Democracy Is Black

Congratulation Anup Poudel for this year's top 18 in the Democracy video challenge all over the world.  Last year,2009, one Nepali video from Tshering Choden  had chosen in top 18  from an independent Jury and The Democracy Video Challenge( DVC) fans. 



This time also we got the chance to be reached in that place. This is our pride and if you care to vote for anup's video then here is the link you can vote his video Click Here.


There are many privilege for The Democracy Video Challenge (DVC) participant as they can get you an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, DC, New York and Hollywood, a gala screenings of the winning videos in Hollywood, New York and Washington, exposure to filmmakers and the US film and television industry and meetings with democracy advocates from government, media and civil society.   


The 20 year old from Kathmandu, Poudel is pursuing his bachelor's degree in film studies. Till date he has made four short films and one music video. A pretty interesting resume, his list boasts the short film "My green homes", which was selected among top ten in British Council Climate Change Video Competition 2009, and it also went on to win the first prize in Asian Development Bank (ADB) Climate Change Video Competition organized in Philippines, Manila, few months back. And his recent work, "Democracy is Black" has been selected among 18 finalists. A simple guy, Poudel believes that filmmaking gives him wings to fly via his imagination, and it's in our hands to provide him with that lift.