KATHMANDU: As many as 95 films from 35 countries are being screened in the sixth edition of the Nepal International Film Festival (NIFF) that begins in Kathmandu today.

Chairperson of the Film Festival KP Pathak said 14 awards would be distributed in seven categories including national, international, short, long, documentary and animated films.

Chinese Film Academy professor Li Ran and Indian director Premendra Majumdar will deliver lectures on different subjects.

The role of movies in geopolitics, the development of Nepali audiences, movie policy, movie casting: importance and practice, Nepali movies with humor and mother heroines: responsibility and career are being discussed during the festival.

According to the organizers, the films are being screened in four theaters under the QFX cinemas while the discussion is being held at the Nepal Tourism Board auditorium, Bhrikutimandap.