Film South Asia 2022, an exhibition of documentaries produced in the South Asian countries, kicked off at the Yalamaya Kendra in Lalitpur on Thursday.

The festival will showcase 71 films that were selected from more than 3, 000 submissions.

The films will be screened for four days, the organizer said.

As many as nine documentaries will be screened on the first day of the festival.

Likewise, 23 documentaries will be screened on Friday while 19 and 20 documentaries will be screened on Friday and Saturday respectively.