Pema Tseden
International Jury's President 2020
Filmography:
2005: The Silent Holy Stones
2009: The Search
2010: Old Dog
2014: The Sacred Arrow
2015: Tharlo
2018: Jinpa
2019: Balloon
2022: The Snow Leopard
Selection: 2024, 2020, 2019, 2016
Pema Tseden was born in 1969. He first made short films. In 2005, he shot his first feature film, The Silent Holy Stones, the first film shot in Tibet with a Tibetan crew and actors. His next three films were selected and awarded at international festivals. As an author, he writes in both Chinese and Tibetan. His books have been translated into several languages. Tharlo, the Tibetan shepherd won the Cyclo d'Or and the Inalco Prize during the 22nd edition of FICA Vesoul in 2016, Jinpa the Critics' Prize and the Cyclo d'Or in 2019. He died prematurely in May 2023.
