Speaker: Tenzin Dazel, a Tibetan woman filmmaker based in Switzerland
Post-screening discussant: Debashree Mukherjee, Assistant Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies, and the Center for Comparative Media, Columbia University
Royal Cafe. Tenzin Dazel. 2016. 40 mins. Click HERE to reserve tickets.
Written and directed by Tenzin Dazel, one of the few Tibetan women filmmakers working today, this film explores the lives of Tibetan exiles in Paris, dreaming, planning, reflecting alone and with each other at a coffee house called Royal Cafe. One of the few Tibetan women filmmakers, Tenzin Dazel’s characters are “far from the usual Tibetan stereotypes and reveals them as simply men and women all married by their own desires, disappointments, and loneliness.”
Speaker's Bio: Tenzin Dazel was born in India & schooled in TCV, Upper Dharamsala. She obtained her Masters in Fashion in Paris - Institute Français de la Mode & worked as a designer for a few major brands. She made her first short film Seeds in 2009, followed by her longer short film Royal Cafe in 2016. She is right now working on her first feature film, Dharamsala.
Feature Film Preview: Dharamsala and Filmmaking in the Diaspora. 20 min.
Tenzin Dazel will offer a "sneak peek" of her forthcoming feature film, Dharamsala, and discuss the special challenges and opportunities of filmmaking in Tibetan diaspora communities and locations.
Sunday, September 22, 4-6pm - Roundtable Discussion Click HERE to reserve tickets.
Moderator: Lauran Hartley, Director, Modern Tibetan Studies Program
Discussants:
Jigme Trinley, Director, One and Four
Tenzin Sedon, Director, A Road of Prayer
Tenzin Dazel, Director, Royal Cafe
Riga Shakya, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Heyman Center for the Humanities; Lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Ron Gregg, Senior Lecturer, Film and Media Studies, School of the Arts
Ying Qian, Associate Professor in Chinese Film and Media, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
This event is part of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute's 75th Anniversary Film Series. Learn more about WEAI's 75th anniversary. The event is co-sponsored by Columbia University School of the Arts, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, and the Modern Tibetan Studies Program.
