Pema Tseden
| Pema Tseden | |
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Pema Tseden at the La Rochelle International Film Festival in 2012. | |
| Native name | Template:པད་མ་ཚེ་བརྟན། |
| Born |
December 1969 (age 46–47) Guide County, Qinghai, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater |
Northwest University for Nationalities Beijing Film Academy |
| Occupation | Director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Organization |
China Film Directors' Guild China Film Association Chinese Film Literature Association |
| Notable work |
The Silent Holy Stones Tharlo |
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
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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 Chinese film director and screenwriter of Tibetan ethnicity. 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 | 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》 |
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 |
References
- 1 2 "Pema Tseden: Tibetan Films for Tibetan People". Asia Society. 2010-04-10.
- ↑ "Film Series: Soul-Searching in Tibet". Asia Society and Museum. 2010-04-15.
- ↑ 万玛才旦导演作品《塔洛》获金马奖四项提名. Ifeng (in Chinese). 2015-10-02.
- ↑ Guo Rui and Du Xinmao (2015-11-17). 万玛才旦：我不是塔洛，他太孤独. Ifeng (in Chinese).
- ↑ "Tibetan filmmaker hospitalised after being taken from Chinese airport by police – report". Hong Kong Free Press. 2016-06-29.
- ↑ Tenzin Dickyi (2010-07-28). "The Grasslands - a film by Pema Tsetan". Where Tibetans Write.
- ↑ "FILM DETAILS: OLD DOG". Brooklyn Film Festival.
- ↑ "Tibetan filmmaker wins 'Best Feature' at Brooklyn Film Festival". Catholic Online. 2012-06-13.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pema Tseden. |
- Pema Tseden at the Internet Movie Database
- (French) Thomas Sotinel, Au milieu d'une avalanche de tragédies, deux films illuminent Locarno, Le Monde, 16 août 2009
- (French) Tenzing Sonam, Une tempête tranquille: Pema Tseden et l'émergence du cinéma tibétain, Monde chinois n° 31 (Automne 2012) Tibet : créer pour résister
- The Search