23rd New York Asian Film Festival

July 12-28, 2024

Photo: © Tsering Yangjyab

International Premiere

The Boys and the Donkey

少年与驴

Executive produced by late Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden, this hilarious coming-of-age tale continues the legacy of Tibetan New Wave cinema with a novel new take on the classic fiction, Journey to the West. After little “Sanzang” accidentally falls off his “White Dragon Horse,” a series of ridiculously amusing events ensue.

Director: Tsering Yangjyab
Cast: Gurgon Gyal, Kundrup Dorjee, Norbu Wangyal, Takbum Gyal
Languages: Tibetan with English subtitles
2023; 20 min.

SCHEDULE:

Friday July 12, 2:15pm
Film at Lincoln Center

These seven superlative short films from emerging and established Asian and Asian diasporic filmmakers explore and reconfigure the relationship between humankind and animals.