Ashma Pokharel

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.