The annual Ekadeshma International Short Film Festival is scheduled to be held at the QFX Kumari Cinemas starting November 11 this year. The organisers have called for submissions for the three-day fest, issuing a press release on Monday.

The fest will feature short films, with a show time of under 30 minutes, from fiction, documentary, and animation genres. Previously unreleased movies, made after 2014, are eligible for entry to the fest.

The submitted films will be categorised under two categories: Films in Competition and Non-competitive Films.

This is the fourth iteration of the fest. The fest took a hiatus last year following the quakes. This year’s fest has been themed ‘And Life Goes On’.

In the past three editions, the fest has screened over 140 films from more than 60 countries. Alongside the screenings, the fest will also provide a platform for interactions with the filmmakers about the discourse of Nepali and international films.

The fest will also commemorate the illustrious Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, who passed away in July this year. The theme this year draws its title from one of Kiarostami’s films.