Screening Schedule
Venue: City Cinema Hall, Thimphu.
Admission is free for all events, including the opening and closing ceremonies!
No registration is required,
except for the animation workshop (Saturday, 11 a.m.) and the seminar (Monday, 11 a.m.).
For these two events, the number of places is limited, please register by email: info@beskopbhutan.com.
Friday, May 23
5:30 pm
Opening ceremony (~60 min)
Music show by TheLungten
7:30 pm, Opening Film
Pig at the Crossing by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, fiction, Bhutan, 2024, 122’
Q&A with producer Druksel Dorji and lead actor Kuenzang Norbu
Saturday, May 24
10:00 am
Q&A with the filmmakers after each film,
except for “Chimi’s Story” and “Thomchi Yongba – the Village Cobbler”.
- “Dancing Through Judgement” by Kaushila Pokhrel, 6’
- “Paro FC: a Shared Dream” by Suraj Bhattarai, 31’
- “Milk & Water” by Kinley Tshering Yangden, 6’
- “Chimi’s Story: a Journey of Self-Discovery” by Sangay Zangmo, 5’
- “Soccer Girl” by Tandin Wangmo, 5’
- “Thomchi Yongba – the Village Cobbler” by Pelden Dorji, 6’
- “TRANSparency” by Tenzin Tsheyang, 7’
1:30 pm
Q&A with the filmmakers after each film.
- “The Last Candle” by Sonam Wangchuk, 15’
- “Point of View” by Jamyang Dorji, 7’
- “Strings of Connection” by Tandin Wangmo, 1′ 30”
- “Doen” by Lhawang Lodel, 3’
- “11:59” by Monita Subba, 3’
3:30 pm
Q&A with the filmmakers after each film.
- “The Other Side” by Priya Ghalley, 3‘
- “The Last Note” by Lodray Jamtsho, 5’
- “The Chase” by Kinley Wangchuk, 9’
- “Ashes of I” by Mid-Cloud Studio, 7’
5:30 pm
Q&A with the director Subrna Dash.
- “In Flanders Fields” by Sachin, documentary, India, Belgium 2024, 15’
- “Side A: A Summer Day” by Wan Kin Fai, fiction, Taiwan 2024, 22’
- “Fantasy in a Concrete Jungle” by Mehedi Mostafa, documentary, Bangladesh 2023, 15’
- “Last Days of Summer” by Stenzin Tankong, fiction, France 2023, 15’
- “The Girl Who Lived in the Loo” by Subarna Dash, animation, India 2024, 12’
8:15 pm
State of Statelessness by Tenzin Tsetan Choklay, Ritu Sarin, Tenzin Sonam, Sonam Tsetan, Tsering Tashi Gyalthang, fiction, India, USA, Vietnam, 106’
Q&A with directors Tenzin Tsetan Choklay and Sonam Tseten
Sunday, May 25
11:00 am
Workshop: “Poetry of Animation” with Subarna Dash (~90 min)
2:00 pm
No Bears by Jafar Panahi, fiction, Iran, 2022, 107’
Introduced by Sreemoyee Singh
4:30 pm
And, Towards Happy Alleys by Sreemoyee Singh, documentary, India, 2023, 75’
Q&A with director
7:30 pm
All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia, fiction, India, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, 2024, 118’
Monday, May 26
11:00 am
Seminar: Creating Collective Energies presented by Tenzin Tsetan Choklay and Sonam Tseten (~90 min)
6:30 pm
Award Ceremony & Screening of winning films
Music show by Dechen Uden Lama.