In general perception, Tibet has long been subject of mythologization. Western movies tend to portray it as the spiritual and magical kingdom of contemplative...
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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...
Françoise Robin is professor of Tibetan Language and Literature at Inalco. Her activities make her travel to Tibet every year. In 2011, she was responsible for...
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...
It takes a certain magic to lose an audience within the simplistic grandeur of a world almost far-removed from the rest of civilization; to educate in the ways...
Pema Tseden (པད་མ་ཚེ་བརྟན།), born in 1969, is the first Tibetan alumni of the prestigious Beijing Film Academy. He also studied Chinese-Tibetan translation and...
The Grand Prix of the New Asian Cinema competition and a Special Mention were assigned at the end of this 13th edition of Five Flavours Asian Film Festival...
Straying quite far away in terms of aesthetics from the multi-awarded “Tharlo”, Pema Tseden directs a much more approachable film that lingers between the road...
As a novelist and a filmmaker, Pema Tseden is probably one of the key figures in the contemporary Tibetan culture. His newest film, “Balloon”...