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Pema Tseden
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Pema Tseden at the La Rochelle International Film Festival [fr] in 2012.
BornDecember 1969 (age 54)
Guide County, Qinghai, China
NationalityChinese
Alma materNorthwest University for Nationalities
Beijing Film Academy
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter
Years active1991–present
Organization(s)China Film Directors' Guild
China Film Association
Chinese Film Literature Association
Notable workThe Silent Holy Stones
Tharlo

Pema Tseden (Tibetan: པད་མ་ཚེ་བརྟན།, Wylie: pad ma tshe brtan), also called Wanma Tsaidan (simplified Chinese: 万玛才旦; traditional Chinese: 萬瑪才旦; pinyin: Wàn mǎ cái dàn; born December 1969), is a Tibetan film director and screenwriter of Chinese citizenship. He is a member of the China Film Directors' Guild, China Film Association and Chinese Film Literature Association.

Biography

Early life and education

Pema Tseden was born into a pastoral family, in Guide County, Qinghai, in December 1969, during the Cultural Revolution. He is the only one of three siblings to have finished school.[1] He graduated from Northwest University for Nationalities, where he majored in Tibetan Language and Literature. After graduation, he worked as a primary school teacher and a civil servant. Then he pursued advanced studies at China's most prestigious film school, Beijing Film Academy, where he became the Academy's first-ever Tibetan student.[1][2]

Career

Pema Tseden's debut work, The Silent Holy Stones, won the Best Directorial Debut at the 25th Golden Rooster Awards, Asian New Talent Award for Best Director at the 9th Shanghai International Film Festival, Special Jury Award at the 8th Changchun Film Festival, and Best First Feature at the 13th Beijing College Student Film Festival.

In 2009, Soul Searching won the Special Jury Award at the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival and was nominated for Golden Goblet Award.

Tharlo, a film adaptation based on the novel of the same name by himself, won the Best Adapted Screenplay at the 52nd Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, it also prizes in the 23rd Beijing College Student Film Festival, and the film was nominated for Golden Lion at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.[3][4]

Two colleagues reported that Pema Tseden had been detained at Qinghai airport by police in late June 2016 and was hospitalised after having been subjected to all-night interrogation.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year English title Chinese title Notes
2002 The Silent Holy Stones 《静静的嘛呢石》
2004 The Grassland 《草原》 [6]
The Weatherman's Legacy 《最后的防雹师》
2007 Soul Searching (or The Search) 《寻找智美更登》
《嘎陀大法会》
《桑耶寺》
2011 Old Dog 《老狗》 [7]
2009 Flares Wafting in 1983 《喇叭裤飘荡在1983》
2014 The Sacred Arrow 《五彩神箭》
2015 Tharlo 《塔洛》
2018 Jinpa 《撞死了一只羊》

Awards

Year Award Category Work Result Notes
2005 25th Golden Rooster Awards Best Directorial Debut The Silent Holy Stones Won
10th Busan International Film Festival New Currents Award Nominated
2006 9th Shanghai International Film Festival Asian New Talent Award for Best Director Won
8th Changchun Film Festival Best Director Nominated
Special Jury Award Won
13th Beijing College Student Film Festival Best First Feature Won
2007 7th Chinese Film Media Award Best New Director Nominated
2009 12th Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Goblet Soul Searching Nominated
Special Jury Award Won
2011 12th Tokyo Future International Film Festival Best Picture Old Dog Won
2012 Brooklyn Film Festival Best Native Feature Won [8]
2014 17th Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Goblet The Sacred Arrow Nominated
2015 72nd Venice International Film Festival Golden Lion Tharlo Nominated
Chinese Film Directors Association Screenwriter of the Year All Colors God Arrow Nominated
52nd Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards Best Director Tharlo Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Won
Best Feature Film Nominated
2016 23rd Beijing College Student Film Festival Artistic Exploration Award Won
Best Picture Nominated
Best Director Nominated
2018 75th Venice International Film Festival Best Screenplay Jinpa Won [9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pema Tseden: Tibetan Films for Tibetan People". Asia Society. 2010-04-10.
  2. ^ "Film Series: Soul-Searching in Tibet". Asia Society and Museum. 2010-04-15.
  3. ^ 万玛才旦导演作品《塔洛》获金马奖四项提名. Ifeng (in Chinese). 2015-10-02.
  4. ^ Guo Rui and Du Xinmao (2015-11-17). 万玛才旦：我不是塔洛，他太孤独. Ifeng (in Chinese).
  5. ^ "Tibetan filmmaker hospitalised after being taken from Chinese airport by police – report". Hong Kong Free Press. 2016-06-29.
  6. ^ Tenzin Dickyi (2010-07-28). "The Grasslands - a film by Pema Tsetan". Where Tibetans Write.
  7. ^ "FILM DETAILS: OLD DOG". Brooklyn Film Festival.
  8. ^ "Tibetan filmmaker wins 'Best Feature' at Brooklyn Film Festival". Catholic Online. 2012-06-13.
  9. ^ "Chinese film Jinpa wins Orizzonti prize at Venice". China Daily. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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