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Durante i 10 anni di conflitto (1996-2006) in Nepal, i Maoisti reclutavano bambini come spie, cuochi, portantini ed anche guerrieri di frontiera. I bambini soldato maoisti, dopo la firma dell'accordo di pace, non ricevettero le cure necessarie alla riabilitazione e tutt'oggi, ormai 20enni, combattono per la sopravvivenza e contro lo stigma sociale.
Gopal Shivakoti is a documentary filmmaker from Nepal. He has been working in films and digital media since 2004. Primarily he is a visual editor who also does 2D animation, motion-graphics and filming. He is a key resource person at “Young-Cuts! the filmmaking workshop” (in Kathmandu) for the past three years. His hobbies include Ethnology and documentary filming. Currently, he is CEO at Shiwakoti Films Pvt. Ltd and consultant editor at Onion Films Nepal. He has shot and edited “In Search of the Searchman” – a short documentary about the 8 million (plus) graffiti “Khoja/Search” that has been written and inscribed all over Nepal, “When Shall I See My Daddy” – a short documentary about 14 years old boy whose father has gone to the USA and hasn’t returned to his home and family for ages. “Save Gangamaya” a documentary film about Satyagrahi Gangamaya Adhikari - who is on fast-unto-death for the attainment of justice for the 2004 murder of her innocent teenager son is his first feature-length documentary, It received an overwhelming response in the international film festival circuit. “War Crime”, "Pinky Gurung" and "We are with Dr. KC" are his recent documentaries.
