.[4]

Works

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  • I am Belmaya is a documentary based on her own life which is co-directed by Sue Carpenter [5][6]
  • Educate Our Daughters is a documentary raising the issues of female education in Nepal.
  • Rowing Against the Flow is a documentary about boat women in Pokhara's Phewa lake.
  • Stronger is a documentary dealing with the Nepali women.

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "About Time You Met: Belmaya Nepali, Filmmaker". About Time Magazine. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  2. ^ Carpenter, Sue. "I Am Belmaya". Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  3. ^ Adhikari, Rojita (2021-10-15). "'The heaven of film-making': how a Dalit orphan got to tell her own story". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  4. ^ "Reclaiming her voice through filmmaking". Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  5. ^ Le, Phuong (2021-10-16). "I Am Belmaya review – uplifting story of a Nepali woman following her film-making dream". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  6. ^ "I Am Belmaya: The inspiring story of a Nepali woman who transformed her life through filmmaking". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 2021-10-27.