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Balloon; Movie Screening | Modern Tibetan Studies Columbia University

  • Lenfest Center for the Arts 615 West 129th Street New York, NY, 10027 United States (map)

This multiple award-winning feature film by Pema Tseden is a drama set on the Tibetan grasslands that explores the clash of modern and traditional values, religious beliefs, and state-imposed family planning laws, as a nomad family faces an unexpected pregnancy. Balloon received nominations at the Venice, Toronto, and Busan International Film Festivals, and was awarded Best Screenplay at the 5th Chicago International Film Festival, Grand Prize winner at the 20th Tokyo Filmex, and Best Film at the 2nd Hainan Island International Film Festival. 

Contact Information

Lauran Hartley

mtspdirector@columbia.edu

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