HIMALAYA

HIMALAYA is a fable, that we heard whispered in our ears while hiking through the mountains.

“Himalaya” (हिमालय) literally means "abode of snow”. And this range actually is home to nine of the ten highest peaks on Earth, including the highest, Mount Everest, which is called Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma – The Goddess Mother of Earth – in Tibet. It is also home to thousands of people, stretching through five countries: Nepal, India, Bhutan, China (Tibet) and Pakistan. Three major rivers in the world — the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra — originate in the Himalaya.

HIMALAYA is femme fatale, like a mother or a lover, embracing and raising, taking care of you, challenging and rewarding, letting you go and then waiting for you to come back. Because you definitely will.

HIMALAYA was written during the three-week hike in the mountains. Later it was edited from the material, gathered during the hike.

[There is footage from the summit of Mount Everest used in the video. It belongs to Edita Nichols - first Lithuanian woman to reach the top of Chomolungma.]

I'm selling photo prints from Himalaya and donate money to help Nepal after the earthquake: art.tt/kdb

The text about the trek and some pictures are published here: maptia.com/bertatil/stories/himalaya-steps-below-the-peaks

Photo gallery: godoberta.com/project/himalaya/

Experienced and written by

Berta Tilmantaitė

Andrius Jančiauskas

Paulius Mačiulevičius

Filmed and edited by

Berta Tilmantaitė

godoberta.com

nanook.lt

Mt. Everest summit footage by

Edita Nichols editanichols.com

Tarkey Sherpa

Additional footage by

Andrius Jančiauskas

Paulius Mačiulevičius

Music by

Reid Willis

Sound design by

Martynas Gailius, Sodas Sounds

Film Festival History:

Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival, 2015

InkaFest, Mountain Film Festival, Peru 2015

Ladek Mountain Film Festival, Poland 2015

Golden Diana International Film Festival, Austria 2015

HIMIFF, USA 2015

Adventure Film Festival, UK 2015

Muestrario Short Films Festival, Mexico 2015

Visionaria, Italy 2015

Expedition Camera Festival, Czech Republic 2016

Expedition Camera Festival, Slovakia 2016

Les Bois Film Festival, USA 2016

GSF Awards, USA 2016

Ozark Shorts, USA 2016

Festival International du Film de Montagne d'Autrans, 2016

The Quarantine Film Festival, Bulgaria 2016

NZ Mountain Film Festival, New Zealand 2016

Wolves Independant International Film Festival, Lithuania 2016

ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, Germany 2016

Autrans Mountain Film Festival, France 2016

NDIFF, Uganda 2016

Filmfestival Münster #17, Münster, Germany 2016

Pokhara International Mountain Film Festival, Nepal 2017

Adventure Film Festival, Australia 2017