Tibet Film Festival 2009 - Dublin, Ireland
THE FOUNDATION FOR UNIVERSAL RESPONSIBILITY
of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
and
TIBETAN COMMUNITY IN IRELAND
present
TIBET FILM FESTIVAL 2009
15th and 29th August
in support for Dhondup Wangchen
SCHEDULE:
- Saturday, 15th August 2009
2.35 pm - 3.00 pm
LEAVING FEAR BEHIND
director: Dhondup Wangchen | Jigme Gyatso
25 mins|Tibetan|English subtitles
Soon after sending out their tapes on March 10, 2008, Dhondup Wangchen and Golog Jigme were arrested. They remain in detention today. Dhondup Wangchen was last seen in detention in Guangsheng Binguan in Xining (Qinghai). Golog Jigme was last seen in a detention center in the town of Lingxia (Gansu).
3.15 pm - 4.03 pm
UNDERCOVER IN TIBET
Channel 4
48 mins|Tibetan|English subtitles
As Tibetan protesters take to the streets in the biggest and most bloody challenge to Chinese rule in nearly 20 years, Dispatches reports on the hidden reality of life under Chinese occupation.
4.35 pm - 5.00 pm
LEAVING FEAR BEHIND
director: Dhondup Wangchen | Jigme Gyatso
25 mins|Tibetan|English subtitles
Soon after sending out their tapes on March 10, 2008, Dhondup Wangchen and Golog Jigme were arrested. They remain in detention today. Dhondup Wangchen was last seen in detention in Guangsheng Binguan in Xining (Qinghai). Golog Jigme was last seen in a detention center in the town of Lingxia (Gansu).
- Saturday, 29th August 2009
2.35 pm - 4.33 pm
DREAMING OF TIBET
director: Will Parrinello
58 mins|Tibetan|English|English subtitle
A film about the resilience of the human spirit
“A moving documentary.” - OAKLAND TRIBUNE
CINE Golden Eagle
Audience Award, Amnesty International Film Festival
Barcelona International Festival of Human Rights
4.45 pm – 4.37 pm
TIBET’S CRY FOR FREEDOM
director: Lara Damiani
52 mins|Tibetan|English |English subtitles
....a documentary about one nation's peaceful struggle for survival..
Through the eyes of the Dalai Lama and exiled Tibetans in 2007 and 2008, Tibet's Cry for Freedom explores both past and present in Tibet's long suffering non-violent freedom struggle. Discover the truth about Tibet's history and ponder the future of a nation whose time is fast running out.
4.45 pm – 5.10 pm
LEAVING FEAR BEHIND
director: Dhondup Wangchen | Jigme Gyatso
25 mins|Tibetan|English subtitles
Soon after sending out their tapes on March 10, 2008, Dhondup Wangchen and Golog Jigme were arrested. They remain in detention today. Dhondup Wangchen was last seen in detention in Guangsheng Binguan in Xining (Qinghai). Golog Jigme was last seen in a detention center in the town of Lingxia (Gansu).
Venue:
RUA RED, Tallaght
Tel: 0876623410, 0870652655
Email: tibetancommunityinireland@gmail.com; namgyaldam@gmail.com
Website: www.tibetancommunityinireland.com
ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED!
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