Kathmandu, Dec. 11 -- The seventeenth edition of Nepal's premier mountain film festival, Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF), is scheduled to open on Wednesday, December 11, at Rastriya Sabha Griha (City Hall).

Co-hosted by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, this edition of the fest will feature around 63 films from 29 countries under three categories-competitive (17), non-competitive (32) and Nepali Panorama (14). The organisers say that this year the festival has included diverse voices and stories under the festival tagline 'Voices from the Margins'.

"We hope the festival through its line-up of films and events will entertain audiences and engage them in conversations around issues that affect the Nepali public," say...