Ashma Pokharel
7th Batch
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Director | Editor | Producer
Ashma Pokharel is an independent filmmaker/ film graduate (specialized in film editing) from Nepal. She started working at Nepal’s oldest film school from a very young age and spent 10 years of her life working in various posts. She has participated in multiple national and international film and documentary workshops including Asian Film Academy 2019 and the film made during the workshop were premiered at Busan International Film Festival, 2019. She has worked as an Editor and Producer in dozens of award-winning short films and documentaries. Ukras Sveta (2015), a documentary shot during Interaction &Interdoc 2015, Serbia, won the Golden Medal at 63rd Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival. Her other documentary, Jerusalem If I forget you (2017), shot at Jerusalem Film Workshop 2017, Israel, premiered at 34th Jerusalem Film Festival. She has also been working as an Editing mentor since 2018. Having directed a documentary, 4 hours (2018)which premiered at Nepal’s prestigious film festival, Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, she’s currently developing a short film to make her directorial debut in fiction.
Project Highlights
- FILAM/ Narrative-Short/ Associate Producer – 2020, Nepal
- RatoTalo/ Musical-Short/ Editor, First AD – 2020, Nepal
- A Paper Plane. / Narrative-Short/ Editor & Producer – 2018, Nepal
Premiered in Bastau International Film Festival 2019 - The Perfect Wife/ Narrative-Short/ Editor – 2019, Korea
- Kalam/ Narrative-Short/ Co-editor – 2019, Nepal
Premiered in Busan International Film Festival 2019 - 4 Hours/ Documentary- Short/ Director – 2018, Nepal
Premiered: Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival - Jerusalem, If I forget you/ Documentary/ Editor – 2017, Israel
Premiered in Jerusalem Film Festival, 2017 - Juvenile /Feature-Length – Fiction Film/ Editor – 2017, Nepal
- Ukras Sveta (Adornment) / Documentary/ Editor – 2018, Serbia (Gold medal winner at Belgrade International Film Festival)
Achievements and Awards
- Bachelor Degree/ Film Studies, TU / 2015 / Oscar International College (College of Film Studies)
- Participated in 10th International Student Film Camp “Interaction 2015”, Serbia
- Participated in 6 weeks Jerusalem Film Workshop 2017, Israel
- Participated in Asian Film Academy conducted by Busan International Film Festival, 2019
- Administrative & Marketing officer: 2011 – 2021 / Oscar International College (College of film studies)
- Editing Mentor: 2018 – Present/ Oscar International College (College of film studies)
- Freelancer Editor, Director, Producer: 2012 – Present
- A Paper Plane. / Narrative-Short/ Editor & Producer – 2018, Nepal
- Premiered in Bastau International Film Festival 2019
- Kalam/ Narrative-Short/ Co-editor – 2019, Nepal
- Premiered in Busan International Film Festival 2019
- 4 Hours/ Documentary- Short/ Director – 2018, Nepal
- Premiered: Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival
- Jerusalem, If I forget you/ Documentary/ Editor – 2017, Israel
- Premiered in Jerusalem Film Festival, 2017
- Ukras Sveta (Adornment) / Documentary/ Editor – 2018, Serbia
- Gold medal winner at Belgrade International Film Festival