“100 Sunset” follows two young Tibetan women navigating friendship, disappearance, and a quiet economy of survival in Toronto’s Parkdale neighborhood. Shot with non-professional actors and embedded in real community locations, the film offers a rare and intimate portrait of diasporic life.

Kunsel has recently settled in the Tibetan neighborhood of Parkdale, Toronto. An introverted young woman, she spends her days observing the residents of her apartment complex, and occasionally stealing from them when the urge strikes. She becomes intrigued by a new tenant, Passang, and a friendship quickly develops between the two young women. Passang, who is trapped in an unfulfilling marriage to an older man, confides in Kunsel about her plan to escape. As their friendship deepens, Kunsel is drawn into a web of deception that forces her to confront her desires and morals..

“One of the most accomplished Canadian debuts in recent memory.” — Adam Nayman, Toronto Star

Honours: Honourable Mention, Best Canadian Discovery Award, Toronto International Film Festival 2025. Nominated for Best First Feature at the Canadian Screen Awards. Official selection at the Tokyo, Vancouver, São Paulo, Seattle and Sydney film festivals, among many others.

About the filmmaker Kunsang Kyirong is a Tibetan Canadian filmmaker based in Montreal. Her animated short Yarlung (2020) won Best Student Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, and Dhulpa (2022) received an honourable mention at the Festival du nouveau cinéma. Her work has been exhibited at the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art and the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. 100 Sunset, her debut feature, grew out of the years she lived in Parkdale: she cast the film through auditions at a local community centre and spent a year of weekends with her two leads before shooting. Her latest short is Letters from Tibet (2026).