FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY IN NEPAL
LINE PRODUCTION · FIXER SERVICES · FILMING PERMITS · LOCATION SCOUTING · PRODUCTION LOGISTICS
LOCATION NEPAL
FILMING IN NEPAL?
YOUR PRODUCTION.
OUR GROUND.
FILM PRODUCTION · PHOTOGRAPHY PRODUCTION · LINE PRODUCTION · FIXING · LOCATIONS · PERMITS · CREW · CASTING · LOGISTICS
Location Nepal is a Nepal based production and creative services company supporting international films, television, documentaries, commercials, fashion, photography, editorial and field productions across Nepal and the Himalayas.
You bring the creative vision.
We make Nepal possible.
WHAT ARE YOU MAKING?
FEATURE FILM · TV / OTT · DOCUMENTARY · COMMERCIAL · FASHION · MUSIC VIDEO · PHOTOGRAPHY · FIELD PRODUCTION
Whatever the format, we start with the same question:
What are you trying to make?
WHAT DO YOU NEED IN NEPAL?
PRODUCTION · LINE PRODUCTION · FIXING · LOCATIONS · PERMITS · CREW · CASTING · EQUIPMENT · LOGISTICS
One department or the whole operation.
We build around what you already have, or start from the beginning.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE THIS
Some productions are easier to explain when you show them.
BLACK NARCISSUS
Disney · FX · BBC One
A major international television production filmed in the Himalayas.
Location Nepal handled location scouting, permits, logistics, crew and equipment, helping transform remote Himalayan terrain into a fully operational production environment. Entire structures and working sets were built on location.
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POWERADE
Coca Cola · Television Commercial
A remote Mustang plateau. Winter conditions. Hundreds of people. A football field built where there was no conventional road access.
A commercial production at altitude, with the logistics to match.
PANASONIC
Television Commercial · Japan
A 108 inch television had to reach Thini in the Jomsom region.
There was no road.
A Russian MI-17 cargo helicopter became part of the production plan.
NIPPON PAINT
Television Commercial · Malaysia
One day. Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. A large international crew, hundreds of extras, traditional costumes and elephants moving through Kathmandu Valley heritage locations.
UP IN THE WIND
Feature Film · China
A Chinese feature film involving Chinese, Indian and Nepali crews, hundreds of extras, multiple locations, restricted areas and equipment moving across international borders.
Real productions. Real problems. Real solutions.
THIS IS WHAT PRODUCTION LOOKS LIKE HERE.
KATHMANDU · HERITAGE CITIES · JUNGLE · RIVERS · VILLAGES · HIGH ALTITUDE VALLEYS · ALPINE DESERT · SNOW · REMOTE MOUNTAINS
Places where the road ends. And places where the plan changes.
Location Nepal has worked across them all.
THE EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE OPERATION
GAUTAM DHIMAL
PHOTOGRAPHER · PRODUCER · LINE PRODUCER · FILMMAKER · JOURNALIST · EXPLORER
For more than two decades, Gautam Dhimal has worked between the creative brief and the practical reality of making it happen.
International film & television · Commercials · Documentaries · Fashion · Photography · Aerial · Remote expeditions · Conservation
He understands the image. He understands the production.
And he understands what happens when the two have to work together.
For Gautam, the question is rarely whether something can be done. It is how to make it happen.
BUILT BEFORE THE TECHNOLOGY
GEHENDRA DHIMAL · PREM UPADHYA · GAUTAM DHIMAL
Long before digital production, filmmaking in Nepal depended on people.
Knowing who to call · Knowing where to go · Knowing how to get permission · Knowing how to move people and equipment.
Gehendra Dhimal was already managing productions when Maitighar, one of Nepal’s landmark early commercial feature films, was being made. Alongside Prem Upadhya, he went on to work across generations of Nepali and international cinema, television and commercials, including productions associated with some of the major names in global cinema and advertising.
Together, Gehendra Dhimal and Prem Upadhya founded Films & AdFilms, which became Nepal’s first dedicated film production service company, establishing a production practice built around locations, permits, crews, equipment, logistics and the ability to solve problems on the ground.
There were no production apps. No instant messages. No digital call sheets.
Just relationships, experience, instinct and the ability to make things happen.
That production knowledge became the foundation for everything that followed.
Location Nepal carries that experience into a very different height of the production world.
Producing the Most Ambitious Visual Archive of the Himalayas
Aerial and Land Expeditions, Permits, helicopters, crews, and logistics for the world’s toughest long term climate and photography missions.
