ABOUT

Deepak Tolange is a Kathmandu-based filmmaker/photographer. He studied an MA in Visual and Media Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin (2014-2016) with DAAD scholarship. After his studies, Deepak worked as a freelancer in Germany and Tanzania for two years (2016-2018). He worked as a visual documentation facilitator in KVPT Nepal (2019-2021). Earlier Deepak worked as a photojournalist in The Himalayan Times/Annapurna Post (2010-2011). Since 2010, Deepak has been teaching in Kathmandu University. Currently, he teaches film production, and Photojournalism.

His ethnographic films CHHAARO [DUST] and SHELTER [TAHARA] received multiple major international awards.

AWARDS FOR FILMS

• ‘Special Prize’ for Ban Rani, UNESCO/Korea, 2019
• ‘Best Non Fiction Film’, for SHELTER at NHRIFF, Kathmandu, 2019
• ‘Special Mention Award’, for SHELTER at Nepal-America Film Festival, 2018
• Best Non Fiction Film’, for DUST at NHRIFF, Kathmandu, 2018
• ‘Urban Spree Award’, for DUST at Boddinale Film Festival, Berlin, 2018
• ‘Best Film’, for DUST at Pärnu Film Festival, Estonia, 2017
• ‘Harry Watt bursary travel award’ for DUST at RAI, UK, 2017

 AWARDS FOR PHOTOS

• First Prize (two categories), Wildlife Conservation Nepal, national photo competition, 2013
• First prize (two categories), Hamro Nepal, national photo competition, 2012

AWARDS FOR PAINTING

• First prize, Inter-school art competition, Kathmandu, 1998 and 1999

PARTNERS

• Dhulikhel Hospital
• Adventure Travels
• Kathmandu University
• Humboldt Forum, Germany
• HVD, Germany
• DITSL, Germany
• Nepal Mahila Ekata Samaj, Kathmandu
• The Rose International Fund for Children (TRIFC)
• Cross Boarder, Singapore
• Ability Development Society of Nepal (ADSoN)
• Goethe Zentrum, Kathmandu
• Alliance Francis, Kathmandu