Tibetan Warrior

Director: Dodo Hunziker
Switzerland | English, Tibetan, German
2015 | 85min | Colour
Subtitles: English
Indian Premiere
Sunday, Nov 8 TIPA, 1:00 PM

For more than 60 years Tibetans have been fighting Chinese oppression. But their non-violent struggle appears to be in vain. Now, as a new form of peaceful protest, Tibetans are setting themselves on fire. Loten Namling – an exiled Tibetan and musician living in Switzerland – is deeply disturbed by such self-destructive action. So he sets off from Europe to India, on a one-man mission to meet top politicians, experts and young radicals. He himself becomes increasingly radical, and is on the verge of violent protest. Finally he ends up at the office of the Dalai Lama in India, to seek the advice from the exiled Tibetan leader.

Dodo Hunziker

Dodo Hunziker (1973) is a Filmmaker and Producer based in Berne, Switzerland and co-owner of the production company DokLab Ltd. After studying graphic design, Dodo started editing video, which lead to the discovery of the passion of documentary making. After some years of learning by doing, Dodo studied film in Prague and is directing and producing films for TV and cinema since 2006.

Credits

Director: Dodo Hunziker
Producer: Urs Schnell
Screenwriter: Dodo Hunziker
Cinematographer: Pierre Reischer
Editor: Dodo Hunziker
Sound: Peter von Siebenthal
Music: Franz Treichler
Production Company: DokLab GmbH
Cast: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Loten Namling, Swiss Economics Minister Johann Schneider Ammann, Franz Treichler

Festival Appearances & Awards

Solothurn Film Festival 2015
Swiss Panorama São Paulo 2015
Patmos Film Festival 2015
Fünf Seen Film Festval 2015
San Francisco Movie Fest 2015