MORE THAN PRODUCTION
Location Nepal is part of a wider creative, educational and documentary ecosystem.
HIMALAYAN FASHION ADVENTURE · SIGNATURE PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCES · GLOBAL LEARNING · GEHENDRA DHIMAL FOUNDATION · UNTIL WE ACT · MORPH
Different projects. Different purposes.
Create. Learn. Document. Connect.
HIMALAYAN FASHION ADVENTURE
Fashion photography, film and production born from Nepal and the Himalayas.
The project became a book, exhibition and award recognised body of work, including Third Prize in Professional Advertising/Fashion at the International Photography Awards 2022.
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SIGNATURE PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCES
Five intensive learning experiences built from real production and photographic field experience.
Fashion · Portraits · Wildlife · Himalayan Helicopter Photography · Visual Storytelling
Not photography added to a tour.
Photography is the reason for being there.
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GLOBAL LEARNING
Field based programmes connecting universities, students, educators and organisations with Nepal's creative, cultural, environmental and production environments.
The classroom can move.
GEHENDRA DHIMAL FOUNDATION
ART · EDUCATION · TRAINING · MENTORSHIP · CULTURE · CREATIVE COLLABORATION
A platform created to help the next generation make something of their own.
UNTIL WE ACT
A long term visual record of the changing Himalayas through aerial photography, film, field work and environmental storytelling.
Born from Gautam Dhimal's The Vanishing Himalayas and growing into a wider international initiative.
WHEN THE PLAN CHANGES
THE ROAD DISAPPEARS · THE WEATHER TURNS · A PERMIT TAKES LONGER · EQUIPMENT IS DELAYED · A LOCATION BECOMES INACCESSIBLE · THE HELICOPTER CANNOT FLY · THE SCHEDULE MOVES
That is production.
Our job is not to expect everything to go according to plan.
Our job is to know what to do when it doesn't.
FILMING IN NEPAL
THE KNOWLEDGE BEHIND THE PRODUCTION
Not every question begins with a booking. Sometimes you are still researching.
PRODUCTION GUIDES · CASE STUDIES · BEHIND-THE-SCENES · LOCATIONS · PERMITS · LOGISTICS · EQUIPMENT · CASTING · PHOTOGRAPHY · LEARNING · EXPERIENCES
Filming In Nepal is being built as the knowledge base behind Location Nepal.
A place for the questions people ask before they come to Nepal, the stories behind the productions we have already made, and the knowledge we've gathered along the way.
Location Nepal. Gautam Dhimal. Himalayan Fashion Adventure. Experiences. Learning. Production.
READY?
TELL US WHAT YOU ARE MAKING.
You don't need a perfect brief.
TREATMENT · MOODBOARD · LOCATION · PROBLEM · ONE PARAGRAPH
Send us what you have. We'll start there.
LOCATION NEPAL
FILM PRODUCTION · PHOTOGRAPHY PRODUCTION · GLOBAL LEARNING · PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCES
Nepal · Himalayas · South Asia
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Planning a production in Nepal?
Can Location Nepal support an international production from start to finish?
Yes. We can support as much or as little of the production as you need, from location scouting, permits and local crew to line production, casting, equipment, transport, accommodation, customs, remote logistics and on-set coordination.
Do you handle filming permits in Nepal?
Yes. We coordinate filming permits and location-specific approvals according to the production, locations and activities involved. Requirements can vary considerably between heritage sites, national parks, conservation areas, municipalities, restricted regions and aerial filming.
Can you provide a local fixer or line producer?
Yes. We provide fixer, field production and line production support for international films, documentaries, commercials, television, OTT, photography and editorial productions. The team can be built around the scale and requirements of the assignment.
Can you help us find filming locations in Nepal?
Yes. Location scouting can cover Kathmandu Valley, heritage locations, villages, jungles, rivers, lakes, mountain regions, high-altitude landscapes, remote areas and locations that require additional access or permissions. We look at the production requirements as well as the image.
Can you support remote and high-altitude filming?
Yes. We have experience working in remote Himalayan environments where transport, weather, altitude, communications, equipment movement and access all become part of the production plan.
Can you provide crew and equipment in Nepal?
Yes. We can source and coordinate local production crew, specialist departments and equipment according to the brief, while also working with international or regional specialists where a production requires them.
How early should we contact you?
As early as possible. Some productions can be organised quickly, while others involve multiple locations, government approvals, equipment movement, casting, remote logistics or restricted-area permissions. The earlier we understand the brief, the more options we have.