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.
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]
Year | Title | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2012 | Bansulli (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] |
2019 | A 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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