HIMALAYAN DREAMS

Himalayan Dreams, Club Hulhevi's exciting new documentary, has been officially selected by the prestigious Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival KIMFF 2006 and will premier in the Nepalese capital this December.

The second of Club Hulhevi's documentaries to be shown at an international festival, the 28-minute English language documentary follows a young Maldivian as he trains and treks from sea-level to the highest mountains in the world, beyond and back.

On a visual level, the film captures a wide array of landscapes from the Maldives, India, Nepal and Tibet. It also has images of Mount Everest filmed from an altitude of 5,600 metres in Nepal, well above Everest Base Camp, as well as from the North side in Tibet.

But the film’s real coup is its depiction of the physical, psychological and spiritual experiences of the adventurer. Prior to this journey, Muha, the photographer whose adventure is documented in the film, had never seen mountains, mists or snow, or been in high altitude.

The film is simple and unpretentious, shot on a 5-year-old Canon XL1. Preview audiences in the Maldives, especially youth, have said they found it moving and motivating.

Al and Muha went on the strenuous Everest Base Camp trek to shoot Himalayan Dreams and Narc interviewed the star and co-directed the film. Ahmed Nashed, who has composed original music for a number of Club Hulhevi's documentaries scored Himalayan Dreams too.

View Himalayan Dreams on YouTube