The Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival (NIIFF) is an annual film festival in Kathmandu organised by the Indigenous Film Archive that has been held every year since 2007, one of a number of indigenous film festivals to have been created since the turn of the 21st century.[1][2] The criteria for films shown at the festival are that they must be by indigenous film-makers, or centre upon "indigenous issues, knowledge, wisdom, good practices, and culture".[1] The goal of this, according to the festival organizers, is to "counteract 'the exclusion, injustice, and discrimination faced by Indigenous Peoples'".[1]
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- Córdova, Amalia (2019). "Following the Path of the Serpent: Indigenous Film Festivals in Abya Yala". In Gilbert, Helen; Phillipson, J. D.; Raheja, Michelle H. (eds.). In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization. Liverpool University Press. pp. 163–181. ISBN 9781786940346.
- Gaenszle, Martin (2017). "'Numagung': Images of Limbu Culture in Ethnic Cinema". In Hutt, Michael; Onta, Pratyoush (eds.). Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316996287.
- "Indigenous film fest to start today". The Himalayan Times. 2007-06-21.
- "Indigenous film fest on". The Himalayan Times. 2008-06-06.
- "Going the indigenous way". The Himalayan Times. 2009-05-11.
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- Ghimire, Yubaraj, ed. (2007-06-25). "A volunteer viewing film poster on the last day of the first ever Nepal international indigenous film festival held in Kathmandu" (PDF). Newsfront. No. 22. Kathmandu.