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Go documentary!
Get inspired, go watch great documentaries at Film South Asia and Jai Nepal this month
by ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
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It all begins with an idea. With technology and digital video cameras, you can make sure that the idea takes off. Structuring the idea and writing the script is your next phase. Budget is another thing that you need to worry about. But where there's a will, there's a way. Save enough money in your khutruki to buy a handycam with a touch screen, a proper eyepiece and easy-to-use control buttons. You need to edit the rough footage and package it to make a proper documentary. Beginners are advised to get some help from professional film editors. If the sale of video cameras in the market is anything to go by, we might have a new crop of creative Nepali films soon. So why not start with you? Making documentaries isn't the easiest way to make money. It needs creativity and passion, and pays back in satisfaction. Like Girish Giri, director of Team Nepal, the only Nepali documentary selected for Film South Asia '05, says, "I just picked up a camera and followed the local Birgunj football team for fun. I didn't realise the potential of what I had until I showed it to some friends." In 1950, Tony Hagen arrived to a country unknown and forbidden to the outside world. Hagen was the first foreigner to trek throughout Nepal. This documentary was made in the course of a geological survey and mapping that the Swiss geologist undertook first on behalf of Nepal and, later, of the United Nations. Tickets available at Prime College (4360180), Nanglo Bakery Café outlets, DigiPlus (4232870), Fun World Soaltee Crowne Plaza. Revolution in digital State of Fear (4 October) State of Fear dramatises the human and societal costs a democracy has to bear when it embarks on a "war" against terror, possibly without end, when it is all too easily exploited by unscrupulous leaders seeking personal political gain. The film follows events in Peru, yet it serves as a cautionary tale for a nation like the United States. Hollywood Top 10 videos The island Courtesy: DVD.com, Pulchok, 5551655; Suwal Music and Videos, 4421522
Uhile ko Nepal 
Directed by: Toni Hagen
Nepal, 47 min
Film South Asia '05 started on 29 September and will continue till 4 October at Kumari Cinema Hall. The festival screens some of the best documentaries in the world. Tickets Rs 30.
Directed by: Pamela Yates, 94 min, 5PM
War of the worlds
In good company
A series of unfortunate events
A lot like love
Madagascar
Fever pitch
The longest yard
Monster-in-law
Are we there yet