London's Tibet festival to open with Road to Peace

Date: Friday, 02-July-2010 By Sam Radclyffe
Screen Daily (UK)
June 30, 2010

The third edition of the Tibet Film Festival,based in London, kicks off July 1 with theinternational premiere of Road to Peace,including a Q&A with director Leon Stuparich andthe Dalai Lama?s UK representative, Thubten Samdub.

The festival will take place in London throughoutJuly - the month of the Dalai Lama?s 75thbirthday - before going on tour from August.

The programme also takes in the UK premiere ofDirk Simon?s When the Dragon Swallowed the Sunand a performance by soundtrack contributorDamien Rice. Offshoot events include aperformance by poet John Hegley, a music eventand a photography exhibition looking at theissues of climate change and water on the Tibetan Plateau.

The festival is a non-profit initiative and thisyear supports the Tibet House Trust and reliefefforts towards the recent earthquake in Kyegudo,in the Kham region of eastern Tibet.

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