One of the most exciting and inspiring filmmakers to emerge so far this century, Pema Tseden died last year in mid-career, at 53. Born into a pastoral family in China’s western Qinghai province, director and novelist Pema Tseden revolutionized Tibetan representation in Chinese cinema, creating unprecedented films that combine standardized narrative forms with Tibetan culture and language. Museum of the Moving Image will present a complete film retrospective of the groundbreaking filmmaker from September 9–15.
Programmed by guest curator Shelly Kraicer, the Museum’s retrospective celebrates Pema Tseden’s legacy and features all of his films: The Silent Manistone (2002), The Grassland (2004), The Silent Holy Stones (2005), The Search (2009), Old Dog (2010), The Sacred Arrow (2014), Tharlo (2015), Jinpa (2018), Balloon (2019), and Snow Leopard (2023). Event info
