
Gurgon Gyal, Kundrup Dorjee, Norbu Wangyal, Takbum Gyal
China
2023
In Tibetan with English subtitles
Animal cruelty
Indigenous & Community Access
Credits & Director
Producer
Tsemdo Thar
Screenwriter
Tsering Yangjyab

Tsering Yangjyab
Tsering Yangjyab was born in 1991 in a remote mountain village on the Tibetan Plateau. He graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 2012. In 2021, he won the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 11th Beijing International Film Festival for his cinematography of The Lost (2021). The Boys and the Donkey (2024) is his debut short film.
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