Toronto Tibet Film Festival

The Films

Friday, April 9, 2010
6:00 pm - Leaving Fear Behind
Directors: Dhondup Wangchen & Jigme Golog • 25 min, 2008 (G)
Opening Night - (FREE public screening)
Guest speaker: Jamyang Norbu (Tibetan political activist and writer)
7:30 pm - A Song for Tibet
Director: Anne Henderson • 57 min, 1991 (G) • English
• Hawaii International Film Festival - People’s Choice Award, 1991
Guest speaker: Dicki Chhoyang
9:30 pm - Unmistaken Child
Director: Nati Baratz • 102 min, 2008 (G)
• River Run film Festival - Best Documentary
• Independent Film Festival of Boston - Special Jury Prize
Saturday, April 10, 2010
4:30 pm - Women of Tibet -A Quiet Revolution
Director: Rosemary Rawcliffe • 60 min, 2008 (G) • English
• 2009 EMMY® Winner, 2008 Silver & Bronze TELLY award
7:00 pm - Fire Under the Snow
Director: Makoto Sasa • 75 min, 2008 (PG) • Tibetan (w/ English subtitles)
9:00 pm - The Sun Behind the Clouds
Directors: Ritu Sarin & Tenzing Sonam • 79 min, 2009 (PG)
Closing Night - Community screening
• Palm Springs International Film Festival - Best of the Fest
• Mumbai International Film Festival - Silver Conch
• Human Rights Watch Film Festival - Closing Night
• One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
Special guest speakers: Jamyang Norbu and Director Tenzing Sonam.
This year the Toronto Tibet Film Festival is dedicated to the courageous Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen.
Find out more about Dhondup Wangchen’s plight.