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Documentary Open School (Docskool) is a pro-participation film and media institute. Docskool organises documentary workshops, writing lab, film courses, film festival and visual art residency in Kathmandu.
Initiated in 2008, Docskool provides opportunities mostly absent in mainstream practice. Our professional film labs cater to a growing number of mobile talents seeking collaboration across South Asia.
Docskool’s skill-oriented crourses are non-formal, alternative learning options offered from its Dhulikhel campus, 45 kms. off Kathmandu. The farm campus currently forms the backbone for most of Docskool’s operations.
What we are
- Film/ Visual Arts oriented cultural center.
- Provider of non-formal and professional courses around cinema, photography, community media.
- Residency space for filmmakers and visual artists
- Believers that cinema is about connecting humans.
What we are not
- Our Diploma’s are career driven. We are not a conventional school.
- Cannot represent other festivals or trainings programs.
- Producer of films for the commercial market.
What else do we do?
- Docskool hosts Something Like a Film Festival – it is a festival open to be co-organised anywhere in South Asia.
- Supports filmmakers in urgent need of life support.
- Work with women and Queer filmmakers as a way to promote diversity in cinema.
Our team
Kshitiz Adhiraj
Artistic Director,
Course Leader
Jyotsna Maskay
Co-Director,
Aid Response
Sashul Shrestha
Program Coordinator,
Head of Admin
Britika Khanal
Admissions,
Communication
Pushpa Joshi
Festival Coordinator,
SLFF – Queer Festival