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New Delhi: The vast desolate landscape of Tibet with its rugged snow-lined peaks, majestic valleys, howling winds, Buddhist monasteries and a colourful indigenous culture woven around the gospel of Siddhartha will reveal itself at a festival of Tibetan movies July 5-9 in the capital's India International Centre (IIC).
The festival of feature and documentary films is being organized by the Foundation for Universal Responsibility for His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.
It will begin with the screening of 'The Lion's Roar', a 50-minute film directed by Mark Elliot on the life of 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, one of the most revered figures in Tibet.
The screening will be followed by award-winning and popular masterpieces like the “Travellers and Magicians”, 'Tintin in Tibet', 'Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment', 'Mystic Tibet: An Outer, Inner and Secret Pilgrimage'and the widely-acclaimed “The Saltmen of Tibet” on the first day.
Day two will feature 'A Song for Tibet'directed by Anne Handerson, a story of the efforts by Tibetans in exile, including the Dalai Lama, to save their homeland and preserve their heritage against odds.
It will be followed by the screenings of 'Windhorse', 'The Sacred Site: A Pilgrimage to Oracle Lake', 'Kundun' by Martin Scorsese, a classic biography of the young Dalai Lama and the 'The Dalai Lama Renaissance'.
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