Nepali artists condemn Kathmandu int’l film festival organizers’ ‘Xizang’ erasure of Tibetan identity

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(TibetanReview.net, Jun11’25) – A group of Nepali artists in the fields of painting, filmmaking and culture has issued a strongly-worded statement on Jun 10, condemning the organizers of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) for helping to spread China’s false propaganda on Tibet and contributing to the erasure of the Tibetan identity during their May 28 – Jun 1 hosting of the event.

Their critique focuses on the 22nd edition of the KIMFF’s choice to refer to Tibet as “Xizang”. China decided to use this name in 2023 in all its official documents to promote its false narrative on the issue of Tibet, a territory occupied and illegally annexed by it in...

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