Programme 2011
The 5th festival of Tibetan films and films about Tibet FLIM 2011, organised by Potala NGO, brings to you:
- retrospective of filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam (Vaclav Havel Price and Rudolf Vrba Price at the One World Film Festival 2010);
- Czech premiere of Meltdown in Tibet, talking openly about environment protection on the Tibetan Plateau;
- legendary Adrian Cowell’s Raid into Tibet, documenting Khampa warriors’ attack on Chinese military convoy in 1964;
- epic documentary about Tibetan struggle for freedom When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun, starring music by Philip Glass;
- moving and highly controversial Canadian picture What Remains of Us, looking at the Chinese occupation of Tibet through the eyes of Tibetans themselves;
- and many more of Tibetan films and films about Tibet...
The festival programme will be accompanied by a presentation of Czech edition of Mikel Dunham’s book Buddha’s Warriors, published by Paseka publishing house, and photo exhibition Karel Beba: Tibet „mysterious“ ... and dying.
We cordially invite to the discussions with special quests after evening screenings.
More information on www.potala.cz.
7.3. 20:30 A Shawl to die for /21/
Meltdown in Tibet /40/
Kino Aero:
13.4. 18.00 Daughters of Wisdom /68/ Rezervace
What Remains of Us /77/
20:30 When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun /114/ Rezervace
14.4. 18.00 The Reincarnation of Khensur Rinpoche /50/ Rezervace
The Thread of Karma /50/
Some Questions as to the Nature of Your Existence /26/
20:30 Tibetan film archive evening Rezervace
Investiture of His Holiness the Dalai Lama /20/
Raid into Tibet /30/
Tashi Writes a Letter /15/
Home Away from Home /16/
Early German Travel Logues (1920's) Three Silent Films /25/
The Sun Behind the Clouds /79/
21:00 Dreaming Lhasa /90/ Rezervace
22:30 The Trials of Telo Rinpoche /50/ Rezervace
A Stranger in my Native Land /32/
