This is a film still from BALLOON d. Pema Tseden, 2021, presented by Tibetan Film Festival London in honour of Pema Tseden at Genesis Cinema (19 JUN 2023).

Tibet Film Festival presents BALLOON in honour of Pema Tseden at Genesis Cinema (19 JUN 2023)

A special screening of BALLOON to honour Tibetan film director Pema Tseden who passed away suddenly on 8 MAY 2023.

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BALLOON d. Pema Tseden, 2021 in honour of the director, presented by Tibet Film Festival at Genesis Cinema (19 JUN 18:15).

Join Tibet Film Festival London and the Tibetan Community in Britain for a special screening of the multi-award winning film BALLOON to honour Tibetan film director Pema Tseden who passed away suddenly on 8 May 2023 at the age of 53. This memorial screening will be followed by reflections on Pema Tseden’s life and work with noted Tibetan historian Dr. Tsering Shakya and Q&A.

“Both a gorgeously intimate family drama and an idiosyncratic artistic statement flecked with humour and sorrow, but alive always to the co-existence of the banal with the spiritual.”

Variety

In Tibetan director Pema Tseden’s (OLD DOG, THARLO, JINPA) multi award- winning BALLOON a family struggles against the conflicting dictates of nature, spirituality, politics, and free will.

This is a film still from BALLOON d. Pema Tseden, 2021, presented by Tibetan Film Festival London in honour of Pema Tseden at Genesis Cinema (19 JUN 2023).

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