https://youtu.be/vP-FQZ4si40
Original Name: QiQiu
English Name: Balloon
Year: 2019
Run Time: 102'
Language: Tibetan
Type (Colour/ Black & White): Colour
Country: China
Director: Pema Tseden
Producer: Huang Xufeng , Jacky Pang
Cast: Sonam Wangmo, Jinpa, Yangshik Tso
Screenplay: Pema Tseden
Cinematographer: Lu Songye
Editor: Liao Ching-Sung, Jin Di
Sound Designer: Tu Duu-Chih, Wu Shu-Yao
Music Composer: Peyman Yazdanian
Production Designer: Daktse Dondrup
Production Company:
Tang Dynasty Cultural Communication, Factory Gate Films, Mani Stone Pictures, Beijing China Central Plains Digital Cinema Line, Cultural Investment Holdings, iQIYI Pictures (co-presents )
World Sales: Rediance
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Festivals:
Venice FF 2019
Toronto IFF 2019
Busan IFF 2019
Chicago IFF main competition - Best Screenplay 2019
Goa IFF main competition - Special Jury Award 2019
Selected Filmography:
2018 Jinpa
2015 Tharlo
2010 Old Dog
2009 The Search
Director’s Biography:
Pema Tseden is a Tibetan director, screenwriter and author. Most of Pema Tseden’s films were shot in Tibetan language by Tibetan teams. His films include The Search, Old Dog, Tharlo and, Jinpa. From his realistic, meticulous portrayal of his native land, people have a new understanding of Tibetan culture and its living conditions. His films have been nominated at festivals like Venice, Locarno, Toronto and other film festivals, where they have received multiple accolades. His last feature Jinpa won Best Screenplay Award in the Orizzonti section at the 75th Venice FF.
Synopsis: On the Tibetan grasslands, Dargye and Drolkar live a serene and ordinary life with their three sons and the grandfather. A condom sparks a series of embarrassment and dilemma, breaking the harmony of the family. What matters more in the circle of life and death, soul or reality?