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Tibet Film Festival London Short Film Competition and UK Premiere of My Sweet Pala
Tibet Film Festival London Short Film Competition and UK Premiere of My Sweet Pala

Tibet Film Festival London Short Film Competition and UK Premiere of My Sweet Pala

Running time: 92 mins

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Release Date: 28/10/2025

TFF Short Film Competition:

A Phone Call by Kunchok Rabten (India), 14:14
A Night Garden by Tenzin Gyaphel (Belgium), 4:55
Butter Tea by Tenzin Wangchuk Tasur (USA), 10:42
Lobsang on Camera by Migmar Jannot (France), 14:40
My Sister by Phakpa Kyap (Tibet), 3:24
The Curse by Tenzin Gurmey (Belgium), 7:32
Shabnam by Tenzin Kuntse Gyephel (USA), 9:10
We Run For Tibet by Dominik Kelsang Erne (Switzerland), 6”

My Sweet Pala
Directed by Tao Okamoto (USA), 22”

The Tibet Film Festival returns to the Genesis Cinema! Following successful screenings in Zurich and Dharamsala, we're bringing you an unmissable program of eight preselected films from our Short Film Competition. The Tibet Film Festival Short Film Competition is a vital, bi-annual event that serves as the premiere platform for emerging Tibetan filmmakers to share their stories with the world. Join us to watch all eight films and cast your vote for the London Audience Award. At this screening we will also announce the 2025 Jury Award winner.

This screening will also host the UK Premiere of Tao Okamoto's compelling short film, My Sweet Pala. Born to Tibetan immigrants in the United States, eleven-year-old Pema grows up in a sheltered, close-knit community, constantly cared for by her overprotective father. But an unexpected event shatters her familiar world and reveals the harsh realities from which her father has protected her.

We will also be joined by special guest Wangpo Tethong, co-founder of the Tibet Film Festival in Zurich in 2009.

For more information on the short films please visit: https://www.tibetfilmfestival.org/2025-preselection
Follow Tibet Film Festival on Instagram @tibetfilmfestival

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