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January 2018
Pema Tseden: Celebrating a Tibetan Voice
Pema Tseden was born in 1969 in Amdo, in the Tibetan region of Qinghai Province. He is widely recognized as the leading filmmaker of a newly emerging Tibetan cinema and the first director in China to film his movies entirely in the Tibetan language. Tseden has published more than 50 short stories and novels both in Tibetan and Chinese. His work has won numerous awards including the Drang-char (sbrang-char) Tibetan Literature Prize and has been translated into English, French, and German.…
Find out more »April 2018
On the Haikyo Trail: Screening and Discussion
On the Haikyo Trail: Screening and Discussion Thursday, April 26, 2018 12:00-1:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 Refreshments will be served Join us for a special screening of the documentary "On the Haikyo Trail," presented by NHK World. In Japan, there are many abandoned places. These relics of the recent past are called Haikyos in Japanese. Currently 8 million homes lie empty in the Japanese archipelago due to rural exodus, population aging, transition of lifestyle, and natural disasters. This…
Find out more »October 2018
Screening and Talk with Producer of Indie Documentary “Stammering Ballad”
This is an appeal to anybody who wants to kick back on this coming Monday night and watch Stammering Ballad, an independent documentary about a folk musician from Gansu which just appeared at the LA Film Festival last week. The soundtrack is really amazing - if you have any interest in this genre, I really recommend the film. Zhang Yong, the producer of the film, will join us for the screening, and the expected event time is 2 hours. The trailer for…
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April 2019
They are One Hundred Years Old
For press inquiries, please contact Ariana King at ak4364@columbia.edu
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LEGACIES: Pema Tseden & New Tibetan Cinema
A special event featuring the young Tibetan filmmakers Tenzin Sedon, Jigme Trinley, and Tenzin Dazel, who will be in attendance, presenting their films and participating in discussions after each screening and in a closing roundtable. This weekend program is the finale of a year-long tribute series entitled, "LEGACIES: Pema Tseden & New Tibetan Cinema," co-sponsored by Columbia University’s Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Modern Tibetan Studies Program, and Department of Film and Media Studies. Pema…
Find out more »LEGACIES: Pema Tseden & New Tibetan Cinema
A special event featuring the young Tibetan filmmakers Tenzin Sedon, Jigme Trinley, and Tenzin Dazel, who will be in attendance, presenting their films and participating in discussions after each screening and in a closing roundtable. This weekend program is the finale of a year-long tribute series entitled, "LEGACIES: Pema Tseden & New Tibetan Cinema," co-sponsored by Columbia University’s Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Modern Tibetan Studies Program, and Department of Film and Media Studies. Pema…
Find out more »LEGACIES: Pema Tseden & New Tibetan Cinema
A special event featuring the young Tibetan filmmakers Tenzin Sedon, Jigme Trinley, and Tenzin Dazel, who will be in attendance, presenting their films and participating in discussions after each screening and in a closing roundtable. This weekend program is the finale of a year-long tribute series entitled, "LEGACIES: Pema Tseden & New Tibetan Cinema," co-sponsored by Columbia University’s Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Modern Tibetan Studies Program, and Department of Film and Media…
Find out more »October 2024
CHOSEN Screening/Q&A
In 2020, five Korean Americans of vastly diverse backgrounds with competing political views run for US Congress. David Kim is the only underdog with limited resources vying to be the first gay Korean American representative. Joseph Juhn is a Korean American lawyer-turned-documentary filmmaker. A serendipitous backpacking trip to Cuba in 2015 changed Joseph’s life when he ran into a third generation Korean Cuban by chance, inspiring him to further explore the notion of diasporic identity through storytelling. So came <JERONIMO>,…
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