
Snow Leopard
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
8pm
Tickets:
Full €7
Concession €5
Linenhall Film Club Season Ticket available - €35
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On the Tibetan plateau, a snow leopard has broken into a pen overnight and killed nine rams belonging to herder Jinpa. An enraged Jinpa has trapped the creature and wants to destroy it, despite it being a protected species, But local police, along with Jinpa’s father and younger brother (a monk who loves photography), want to free the leopard…
Snow Leopard is the final film of Tibetan-born director Pema Tseden who died unexpectedly in May 2023. Widely recognised as a pioneer of the Tibetan New Wave, Tseden’s films revolve around the clash between traditional values and modern developments in a contemporary Tibet. Snow Leopard also explores these themes through a visually stunning, magically spiritual and ultimately final piece of work.
China | 2023
109 minutes
Cert: CLUB
Director: Pema Tseden
Cast: Jinpa, Tseten Tashi, Xiong Ziqi
In Tibetan, Mandarin with English subtitles
Festivals:
Venice Film Festival 2023
Toronto International Film Festival 2023
Tokyo International Film Festival 2023
Tallin Black Nights Film Festival 2023
Awards:
Winner - Best Film, Tokyo International Film Festival 2023
★ ★ ★ ★ Pema Tseden’s swan song about the fate of a snow leopard imprisoned by a vengeful farmer gains new layers of political meaning following the director’s death
★ ★ ★ ★ There is more than what meets the eye in this philosophical as well as sociological tale … Snow Leopard is fundamentally about seeing and being seen
