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.

It’s the late 1990s in a remote Tibetan forest where poaching is widespread. A ranger is visited by one man after another, all strange...

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?

«Воздушный шарик» рассказывает о влиянии китайской политики контроля рождаемости на тибетское общество. Даргье и Долкар растят трёх сыновей, ведя на пустынной равнине традиционную размеренную жизнь тибетских скотоводов. Но достижения современного мира вторгаются в их жизнь, принося смех и стыд, страх и отчаяние. Семье всё сложнее сохранять баланс между буддийской верой и сегодняшними реалиями. Каждому придётся сделать выбор — может ли медицина прерывать цикл перерождений бессмертной души?

«Воздушный шарик» рассказывает о влиянии китайской политики контроля рождаемости на тибетское общество. Даргье и Долкар растят трёх сыновей, ведя на пустынной равнине традиционную размеренную жизнь тибетских скотоводов. Но достижения современного мира вторгаются в их жизнь, принося смех и стыд, страх и отчаяние. Семье всё сложнее сохранять баланс между буддийской верой и сегодняшними реалиями. Каждому придётся сделать выбор — может ли медицина прерывать цикл перерождений бессмертной души?

На пустынной дороге, расчертившей столь же бескрайние, сколь и бесплодные равнины Тибета, водитель грузовика случайно сбивает овцу, а затем, не менее случайно, встречает молодого человека, который просит его подвезти. По дороге водитель грузовика замечает, что к ноге его нового друга привязан серебряный кинжал ‒ юноша явно хочет убить кого-то, кто некогда был к нему несправедлив. Их недолгое знакомство не только кардинально меняет жизнь водителя, отныне его судьба накрепко сплелась с судьбой загадочного пассажира.

На пустынной дороге, расчертившей столь же бескрайние, сколь и бесплодные равнины Тибета, водитель грузовика случайно сбивает овцу, а затем, не менее случайно, встречает молодого человека, который просит его подвезти. По дороге водитель грузовика замечает, что к ноге его нового друга привязан серебряный кинжал ‒ юноша явно хочет убить кого-то, кто некогда был к нему несправедлив. Их недолгое знакомство не только кардинально меняет жизнь водителя, отныне его судьба накрепко сплелась с судьбой загадочного пассажира.

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.