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Pawo (Hero) is a 2016 Tibetan-language film by Marvin Litwak and Sonam Tseten, set in McLeod Ganj, chronicling the life of a young Tibetan refugee boy in India after escaping over Himalayas in search of freedom. [1] [2] The film is loosely based on late Jamphel Yeshi who self-immolated in protest against human right violations in Tibet. [3]
On 9 March 2012, the 53rd anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising, a coalition of human rights and Tibetan activist groups calling for Dhondup Wangchen's release held a rally in New York City's Times Square; excerpts from Leaving Fear Behind were shown there on a twelve-foot video screen beneath the Xinhua Jumbotron.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 2012 "Dolma" A Tibetan Short Film: Jim Sanjay: Children Film: 1997: Seven Years in Tibet: Jean-Jacques Annaud: Drama: Kundun
A Tibetan-language film is a motion picture where the Tibetan language is spoken significantly. Some Tibetan language films include "Tharlo" and Old Dog, directed by Pema Tseden, China's first director to make films entirely in the Tibetan language, Pawo (2016), directed by Marvin Litwak, and "River"(2015), by Sonthar Gyal [1] [2] [3]
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (Chinese: 可可西里; Standard Tibetan: ཨ་ཆེན་གངས་རྒྱབ།) is a 2004 Chinese film directed by Lu Chuan that depicts the struggle between vigilante rangers and bands of poachers in the remote Tibetan region of Kekexili (Hoh Xil). It was inspired by the documentary Balance by Peng Hui.
Escape from Tibet was filmed at locations in India, Germany and Switzerland at the Eiger glacier, and was produced also by the participation of the Swiss television SRF. It premiered on 31 May 2012 in Switzerland, on 19 July 2012 in Germany, and on 17 May 2013 in Taiwan.
The film celebrates traditional Tibetan folk music while depicting the past fifty years of Chinese rule in Tibet, including Ngawang's experience as a political prisoner. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, [2] [3] where it won the Special Jury Prize for World Cinema. It opened in theatres on September 24, 2010 in New York City.
Tharlo (Chinese: 塔洛) is a 2015 Chinese Tibetan-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Pema Tseden. [3] It premiered in the Horizons section at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival. [5] It was released in China on December 9, 2016, and on DVD by Icarus Films on February 14, 2017. [4]