Kathmandu, Jan. 25 -- Queer Film Festival Kathmandu organised an interaction programme on festival censorship at Airavat Picture House in Thapathali on Friday.

A group of over 50 filmmakers and queer culture workers came together to deconstruct the dilemma posed by the recent censorship directive issued in early December, which requires censoring all moving images, including films screened at festivals. Presenting their opinions were festival programmer Saroj Sapkota, Human rights campaigner and Lawyer Dikshya Khadgi, queer filmmaker Pranay Shakya and Samipya Raj Timalsena, chairperson of the Film Critic Society. The discussion was moderated by Reena Moktan.

During the interaction, the speakers echoed that censorship has traditionally b...