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Tenzin (film)

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Tenzin
Directed byMichael LeBlanc
Josh Reichmann
Written byMichael LeBlanc
Josh Reichmann
Tenzin Choekyi
Norbu Dhundup
Tenzin Kelsang
Salden Kunga
Chemi Lhamo
Yeshi Tenzin
Produced byBrian Robertson
Julie Baldassi
Andrew Nicholas McCann-Smith
Laura Perlmutter
Nick Sorbara
StarringTenzin Kelsang
Tenzin Choekyi
Salden Kunga
Yeshi Tenzin
Chemi Lhamo
CinematographyMichael LeBlanc
Edited byMichael LeBlanc
Music byColin Stetson
Production
companies
Low End
Younger Daughter Films
Distributed byGame Theory Films
Release date
  • March 17, 2023 (2023-03-17)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesTibetan
English

Tenzin is a 2021 Canadian drama film, directed by Michael LeBlanc and Josh Reichmann and released theatrically in Canada in 2023.[1] The film stars Tenzin Kelsang as Tenzin, a young Tibetan Canadian man who is struggling to come to terms with the death of his older brother by self-immolation at a Tibetan independence movement demonstration.[1]

The film's cast also includes Tenzin Choekyi, Salden Kunga, Yeshi Tenzin, Chemi Lhamo, Norbu Dhundup, Mr. Tibet Sangyal, Ivan Mendez Romero and Tsesang Wangmo. The screenplay was written collaboratively by the directors and the main cast members.[2]

The film premiered in 2021 at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.[3] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Canadian Film Festival,[4] where Kelsang won the award for Best Breakthrough Performance.[5]

Mara Zigler received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Costume Design at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.

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