Pema Tseden's second feature film is a landmark for Tibetan cinema, being the first ever film from the country to be shot entirely with a Tibetan crew in the...
Category - The Pema Tseden Project (11/11)
An effort to review all of Pema Tseden’s films and books, and to analyze his contribution to the cinema of Tibet (will also include multiple interviews, a list of his favorite Tibetan movies and a retrospective article).
A rather fitting goodbye for a filmmaker who left the world at the top of his game.
Pema Tseden (པད་མ་ཚེ་བརྟན།), born in 1969, is the first Tibetan alumni of the prestigious Beijing Film Academy graduating from the director's department. He...
Pema Tseden has, currently, set himself on the path he always wanted, of portraying the real Tibet through a combination of accuracy and artistry. Before...
Back in 2004, Pema Tseden shot this documentary short for Discovery Channel Asia, which focuses on the waning concept of the Weathermen, Buddhist shamans who...
In order to tell a story having the face of a character in front of you can help to have a foundation as a writer. In the case of Pema Tseden's “Tharlo” a face...
In general perception, Tibet has long been subject of mythologization. Western movies tend to portray it as the spiritual and magical kingdom of contemplative...
Pema Tseden's second feature film is a landmark for Tibetan cinema, being the first ever film from the country to be shot entirely with a Tibetan crew in the...
Within the hearts and minds of many non-Westernised peoples wages an eternal generational war; between the young and the old, the old and the new, groups...
Pema Tseden was the first Tibetan graduate of the Beijing Film Academy and his feature debut was a definite sample of the impressive productions that were...
