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Independent filmmaker Arun Bhattarai on his films at the Oscars, Sundance & more
32 minutes Posted Feb 18, 2024 at 1:50 pm.
-Intro
-On qualifying for the Oscars 2025
-Filming the Oscars entry Mountain
-Climate Change in Mountain Man
-Journey of filming documentaries
-The film Agent of Happiness at
-Looking for love
-Studying filmmaking in Europe
-Funding for independent filmmakers
-On the film The Next Guardian
-Where to watch the films
-Queer characters in the films
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In this podcast, Arun Bhattarai, talks about the "Mountain Man," the first Bhutanese documentary to qualify for the Oscars (2025). The film features Bhutan's first qualified glaciologist Phuntsho Tshering.
He also talks about his latest film "Agent of Happiness" that is the first Bhutanese documentary to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Arun shares what it takes to make documentaries, the process, his journey, and more.
3:12-Filming the Oscars entry Mountain
Man
6:42-Climate Change in Mountain Man
11:42-The film Agent of Happiness at
Sundance
20:18-On the film The Next Guardian