jopergon
filmmaking, journalism
SYNOPSIS
Pemba is a Himalayan Sherpa, the Nepalese ethnic group famous worldwide for giving support to western mountaineers on the highest peaks in the world. However, Pemba has never climbed a mountain; she is a folk singer who fled her country years ago due to the civil war in the 1990s, and that now has a new life with her family in Catalonia, Spain. Twenty years later, Pemba decides to return to her hometown, Goli, a tiny village located on a secluded plateau in the heart of the Himalayas and totally isolated from progress, to organize a concert and discover what remains of the paradise where she grew up. During this return trip, she will show us through ten people who live there; a farmer, a monk, a teacher, a sorcerer, a mountain guide, etc., what life is like in one of the most mythical places on Earth.
Length: 53'16'' minutes
Format: Full HD, 16:9, Stereo
Languages: Catalan, Nepali, Sherpa
Distribution: Feelsales + info
© Copyright: Jopergon and Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals S.A. 2017
You can watch the film at:
Filmin (VO with Catalan or Spanish subtitles)
CCMA (VO with Catalan subtitles)
Feelmakers.com (VO with English subtitles)
Vimeo on Demand (VO with English subtitles)
More info at Catalan Films
FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS
11/02/2017. Festival Vivim Muntanyes. Olot, Spain. +info
26/02/2017. La Cate. Premiere. Figueres, Spain.
22/03/2017. Auditori Centre Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain.
25/03/2017. Auditori Centre Cívic Urgell. Barcelona, Spain.
31/03/2017. Teatre Municipal de Roses. Roses, Spain. + info
06/04/2017. Casino de Vic. Festival Nits de Cinema Oriental. Vic, Spain + info
19/04/2017. Teatre Municipal de Roses. Roses, Spain. + info
24/04/2017. Biblioteca Municipal de Taradell. Taradell, Spain. + info
26/04/2017. Teatre de Sarrià. Barcelona, Spain. +info
05/05/2017. Celler Brugarol. Focus Engelhorn, Palamos, Spain. + info
06/05/2017. Cinemes Girona, Barcelona, Spain. Organise Casa Asia. + info
11/05/2017. Teatre de les Fontetes. La Massana, Andorra. + info
19/05/2017. SEF Festival of Ethnography. Zasar, Croatia. + info
10/06/2017. TV launch at the program ‘El Documental’ de Canal 33 (TV3). Spain. + info
From july 2017 Available at the VOD platform Filmin. + info
29/07/2017. "Special Jury award" at Festival Internacional de Cinema de Cerdanya. Puigcerdà, Spain. + info.
29/07/2017. 7th International Showcase of Etnographic Cinema of Catalonia, Spain. + info
18/08/2017. XLIX Universitat Catalana d'Estiu de Prada. Prades, France. + info
10/10/2017. 26th International Festival of Ethnological Film, Belgrade, Serbia. + info
12/10/2017. "Jury award" at IV Festival Gollut. Ribes de Freser, Spain. + info
15/10/2017. MEDIMED Euro-Mediterranean Documentary Market Forum 'Ready Made Films'. Sitges, Spain +info
12-25/10/2017. International Festival of Outdoor Films. Czech Republic. 12/10 Ostrava. 16/10 Prague. 25/10 Hradec Králové + info
04/11/2017. 28th Screening Showcase of the Centre Excursionista del Solsonès. Solsona, Spain. + info
10/11/2017. 24th Internacional Enviromental Film Festival (FICMA). Barcelona, Spain. + info
19/11/2017. 12th European Film Festival of Segovia, MUCES. Segovia, Spain. + info
23/11/2017. "Honorable Mention" at XVII Bansko Mountain Film Festival. Bansko, Bulgaria. + info
15/12/2017. 15th Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF). Kathmandu, Nepal. + info
21/12/2017. 3rd Pokhara International Mountain film festival. Pokhara, Nepal. + info
07/02/2018. Polish Insitute of Sofia, Bulgaria. + info
02/03/2018. 2nd Jornades de Muntanya La Vall de Segó. Valencia, Spain. + info
February 2018. 4th Mountain Film Festival, Mammoth, United States. + info.
March 2018. Video Library at the 33rd Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara, Mexico. + info
11/03/2018. 2th Sandalia Sustanibility Film Festival. Alguero, Italy. +info
06/05/ 2018. 13th Eyes and Lenses Film Festival. Warsaw. Poland. + info
26/05/2018. 4th International Nature Film Festival of Gödöllö, Hungary. + info
30/06/2018. Travelling KIMFF 2018. New York. United States. + info
August 2018. 7th Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival, Ottawa, Canada. + info
October 2018. Zagreb TourFilm Festival. Zageb, Croatia
December 2018. San Mauro Film Festival. Torino, Italy
21/12/2018. In-Short Film Festival. Lagos, Nigeria + info
08/03/2019. Sjón Anthropological Film Festival. Copenhaguen, Denmark. + info
20/09/2019. Biblioteca Municipal de Taradell. Taradell. Spain. + info
xx/12/2020. Bosnia and Herzegovina Tour Film Festival. Sarajevo, BS and HZ. + info