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Drokpa: Nomads of Tibet
Drokpa: Nomads of Tibet
Set in the high plateau of eastern Tibet, DROKPA is an intimate portrait of the lives and struggles of Tibetan nomads whose life is on the cusp of irreversible change as once lush ...
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Thangka
Thangka
Dhondup has dedicated his whole life to the art of thangka painting. Before completing his final masterpiece, he unexpectedly discovers he will soon go blind. His son has always wanted ...
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A Stranger in My Native Land
A Stranger in My Native Land
The poignant and personal account of Tenzing Sonam’s first-ever visit to his homeland, from the far reaches of Amdo Province, where Tibetans have lost their language, to Lhasa, the ...
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Celestial Burial
Celestial Burial
This documentary follows the whole process of a celestial burial ceremony in Tibet. It shows Tibetan religious customs, arts, and many vanishing life styles.
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Period: A State of Purity
Period: A State of Purity
Tibetan Buddhist nuns from the Thupten Choling monastery in the Himalayan foothills discuss their mentruation practices.
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Shambhala
Shambhala
In a Himalayan polyandrous village, pregnant Pema faces scrutiny as her first husband vanishes. With her de facto husband, a monk, she embarks on a journey to find him, evolving her ...
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The Sacred Arrow
The Sacred Arrow
Two villages in Tibet have competed in archery for a thousand years. This is the story of the competition between Dradong and Nyima who each represent their village. As the story opens, ...
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A Gesar Bard’s Tale
A Gesar Bard’s Tale
As a boy, Dawa was an illiterate Tibetan nomad whose life revolved around herding yaks. At 13, his life changed: through a series of visions, Dawa acquired the gift of telling the epic ...
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Valley of the Heroes
Valley of the Heroes
This documentary, a project of Kham Film Project, offers a rare portrait of Tibetan Muslims in the Hualong area of eastern Tibet/Qinghai Province. Issues of identity and language are ...
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A Sacrifice
A Sacrifice
Lhamo Kyab, a Tibetan nomad, escapes into exile in India, only to return secretly to Tibet on a symbolic journey to highlight his people's suffering. Meanwhile, 130 Tibetans have set ...
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Treasure of the Lisu
Treasure of the Lisu
In a mountain village in southwestern China, just south of Tibet, one of the last remaining traditional bearers of the Lisu ethnic group is amid the mountains of new changes seeping ...
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The Thread of Karma
The Thread of Karma
An intimate look at the life of a young lama as he aspires to live up to the reputation of his former incarnation. It also explores his moving relationship with the two people closest ...
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Fate of the Lhapa
Fate of the Lhapa
Fate of the Lhapa is a feature-length documentary about the last three Tibetan shamans living in a Tibetan refugee camp in Nepal. Each lhapa requested that their story be filmed. Their ...
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Milarepa
Milarepa
Milarepa depicts the humble beginnings of the man who was to become Tibet's greatest saint. A true story based on centuries-old oral traditions, a youthful Milarepa is propelled into a ...
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Leaving Fear Behind
Leaving Fear Behind
Leaving Fear Behind (in Tibetan, Jigdrel) is a documentary shot by Tibetans from inside Tibet, who wanted to have Tibetan voices heard ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 with ...
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The Silent Holy Stones
The Silent Holy Stones
A young Tibetan monk goes back home for the New Year's celebrations. Fascinated by television, he wants to bring his family's television to the monastery to show it to his master.
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We’re No Monks
We’re No Monks
Four friends in Dharamsala go for a 'mission' but their true self are eventually revealed.
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The Grassland
The Grassland
Pema's graduation film made for Beijing Film Academy, Set in rural Tibet ; it is a timeless allegory of an old nomadic couple searching for a stolen yak.
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Bajiao Street
Bajiao Street
A documentary film showing the oldest street in Lhasa, Bajiao St., also called Bakhor or Baghor), located in the town center. In the past, Bajiao was only used as a ritual ...
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The Land of Buddhism to The Land of Buddha
The Land of Buddhism to The Land of Buddha
The film depicts the culture, traditions and socio-economic conditions of Tibetans in India.