Abhimanyu Dixit

Abhimanyu Dixit (Nepali: अभिमन्यु दिक्षित) is a Nepali filmmaker and film critic based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is the co-founder and COO of Gauthali Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., a Kathmandu-based production company.

Career

Dixit began working with filmmaker Sahara Sharma since 2011, as a co-founder in Gauthali Entertainment together. Through Gauthali Entertainment, he writes, directs and produces both fiction and non-fiction films. He is a Film Critic for The Kathmandu Post, which is Nepal's leading English-language broadsheet daily, where he has reviewed Nepali and international films.

Dixit has been quoted as a film industry expert by The Kathmandu Post, including commenting on Nepali director Abinash Bikram Shah's short film Lori being selected for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival in 2022.

Film Bazaar and Rotterdam Lab

In 2021, Dixit won the Rotterdam Lab Award at the NFDC Film Bazaar as a producer of Ek Mutthi Badal: My Share of Sky. The award named him as an emerging South Asian Producer and selected him to attend the Rotterdam Lab Programme at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2022.

At the Rotterdam Lab 2022, Dixit introduced the project to German co-producer Sara Fazilat, who later joined Ek Mutthi Badal as co-producer.

Film research and advocacy

In 2021, Dixit co-wrote a research paper titled "Representation of Women and Girls in Nepal's Cinema", which looked at 47 Nepali films and found that women are portrayed as second-class citizens in Nepali cinema. The research was conducted in collaboration with Plan International Nepal. The full report was published by Plan International Nepal.

He was subsequently invited as a panelist at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival to discuss the finding as part of Plan International Nepal's "Girls Get Equal" campaign.

Filmography

External links

• Abhimanyu Dixit at The Kathmandu Post

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