Film Screening: The Cup (Phörpa) + Live Music
The Cup will be preceded by an introduction from guest curator Anupma Shanker and a live Dranyen Lute performance by Tibetan mountain and folk singer, Ngawang Lodup.
The critically-acclaimed directorial debut of Bhutanese-born filmmaker and Buddhist Lama Khyentse Norbu, The Cup involves two young football-crazed Tibetan refugee monks Palden and Nylma, who desperately try to obtain a television for their remote Himalayan monastery in India to watch the 1998 FIFA World Cup final. Shot on location in Himachal Pradesh in a semi-documentary style, The Cup’s convivial narrative demystifies its Buddhist protagonists by highlighting their sense of humour and amiable mischievousness while its entirely non-professional cast deliver some commendable performances. A charming comedy with serious political undertones, The Cup is the first ever full-length feature to be made in the Tibetan language.
Screening as part of the South Asian Heritage Month Season at The Garden Cinema
