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SNOW LEOPARD

A FILM BY PEMA TSEDEN

Drama | 2023 | 110 mins

Country: China

Cast: Jinpa, Ziqi Xiong, Tseten Tashi

Language(s): Tibetan, Mandarin

English Subtitles | AD | SDH​

Theatrical release: 22 November 2024

Shot in the stunning high altitudes of the Tibetan Plateau, Snow Leopard is the story of a majestic yet deadly snow leopard and its complicated coexistence with the communities in this remote part of Tibet. When a local snow leopard claims the lives of nine rams belonging to a herder, tensions escalate as the herder seeks retribution, while his father, monk brother and law enforcement advocate to save the leopard at all costs.

 

Widely considered the ‘father’ of Tibetan cinema, director Pema Tseden tragically passed away as the film neared completion last year and is missed by cinephiles, filmmakers and the film world who continue to feel the loss of this outstanding auteur, but whose memory lives on through his outstanding body of work.

“Pema Tseden’s swan song about the fate of a snow leopard imprisoned by a vengeful farmer gains new layers of political meaning following the director’s death"

★ ★ ★ ★

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

"Pitched somewhere between beauty and brutality, Snow Leopard is quintessential Pema Tseden:

vivid, visceral, and illuminating."

Jordan Crunk, Sight & Sound

"The film encompasses everything from the magical to the mysterious, the political to the divine"

Calan Pancho, Film Threat

"An excellent movie and a rather fitting goodbye for a filmmaker who left the world at the top of his game."

Panos Kotzathanasis, Asian Movie Pulse

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