The Himalaya Film Festival is the only international film festival to present the Himalayan region and consider the relationship between human and Mother Nature through the Himalayas. We, Himalaya Archief Nederland (HAN), a Dutch NGO, officially started it in Amsterdam in 2003.  

The Himalayas in Central Asia span 300 kilometres from north to south and 2400 kilometres from east to west.  The vast mountain range cuts through China, Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India and Pakistan.  The Himalayas are called 'the roof of the world' and 'the abode  of snow' in Sanskrit.  They have roused many people's interests for hundreds of years. At he same time, however, the Himalayas are like a mirror and a microcosm: they reflect various kinds of problems on earth, such as ethnic issues, religious conflicts, interstate conflicts, environmental issues, etc. Besides, global warming has a strong impact on the Himalayas, melting Himalayan glaciers… 

Himalaya Archief Nederland organizes the film festival each year. In 2006, it was held in Tokyo, Japan ('Himalaya Film Festival Tokyo 2006'), especially focusing on global environmental problems and human diversity. Following the theme, we not only showed films, but also conducted a symposium about global warming. On the whole, it was quite successful and attracted a large audience.

Now, the Himalaya Film Festival is becoming a global film festival with various related programmes. We will continue to develop the film festival project under the concept of 'Let's think about man's relationship with Mother Nature through the Himalayas!' Our ultimate goal is to create a 'Himalayan environmental and cultural network' with you. 

We sincerely hope you will share our concept and continue to support the project. 

Sincerely,

Glenn Mitrasing (the leader of Himalaya Archief Nederland)
Kunihiko Tanaka (the representative of Himalaya Archive Japan)

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August 2007