Dharamshala, May 29 -- A coalition of 145 global Tibet-related organisations have called on the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) to cancel "Xizang Panorama" immediately, which they claim is China's "propaganda".

"Xizang Panorama" is a program under KIMFF's international category, featuring a selection of six short films, each approximately 15 minutes long. The country of origin listed for all the films is China.

The organisations have maintained that KIMFF's "Xizang Panorama" wrongly refers to Tibet with the name "Xizang" which they said is a term that the Chinese government is promoting as a tool of imperial erasure and its use undermines the distinct historical and cultural identity of Tibet.

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