33 minutes with Tibet

Nuo pasaulio stogo

Lithuania

2010

33 Min

Color

Lithuanian, English, Tibetan

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In the summer of 2008, at the same time as the Beijing Olympics, a Lithuanian film crew visited Tibetan refugee camps in Northern India – in Delhi, Dharamsala and Leh. The documentary begins and ends with the wind, blowing from the roof of the world, fluttering colourful flags of belief and saying prayers for Tibet, over and over. The ever-changing images of the film are reminiscent of the turning a Tibetan prayer wheel. They focus our eyes and minds on the tragedy-filled eyes of children, on the whispered prayers of monks and they open our hearts to the simple yet deeply meaningful words of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. —Vilnius International Film Festival

Director

Vytautas V. Landsbergis

Vytautas V. Landsbergis (g. 1962) studied Philology at Vilnius University (1979-1985) and Film Directing in Georgia at the S. Rustaveli State Institute of Dramatic Art, Tbilisi (1988-1991). In 1991 he was an intern in Anthology Film Archives in New York, working with Jonas Mekas. In 1996 he completed a course for young European metteurs en scene in Leeds, UK. He is a member of the Lithuanian Film-makers’ Union and the Lithuanian Writers’ Union. Vytautas is a film director, metteur en scene and a writer of books for children. —15th Vilnius International Film Festival