6th(2021)
Opening Film (1) | Closing Film (1) |
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION / NETPAC (40) | PANORAMA (34) |
FOCUS (46) | TOGETHER (29) |
UMFF PROJECT (4) |
Khashem Gyal
Although 13-year-old Metok Karpo lives in a Tibetan boarding school for orphans, her divorced parents are alive and well, leaving her to be raised by her maternal grandparents, who make her school-holidays hell by continually denouncing her father. While her mother unsuccessfully remarries, Metok embarks on a journey to find her father.
Khashem GyalKhashem Gyal
Gyal is a filmmaker from Amdo region of Tibet and who tells the stories of individual struggles in the midst of social change in Tibet. His first short documentary, Valley of the Heroes, depicts the complex linguistic and cultural transition in Tibet.