Seattle reviewer rates Maldives documentary among the top two

This is a review of Himalayan Dreams by Jaspreet Bakshi, a software engineer from Seattle, who attended the 4th South Asian Independent Film Festival.

Himalayan Dreams (Rated 5/5)

This was a fantastic short documentary. One of my top two movies from the festival. It was a documentary about contrasts. A man living in Male, Maldives, a tropical, warm and densly populated place dreams of going to to Himalayas where there are wide open spaces, altitude and freezing cold tempreatures. He does go and this is a chronical of his travel.

What made this movie so good was the personality of the main character, Muha. He was the most likable and down to earth guy you will come accross. Yet he has this incredible bigness about him. The film totally captured this and his extraordinary journey as he went from sea level to one of the highest points in the world.

In the movie, he touches on the practical aspects such as the preparation and training he underwent, the bouts of altitude sikness and the logistics of his travel. He also talks about his feelings as he encountered people and landscapes on the way and how the journey affected him.

It’s a great film and I highly recommend it.

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