Story perspectives
Tibetan Short Films Illuminate Exile and Identity Struggles
1/13/2026
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Story summary
- A quartet of Tibetan short films explores exile and migration, depicting family dramas as Tibetans live outside Tibet, including funerals in Dharamshala.
- The Dalai Lama appears in two films, signaling the fragility of Tibetan identity amid Chinese influence.
- One film follows a Tibetan man in Vietnam, marked by love and sorrow.
- Tibetans return to Dharamshala for funerals in other stories.
- State of Statelessness opens in UK cinemas on January 16.
