IDFA 2007
Fairytale of Kathmandu
Neasa Ní Chianáin
Northern Ireland, Ireland
2007
60 min
World Premiere
As a student, director Neasa Ni Chianain discovered a charismatic poet writing about the pain of lost love. Years later, he invites her to his spiritual home, Nepal. For ten years he has sponsored young Nepalese boys with school fees, clothes, bicycles. To this impoverished people, he is a God. Through the camera, the fairytale shines: Boys speak warmly of his generosity. But another tale emerges, of exploitation. All is not what it seems. The picture of the kind benefactor comes apart. Unable to believe the allegations about the poet she idolized, the filmmaker enters the action to challenge him.
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Involved TV Channel
RTE
RTE
Screening copy
Vinegar Hill Productions
Vinegar Hill Productions