Coca-Cola Beverages Nepal, CRS Healthcare, Hyatt Place, Yadea, Barasinghe, Kaleidoscope Production, Vet for your Pet, Asian Pharmaceuticals, Hard Rock Cafe, SnackOn Bars, Magar Adventure and Global Shapers Community Kathmandu came together in solidarity for Nepal's 1st Queer Film Festival Kathmandu - QFFK 2024 organized by Documentary Open School - Docskool. All these businesses also show their solidarity for queer community and allies to advocate about LGBTIQ+ not limiting it to be separate from each others. Documentary Open School - Docskool as the organizer also wanted to project that festivals like this is to celebrate diversity into a world of parallel aspirations, majestic leaps, individual conquests and historical overview of queer movement as films made world over.
Samrat Baral, CEO of CRS Healthcare on video message -
Sneha Shrestha, Communications & Sustainability Manager at Coca-Cola Beverages Nepal | The Bottlers Nepal on video message -
Dinup and Rahul from Kaleidoscope Production -
Saurav and Megha represent Global Shapers Community Kathmandu -
Documentary Open School - Docskool also invited Queer Led Businesses for satellite events during the festival duration. Pride Perks at Paknajol organized an After Party on Opening Night, Rainbow Cafe and Restaurant at Galkopakha, Thamel organized a Speed Dating while Pink Tiffany, Saat Ghumti, Thamel celebrated Friday Night & Saturday Night while organized a Satellite Screenings of selected Queer Films on Sunday Night. Rokxi & Smog at Old Baneshwor organized a Satellite Screening on Saturday Night followed by LIVE music where as Hard Rock Cafe Kathmandu as a Queer Friendly businesses closed the closing night screenings.
Docskool also invited several Queer Led Businesses and Queer Friendly Businesses to showcase their products at Indreni Hatiya on Saturday at Yalamaya Kendra premises. Happy Space Nepal, Chibi Store, Lostmandu, Soozay Crochet, zie0art, FemArt Hack, BLISS Academy by Sakil Kunwar, Dristi Nepal and Cruiseaids Nepal joined the marketplace catering to the audience who joined the festival.
Find the Queer Film Festival Kathmandu - QFFK Catalogue was possible through the businesses who joined in solidarity for QFFK 2024
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