Yangzom Brauen and Martin Brauen | Switzerland | 2025 | 84 mins. | German | Asia Premiere | Filmmaker attending
Fri, Oct 31 | 3:15 PM | PICTURETIME 2 (FOOTBALL GROUND)
After nearly 60 years in exile, 100-year-old Tibetan nun Kunsang Wangmo – known as “Mola” (grandmother) – dreams of returning home to die in Tibet. As her family in Switzerland navigates the complex visa process, they document their final days together. When permission is finally granted, Mola returns to Tibet but her journey is far from over. As unexpected events unfold, the question remains: will Mola be allowed to stay in the homeland she never stopped longing for?
Yangzom Brauen and Martin Brauen
Yangzom Brauen is an award-winning film and TV director. Her short film, Born in Battle, won the CICT-UNESCO Award and the UNESCO Gandhi Medal. She has directed over 40 episodes of TV shows like Matlock with Kathy Bates, Death and Other Details (Hulu), and AHS (FX).
Martin Brauen is an anthropologist, curator, and author. He worked as Deputy Director at the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich and was chief curator at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York from 2008 to 2011. Brauen has curated numerous exhibitions and published books.Â
Producer : Katherine LeBlond
Writer : Yangzom Brauen, Martin Brauen
Cinematographer : Martin Brauen, Yangzom Brauen
Editor : James Haygood, Samir Samperisi
Sound : Peter von Siebenthal, Arlind Sermaxhaj, Eliot Martig
Music : Patrick Kirst
Cast : Kunsang Wangmo, Sonam Dolma Brauen, Martin Brauen
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