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The Silent Holy Stones

  • Dir: Pema Tseden

  • 2005, Tibetan/Putonghua, 98mins, DCP

  • Cast: Luosang Danpei, Quesai, Quhuancang Buddha

A landmark in Tibetan cinema, Pema Tseden’s debut feature offers an intimate insider’s look of everyday life of the Tibetan people, whose traditional spirituality becomes infiltrated by economic-boom materialism. Featuring a cast of non-professional actors, this humanistic drama weaves an allegorical web around a seemingly simple story: a Buddhist novice returns home to celebrate the Tibetan New Year, only to be glued to the Chinese television series Journey to the West. Unwittingly, his passion for the unfinished sacred stone left behind by the last engraver is taken over.

Hong Kong International Film Festival: FIPRESCI Award

Shanghai International Film Festival: Asian New Talent Award for Best Director

18/8 (Fri): Guest filmmakers Jigme Trinley and Dukar Tserang will attend the screening

    Screening:

    In-theatre Screening

    • Full House2023-08-18 (Fri)
      19:45
      18IS01
      Full House2023-08-24 (Thu)
      19:45
      24IS01
      Buy Ticket2023-08-26 (Sat)
      21:30
      26IS04

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    • Financially Supported by

    The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project through the Film Development Fund.
    The funding support bears no relationship whatsoever to the content of, or views expressed in this project.

    The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project through the Film Development Fund.
    The funding support bears no relationship whatsoever to the content of, or views expressed in this project.