Pema Tseden

A folk performer brings his animals to the streets. Two thugs' unreasonable demands make everything more absurd. The film shows a circus in a gradual "mutilation" and portrays a man struggling in his life.

This is a story about how people and animals finally get along. A snow leopard breaks into the sheep pen of a nomad and kills nine rams. Father and son then argue: the son insists on killing the snow leopard, but the father insists on releasing it.

This is a story about how people and animals finally get along. A snow leopard breaks into the sheep pen of a nomad and kills nine rams. Father and son then argue: the son insists on killing the snow leopard, but the father insists on releasing it.

1990년대 후반의 어느 날, 티베트 고원의 숲에 눈보라가 몰아치기 일보 직전이다. 산지기의 나무 집에 초대받지 않은 세 사람의 손님이 들이닥치고, 곧 산지기는 밀렵꾼들을 쫓는 경찰관의 사건에 휘말린다. 그는 도무지 진실을 판단할 수 없는 상황에 처하고 사건은 점점 미궁에 빠진다.

The film was inspired by one of the most important documentaries shot by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Talking Heads (1980). The director asked his interlocutors seemingly simple questions, such as “Who are you?” and “What do you want?”.

Zhusheng's father suddenly died under the watchful eyes of the old dog. The dog witnessed the whole process of Luo's arrangement of his father's funeral. When Luo is embalming his father's body, outside in the forest comes a gunshot. As the forest ranger, Luo has to put down his father's body and patrol the forest. During the night, Luo sits alone on top of the hill, and he can't help crying bitterly. On their way home, Luo and the old dog rescue a lamb that has almost been eaten by a wolf. Luo takes the injured lamb home, give it herbal medicine, and the lamb gradually recovers. Luo continues to handle his father's funeral affairs in an orderly way. He digs the grave, prepares a hearth, makes dough figures, and the coffin. He follows the ancient rituals handed down from generation to generation in every process. At this moment, the dog, his companion, smells danger outside the door. The wolf is approaching…

In A Song for You – a road movie and a music industry insider comedy, with lots of songs – young Ngawang leaves behind a nomadic existence on the Tibetan plateau for big city Lhasa nightclubs. His dream is to record an album and be heard around the country. Cutting an album costs money, which he doesn’t have. One day he meets a woman who looks just like his Loyiter, a talisman of the goddess of art and music. Impossible, says his father, as only the pure of heart meet her, only in their dreams. But, Ngawang perseveres. She takes him on a journey of discovery through life and love.

Xiao Henan, who first entered the society, wanted to have a love but was injured by work. The webmaster monkey is a recidivist who is very uncomfortable with the work and loses his job because of the contradiction with the boss. The printing house owner was threatened by the lover, and was asked by Xiaohe several times for compensation, and the factory was facing bankruptcy. Four characters, the same way, who will God bless?

다르지와 드롤카 부부는 연로한 아버지와 세 아들과 함께 티베트 초원에서 평온하고 평범한 일상을 보낸다. 어느 날 아버지의 갑작스러운 죽음으로 가족들이 슬픔에 빠진 상황에서, 다르지와 드롤카 부부에게 뜻하지 않은 임신 소식이 전해진다. 중국의 산아제한 정책으로 또 아이를 낳는 것을 염려하는 드롤카와 임신한 아이가 분명 돌아가신 아버지의 환생이라 믿는 다르지는 대립하게 된다.

다르지와 드롤카 부부는 연로한 아버지와 세 아들과 함께 티베트 초원에서 평온하고 평범한 일상을 보낸다. 어느 날 아버지의 갑작스러운 죽음으로 가족들이 슬픔에 빠진 상황에서, 다르지와 드롤카 부부에게 뜻하지 않은 임신 소식이 전해진다. 중국의 산아제한 정책으로 또 아이를 낳는 것을 염려하는 드롤카와 임신한 아이가 분명 돌아가신 아버지의 환생이라 믿는 다르지는 대립하게 된다.

광활한 고원지대에서 초라한 행색의 남자를 태우게 된 트럭 운전사 ‘진파’. 남자는 ‘진파’에게 20년 전, 자신의 아버지를 죽인 사람에게 복수하러 간다는 사연을 털어놓는다. ‘진파’는 그를 목적지에 내려주고 그를 계속 떠올리다, 자신과 같은 이름을 가진 그에게 이끌리듯 뒤를 쫓는다. 타인에 대한 집착과 열망의 끝은 어디일까?

광활한 고원지대에서 초라한 행색의 남자를 태우게 된 트럭 운전사 ‘진파’. 남자는 ‘진파’에게 20년 전, 자신의 아버지를 죽인 사람에게 복수하러 간다는 사연을 털어놓는다. ‘진파’는 그를 목적지에 내려주고 그를 계속 떠올리다, 자신과 같은 이름을 가진 그에게 이끌리듯 뒤를 쫓는다. 타인에 대한 집착과 열망의 끝은 어디일까?

Tharlo is an orphan. Now grown up, he makes a living as a sheep herder in the village. He has grown a ponytail, so people simply call him “Ponytail”, since nobody remembers his real name anyway. Tharlo has a remarkable memory. He remembers so many things, except his own name. He is now in his forties, and he has yet to have his first woman. Now Tharlo goes to town to take a photo for his identity card. He meets a girl in the barber’s shop who changes the course of his life. He embarks on the journey to find his true self. He sells all his sheep and those entrusted by other villagers to him for care, and decides to use the money to go out into the world with the girl, only to find himself being deceived and cheated by her. Ironically, in his journey of self-discovery, Tharlo has lost his sense of self. As he witnesses in the mirror his ponytail being cut off and leaving him bald, he can no longer see himself as a man with a history that he recognizes.

Tharlo is an orphan. Now grown up, he makes a living as a sheep herder in the village. He has grown a ponytail, so people simply call him “Ponytail”, since nobody remembers his real name anyway. Tharlo has a remarkable memory. He remembers so many things, except his own name. He is now in his forties, and he has yet to have his first woman. Now Tharlo goes to town to take a photo for his identity card. He meets a girl in the barber’s shop who changes the course of his life. He embarks on the journey to find his true self. He sells all his sheep and those entrusted by other villagers to him for care, and decides to use the money to go out into the world with the girl, only to find himself being deceived and cheated by her. Ironically, in his journey of self-discovery, Tharlo has lost his sense of self. As he witnesses in the mirror his ponytail being cut off and leaving him bald, he can no longer see himself as a man with a history that he recognizes.

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, Nyima has won the annual competition and is in love with Dradong's younger sister which angers Dradong. This film depicts Tibetan tradition and encroachment of modern technology.

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, Nyima has won the annual competition and is in love with Dradong's younger sister which angers Dradong. This film depicts Tibetan tradition and encroachment of modern technology.

A story of an aged sheepherder, his gruff grown son (who’s having trouble conceiving a child with his wife) and the old man’s Tibetan mastiff hound – a highly prized breed, much sought after by urban Chinese – whose existence is imperiled from all sides.

A story of an aged sheepherder, his gruff grown son (who’s having trouble conceiving a child with his wife) and the old man’s Tibetan mastiff hound – a highly prized breed, much sought after by urban Chinese – whose existence is imperiled from all sides.

A filmmaker searches the Himalayas for an actor and actress to play the lead roles in his Tibetan opera.

A filmmaker searches the Himalayas for an actor and actress to play the lead roles in his Tibetan opera.

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.

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.