Tenzin Movie Details:
Country | Canada |
Language | Tibetan, English |
Genre | Drama, Fantasy |
Release date | March 17, 2023 |
Running time | 1hr 14min |
Starring | Tenzin Kelsang Tenzin Choekyi Salden Kunga Yeshi Tenzin Chemi Lhamo |
Directed by | Michael LeBlanc Josh Reichmann |
Written by | Michael LeBlanc Josh Reichmann Tenzin Choekyi Norbu Dhundup Tenzin Kelsang Salden Kunga Chemi Lhamo Yeshi Tenzin |
Produced by | Brian Robertson Julie Baldassi Andrew Nicholas McCann-Smith Laura Perlmutter Nick Sorbara |
Cinematography by | Michael LeBlanc |
Edited by | Michael LeBlanc |
Music by | Colin Stetson |
Production Company | Low End Younger Daughter Films |
Distributor | Game Theory Films |
Tenzin Movie Cast & Characters:
- Tenzin Kelsang as Tenzin
- Tenzin Choekyi as Choekyi
- Salden Kunga as Salden
- Yeshi Tenzin as Yeshi
- Chemi Lhamo as Chemi
- Norbu Dhundup as Ngakpa
- Mr. Tibet Sangyal as Sangyal
- Ivan Mendez Romero as Ivan
- Tsesang Wangmo as Tsesang
Storyline:
In the aftermath of his brother’s death by self-immolation, Tibetan-Canadian immigrant TENZIN is thrust into a magical and spiritual odyssey that tracks fragmented parallel stories of love, revenge, and a journey of the mind through life and loss.
About Tenzin Movie:
Chrisel Galeno-DesuasidoTenzin is a Canadian drama film, directed by Michael LeBlanc and Josh Reichmann. 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.
The film had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Canadian Film Festival, where Kelsang won the award for Best Breakthrough Performance.
Mara Zigler received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Costume Design at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.
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.
The film premiered in 2021 at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Canadian Film Festival, where Kelsang won the award for Best Breakthrough Performance. Tenzin was released in Canadian theatres on March 17, 2023.