Ramyata Limbu

Bio

Ramyata Limbu is the Director of the internationally acclaimed Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF).  She co-directed the award-winning feature documentary Drawing the Tiger, an intimate portrait of the price one Nepali family pays for a golden opportunity. The film premiered at Hot Docs Toronto in April 2015. She co-directed, co-produced and shot the award-winning independent documentary Daughters of Everest which followed the first team of all women, Nepali Sherpa climbers to ascend Everest. The film was broadcast on PBS. She also co-produced the award-winning feature documentary The Sari Soldiers about the conflict in Nepal told through the stories of six women. Ramyata has worked as a correspondent for various national and international publications and has more than twenty years cumulative experience as a journalist, communicator and researcher. She has also worked as a political officer for the United Nations Mission in Nepal.