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1) Himalaya
Language
Tibetan
Description
Academy Award nominated movie filmed over seven months in the forbidding Dolpo region of Nepal, Himalaya tells the story of a generational struggle for the leadership of a tiny mountain village between its proud old chief and a headstrong young caravanner.
Language
Tibetan
Description
After discovering a sacred stone in the mouth of a slain deer, Taibei, a young Tibetan cowboy, embarks on a mystical mission to bring it back to a holy mountain. His journey proves difficult, especially since he is on the run from two brothers, Kodi and Guori, who are seeking vengeance since their father was killed by Tabei's father.
Language
Tibetan
Description
In the remote mountains of Tibet, a teenage girl must choose between supporting her family after her father's political imprisonment or joining a group of oppressed nuns on their journey to freedom. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival.** *"...Tian Tsering's sober vision of Tibetan peasants living under Chinese rule, draws its power form its direct and straightforward storytelling." - Deborah Young, **Hollywood Reporter***...
Language
Tibetan
Description
Prince of the Himalayas is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet by acclaimed director Sherwood Hu. Set in ancient Tibet, under the shadows of the Himalayas, Prince Lhamoklodan returns home to find his uncle has taken the throne and married the queen, his mother, upon the mysterious death of his father. Seeking to avenge his father's death, the Prince struggles to face his destiny as the rightful heir to the throne. The film is a stunning...
Series
Film Movement volume 15, film 6
Language
Tibetan
Description
After discovering a sacred stone in the mouth of a slain deer, Taibei, young Tibetan wanderer, embarks on a mission of redemption in order to bring the divine artifact back to its rightful home, the holy Mountain of Buddha's Handprint. Danger and treachery await at every step, as black market traders and two brothers in search of vengeance stand in his path. Along the way, however, Taibei encounters a motley band of followers that help him on his...
7) Himalaya
Language
Tibetan
Description
The story of a generational struggle for the leadership of a tiny mountain village between its proud old chief and a headstrong young caravanner. The balance of power shifts uneasily as they make their annual salt trek across the Himalayas.
8) Jinpa
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Language
Tibetan
Description
On an isolated road passing through the vast barren plains of Tibet, a truck driver, who has accidentally run over a sheep, chances upon a young man, who is hitching a ride. The truck driver notices that the hitch hiker has a silver dagger attached to his belt. He comes to understand that this man is out to kill someone, who wronged him earlier in life. But the driver doesn't know that their short time together has changed everything and that their...
Language
Tibetan
Description
An astonishing journey of redemption, faith, and devotion. Acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yang (Shower) blends documentary and fiction to follow a group of Tibertan villagers who leave their families and homes to make a Buddhist "bowing pilgrimage, " laying their bodies flat on the ground after every few steps, along the 1,2000 mile road to Lhasa, Tibet's holy capital. Though united in their remarkable devotion, each of the travelers embarks on this near...
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Tibetan
Description
The year is 1998 and the World Cup has just been kicked into high gear. But for four monks living deep in the Himalayas, watching their favorite sport isn't only difficult -- it's forbidden. As soccer fever heats up, the young monks break the rules, sneak out of their monastery and risk their futures in a madcap adventure that's all for the love of the game.
Language
Tibetan
Description
Dolkar, a 26-year-old exile Tibetan, lives in Delhi. eighteen years ago, she escaped from Tibet with her father, making a perilous trek across the Himalayas that ended in tragedy. Dolkar has suppressed all recollection of that traumatic incident. But when she unexpectedly encounters Gompo, the guide who abandoned them during their journey, memories of her escape are reignited and she is propelled on an obsessive search for retribution and closure....
Language
Tibetan
Description
A family on the Himalayan plains discovers their dog is worth a fortune, but selling it comes at a terrible price. The Tibetan nomad mastiff is an exotic prize dog in China, fetching as much as millions of dollars from wealthy Chinese. When a young man notices several thefts of mastiffs from Tibetan farm families, he decides to sell his family's dog before it is stolen and sold on the black market. His father, an aging Tibetan herder, is furious when...
Series
Language
Tibetan
Description
Tharlo is a Tibetan shepherd, used to living with little human contact. Visiting a Tibetan town in Qinghai province to obtain a proper ID card from the local police station, Tharlo surprises Police Chief Dorje by reciting from memory a lengthy excerpt from one of Chairman Mao's essays. But things develop in a romantic rather than a political direction. To prepare for his ID photo, Tharlo needs his hair washed, and so meets Yangtso, a beautiful local...
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