11Films · 2021–2023

Two documentaries on art, craft and place.

The work in the workshops became two films: one on the papermakers of Nepal, filmed in 2021, and a series on the culture of Georgia. Both can be watched in full.

Lokta Kingdom

A feature documentary that follows one of the last families making lokta paper in Nepal, and the community determined to keep the craft alive. Directed by Andy Fabrykant; photography by Martin Quirno; executive producer Fabian J. Ortega. Nepal, 2022 · 88 minutes · in Nepali.

Official Selection · Nepal Cultural International Film Festival 2023

Watch the film · 88 min Trailer

Latinx Nomads

A series filmed in Tbilisi and Mtskheta, made to bring Georgia’s art and culture to a wider audience — with interviews from its public and cultural life, among them a former president of Georgia and Tekuna Gachechiladze, the country’s best-known chef, with several restaurants.

Watch episode 01 · 55 min Trailers and photos

Filming Lokta Kingdom · Nepal, 2021

A papermaker lifting a mould from the vat at dawn, rows of drying frames and prayer flags behind — At the vat at dawn.

A man in an orange jacket interviewed on a Kathmandu rooftop, camera and boom in the foreground — An interview on a Kathmandu rooftop.

The director of photography behind a cinema camera on a tripod — Behind the camera.

A frame from the film: a young woman lit by a window — A frame from the film.

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