Min Bahadur Bham

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Min Bahadur Bham is a Nepalese film director. He has won various awards including the National Film Award for Best Writer, the Norwegian Sorfond Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Fedeora Award at the Venice Film Festival.

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In 2015, The Black Hen was selected as the Nepalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. [1]

Bham was born in Mugu District, Karnali Province, Nepal. [2] [3]

Filmography

Films directed by Min Bahadur Bham
YearTitleNotesRef(s)
2012Bansulli (The Flute) Venice Horizons YouTube Award – Nominated [4]
2015 The Black Hen National Film Award for Best Writer – Won
National Film Award for Best Movie – Won
Venice Film Festival's Fedeora Award – Won
[5] [6]
2019A Year of Cold Cannes Film Festival's Norwegian Sorfond Award [7] [8]
2024 Shambhala Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear – Nominated
MAMI Mumbai Film Festival's South Asia Competition – Nominated
Official Nepalese entry for Best International Feature Film for 97th Academy Awards
[9] [10] [11]


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