Jeevan Sunuwar’s short video ‘Bhakunde Bhoot’ has won the Short Video Challenge award announced under the ‘My Culture, My Heritage’ theme at the Kathmandu Film Festival, organised by Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The four-minute-55-second video, which draws on traditional beliefs and mystery, was selected by a jury from 35 submissions and receives a cash prize of Rs 100,000.
Award-winning video explores traditional beliefs
‘Bhakunde Bhoot’ was recognised in a competition centred on the theme ‘My Culture, My Heritage’. The video’s subject matter is described as being based on traditional beliefs and mystery, placing those themes at the centre of the work selected for the award. The reported details do not specify the particular belief or mystery depicted, so the recognition is tied to the stated subject and the jury’s selection rather than to further claims about the story.
At four minutes and 55 seconds, the work is a short-form production. Its running time was among the details reported alongside the award, giving audiences a clear sense of the video’s format. The prize attached to the recognition is Rs 100,000, making the Short Video Challenge award a substantial component of the festival announcement.
Jury selected the winner from 35 submissions
The jury chose ‘Bhakunde Bhoot’ from a total of 35 submissions entered in the challenge. The selection places Sunuwar’s video at the top of a field of entries presented under the festival’s cultural theme. The available information does not name the jury members or describe the criteria they used, but it confirms that the winner was determined through jury selection rather than by a public vote.
Another work mentioned among the challenge entries was ‘The Soul’, by Anubhav Shrestha. The report identifies it as one of the submissions but does not state that it received an award or provide further details about its subject, length or production. Its mention offers a glimpse of the range of titles represented in the challenge without changing the result: ‘Bhakunde Bhoot’ was named the award winner.
Festival puts culture and heritage at the centre
The award was announced as part of the Kathmandu Film Festival, which was organised by Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The challenge’s ‘My Culture, My Heritage’ theme connected the competition to cultural and heritage subject matter. In this instance, the winning entry’s stated basis in traditional beliefs and mystery aligned with that theme, while the award recognised Sunuwar’s video among the works submitted.
The announcement brings together several concrete details about the competition: the organising body, the theme, the number of entries, the jury’s selection, the winning video’s duration and the prize amount. Together, they establish the context in which ‘Bhakunde Bhoot’ received the honour, without indicating additional information about the festival schedule or the video’s production.
For Sunuwar, the result is a Rs 100,000 award for a short video selected from 35 entries. For the challenge, the winning title reflects the festival’s stated focus on culture and heritage through short-form video. The award and other reported details were covered by Ratopati.
