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In the Tibetan Plateau, four friends roughhouse with a neighbour’s donkey, leading to a nasty scratch on one of their faces. They resolve to punish the beast.
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Gurgon Gyal, Kundrup Dorjee, Norbu Wangyal, Takbum Gyal
China
2023
In Tibetan with English subtitles
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Tsemdo Thar
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Tsering Yangjyab
Tsering Yangjyab
Tsering Yangjyab was born in 1991 in a remote mountain village on the Tibetan Plateau. He graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 2012. In 2021, he won the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 11th Beijing International Film Festival for his cinematography of The Lost (2021). The Boys and the Donkey (2024) is his debut short film.
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