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16 May 2009, Saturday
5.30 pm - THE LOST WORLD OF TIBET, Emma Hindley, 90 mins|English|Tibetan|English subtitle
An exclusive interview with the Dalai Lama, focusing on his early life and childhood is intercut with colour archive film from the 1930s, '40s and '50s as well as revealing interviews with ordinary Tibetan people who remember life before China sent in troops.
* a BBC production presented by Dan Cruickshank.
“a rare treasure trove that reveals the story of the Dalai Lama & the secrets of ancient Tibet."
7.10 pm - DREAMING LHASA, Ritu Sarin | Tenzing Sonam, 90 mins|English|Tibetan|English subtitles
1st Asian Festival of 1st Films, Singapore, Nominated Best Picture Best Screenplay, 2005
“This quiet little film is well propelled by the powers of gentle persuasion and emotional subtlety.” - THE HINDUSTAN TIMES
“A film of both personal honesty and social insight...a keenly felt and well-told story of nations and the individual people who form them.” - NEW YORK SUN
8.50 pm - LEAVING FEAR BEHIND, Dhondup Wangchen | Jigme Gyatso, 25 mins|Tibetan|English subtitles
What do Tibetans in Tibet think about the Beijing Olympic Games? The documentary--Leaving Fear Behind--examines this question and a lot more besides. For five months, from October 2007 to March 2008, amateur filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen and his monk camerman, Golok Jigme, secretly filmed in Tibet. They were both arrested at the end of March after the protests erupted, but not before they had managed to smuggle their tapes safely to Switzerland
17 May 2009, Sunday
5.30 pm - UNWINKING GAZE, Joshua Dugdale, 74 mins|English|Tibetan|English subtitles
The inside story of The Dalai Lama's struggle for Tibet
The rising superpower of China, home to a quarter of the human race, views the Dalai Lama with extreme suspicion, but how right are they to see the Tibetan spiritual leader as 'a wolf in monk's clothing'? And what is the Dalai Lama actually saying behind closed doors? Does he really want to split Tibet away from China?
6.50 pm - THE CUP: AN INSPIRING TRUE STORY, Khyentse Norbu, 90 mins|Tibetan|English subtitles
"Rich in detail, yet often irreverent in tone, The Cup takes moviegoers on an eye-opening journey." - Robert W. Welkos, LOS ANGELES TIMES
Special Jury Award: Amiens International Film Festival
Screen International Award: European Film Awards
One Future Prize : Munich Film Festival
18 May 2009, Monday
5.30 pm - MYSTIC TIBET: AN OUTER, INNER AND SECRET PILGRIMAGE, Christina Lundberg, 90 mins|English|Tibetan|English subtitle
Follow fifty pilgrims as they travel to the roof of the world for the spiritual adventure of a life time, guided by the Tibetan master Lama Zopa Rinpoche
"A pilgrimage with Rinpoche is not sightseeing. It's like heart-seeing."-- a pilgrim on the tour
“A stunning new documentary... A spiritual treat for the eye, mind and heart.” - MANDALA MAGAZINE
7.10 pm - HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA IN CONVERSATION WITH RAJIV MEHROTRA, Doordarshan National, March 30th 2009, 48 mins|English
8.10 pm - TIBET’S CRY FOR FREEDOM, Lara Damiani, 52 mins|Tibetan|English |English subtitles
Through the eyes of the Dalai Lama and exiled Tibetans in 2007 and 2008, Tibet's Cry for Freedom explores both past and present in Tibet's long suffering non-violent freedom struggle. Discover
thre truth about Tibet's history and ponder the future of a nation whose time is fast running out.
19 May 2009, Tuesday
5.30 pm - ART IN EXILE. Nidhi Tuli | Ashraf Abbas, 30 mins|Tibetan|English |English subtitles
“Tuli and Abbas explore the efforts of the Tibetan community in India to keep their culture identity alive. The film focuses on Dharamsala’s Norbulingka Art Institute, which teaches pure Tibetan art forms and hopes to achieve the seemingly impossible goal of transporting them back to Tibet one day.” - THE TRIBUNE
6.10 pm - DRAMGYEN: THE LUTE, ashi Eugyalaversion, 13 mins|Tibetan|English subtitles
….......a short film based on a new Tibetan immigrant in USA.
6.30 pm - RICHARD GERE IS MY HERO, ashi Wangchuk | Tsultrim Dorjee, 90 mins|Tibetan|English subtitles
"Film is indeed one of the most powerful tools to highlight issues of any kind. On behalf of the Tibetan Cabinet, let me congratulate the team for making notable films like 'Richard Gere is my hero', Phun Anu Thanu – two exile brothers' and 'Democracy in Exile'." — Professor Samdhong Rinpoche, Tibetan Prime Minister
8.10 pm - UNDERCOVER IN TIBET, Channel 4, 48 mins|Tibetan|English subtitles
As Tibetan protesters take to the streets in the biggest and most bloody challenge to Chinese rule in nearly 20 years, Dispatches reports on the hidden reality of life under Chinese occupation.
The entrance is free and open to everyone.
Venue: Choe Khor Sum Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist Meditation & Study Center
Ashwini, No. 24, 1st floor, 3rd Main St, Domlur Layout, Bangalore - 560071, tel. 080 4148 6497
The Film Festival web-site - www.furhhdl.org/ttib-film-fest09
If you need any further information, feel free to contact me.
Thanks,
Darima
Mob. +91 99869 44153
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14 May 2009, Thursday
5.30 pm - THE TIBETANS: A LIFE IN EXILE, Robb Bradstock, 60 mins|English|Tibetan|English subtitle
This documentary examines the difficulties confronting Tibetans in exile as they struggle to adapt to the increasing intrusion of the modern world.
Featuring the Dalai Lama and several other prominent community figures who speak with passion and conviction about the gravity of the current situation.
6.40 pm - KUNDUN, director: Martin Scorsese, 135 mins|English|Tibetan|English subtitle
The True Story Of A Man Whose Struggle Would Lead A Nation! The classic biography of the young Dalai Lama
“Visually Stunning!.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES
"A Remarkable Achievement!” - USA TODAY
15 May 2009, Friday
5.30 pm - DREAMING OF TIBET, Will Parrinello, 58 mins|Tibetan|English|English subtitle
A film about the resilience of the human spirit
“A moving documentary.” - OAKLAND TRIBUNE
CINE Golden Eagle, Audience Award, Amnesty International Film Festival, Barcelona International Festival of Human Rights
6.40 pm - WINDHORSE, Paul Wagner, 97 mins|English|Tibetan|English subtitles
In Tibet, nothing is more dangerous than the truth.
“****! An amazing movie! A searing political drama that rips the veils off Western idealism about Tibet. A look at Tibet’s spiritual core in the form of a punch in the stomach.” - Peter Stack, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Won Audience Award in Best Feature film Florida Film Festival, 1998, Nominated Grand Jury Award in narrative Florida Film Festival, 1998
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