Overview of articles
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Pure Land
Mother and son try to evoke the memory of her native Tibet through images captured elsewhere.Published on: -
The Old Child
In this brief daydream, a monk and a child each embrace modern technology in their own way.Published on: -
A Song for You
A journey-of-discovery road movie takes aspiring folk-pop singer Ngawan from the Tibetan plateau to the big city where he meets a goddess.Published on: -
The Cup
This first feature from Bhutan is a charming and refreching, tender and wise feature, in which spiritual and worldly life are interwoven in a catchy…Published on: -
The Silent Holy Stones
A mountain village in the winter, a young monk, and even younger living border and a television: you don’t need much more than that for…Published on: -
The Hunter and the Skeleton
In this flash animation of a stylized thangka, a hunter has to outwit a fearsome skeleton monster. Based on an Eastern Tibetan folk tale.Published on: -
La lampe au beurre de yak
Photographer creates staged portraits in a Tibetan village. The backdrops of Disney figures and tropical islands are lowered using a squeaky pulley.Published on: -
Balloon
Cheerfully melancholic story of Tibet in the 1980s, as China’s one-child policy encroaches on Buddhist traditions and condoms can become balloons.Published on: -
Paths of the Soul
Nyima and his uncle Yang think it’s time for a pilgrimage to Lhasa. On the 2000-kilometre-long road, they throw themselves to the ground every fPublished on: -
Delamu
Tibetan for “Peace Angel” this film is a record of the Tea-Horse Road, the caravans of the Nujiang River Valley and the aboriginal peoples who…Published on: