Tenzin Phuntsog Movies

A Tibetan-American filmmaker explores modes of resistance to Chinese occupation by speaking with activists across generations. A former Tibetan monk...

It showcases a personal message between the artist's mother and her sister. They discuss keeping in touch through pictures, which represents a form...

Single-channel video in which the artist's parents go to sleep on a single mattress on the floor — akin to the one they used when first...

A 2-channel-video on feelings around familial expressions of care, language, identity, and memories of and longing for a lost homeland, which are...

It showcases a joyful moment of a child dancing to a contemporary Tibetan song in a Tibetan home. The boy looks straight at the camera humorously and...

On a Typical day on the sunny grasslands of Tibet, offering a rare glimpse of daily life shared between two family members that have been separated...

Builds a loose narrative around a long distance conversation between a young Tibetan-American man and his Tibetan-born mother. The character wanders...

A fictional short that takes its inspiration from Black Yamari, a thangka in the Rubin Museum’s collection. Recalling her childhood memories, a...

A cinematic landscape film, based on a pilgrimage guide book on the four river sources that originate near Mount Kailash, in Tibet. The film depicts...