Dreaming Lhasa 2005 Ages 15+

When

7.50 pm, Wed 19 Oct 2022 (90 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A

Accessibility

  • Subtitled
  • Wheelchair Accessible

About

Set among the Tibetan refugee community in India, this well-crafted feature centres on a film crew making a documentary about former political prisoners who have escaped from Tibet. A burgeoning love story between New York Tibetan filmmaker Karma and one of her interviewees the enigmatic ex-monk Dhondup is subtly interwoven with testimony by refugees who have crossed into India. Dreaming Lhasa is the first feature film made in exile in the Tibetan language and captures the lives of passionate young people dancing in bars by night, recording moving testimony by day and making meaning with their refugee existence.

Ages 15+

Production Credits

  • Directors: Tenzing Sonam, Ritu Sarin
  • Script: Tenzing Sonam
  • Editor: Paul Dosaj
  • Cinematographer: Ranjan Palit
  • Cast: Tenzin Chokyi Gyatso, Jampa Kalsang, Tenzin Jigme
  • Print Source/Rights: White Crane Films
  • Screening Format: DCP, 16mm
  • Year: 2005
  • Runtime: 90 minutes
  • Country: Tibet
  • Language: Tibetan
  • Subtitles: English
  • Sound: Dolby Digital
  • Colour: Colour