Opening Night of the 17th Tibet Film Festival featuring screenings, musical performance, and discussions. Punctuated with a special reception.

A young introverted thief meets an unexpected confidant while spying on, and occasionally stealing from, her Tibetan community in Toronto.

Now in its 17th year, Tibet Film Festival’s short film competition has become a launchpad for Tibetan filmmakers in Tibet and across the diaspora. Every film in the program had a person of Tibetan heritage in a key creative role, as director, writer, producer or cinematographer.

A father’s fading memory and echoes of a free Tibet lie at the heart of this intimate family story. In 1959 the Dalai Lama escaped Chinese occupation to India, followed by thousands of Tibetans.

The first-ever Tibetan-language anthology feature, made by Tibetan filmmakers living in exile in India, America and Vietnam. Its four stories trace what it means to belong to a country you cannot return to.

WORLD PREMIERE. Tibet Film Festival D.C. presents the first public screening anywhere of Tenzin Dazel’s debut feature. Be among the first audience in the world to see it.