New streaming platform Beskop has recently launched, offering the first service to focus solely on Bhutanese cinema. The site features such films as Dechen Roder’s “Honeygiver Among the Dogs” and Ugyen Wangdi’s “Price of Letter”, along with a selection of short films. With a growing library of curated films, you can check out the official site for full catalogue and future news/releases.
To celebrate the beginning of the streaming service and our cooperation with Beskop, we offer 10 lucky viewers the opportunity to watch the (already quite affordable) titles with a 50% price off.
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To help you with your selection, here are four...
To celebrate the beginning of the streaming service and our cooperation with Beskop, we offer 10 lucky viewers the opportunity to watch the (already quite affordable) titles with a 50% price off.
Just comment with your name and country on the website or the corresponding articles on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and win 10 codes to watch any of the films with a 50% price off. The first 10 will receive the codes. The codes are just for the “rent” option.
To help you with your selection, here are four...
- 12/13/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
“Honeygiver Among the Dogs” is definitely a unique entry in international cinema. Aside from the fact that it is actually a noir film from Bhutan, what sets the movie apart is its aesthetics, which combine elements of thriller and road movie with Buddhism and the supernatural, all of which are used to present a number of social comments. Let us take things from the beginning though.
“Honeygiver Among the Dogs” is distributed by Premium Films
The title of the film is a reference to the story from the life of Yeshe Tsogyal, the mother of Tibetan Buddhism, also known as the Wisdom Lake Queen. She was the closest disciple of Padmasambhawa, the founder of this religious school and the first person in Tibet who achieved full enlightenment. The repeated concept of the daikini refers to enlightened women and female Buddhas, personifications of female sexual energy, who convey the wisdom and the traditions of past generations,...
“Honeygiver Among the Dogs” is distributed by Premium Films
The title of the film is a reference to the story from the life of Yeshe Tsogyal, the mother of Tibetan Buddhism, also known as the Wisdom Lake Queen. She was the closest disciple of Padmasambhawa, the founder of this religious school and the first person in Tibet who achieved full enlightenment. The repeated concept of the daikini refers to enlightened women and female Buddhas, personifications of female sexual energy, who convey the wisdom and the traditions of past generations,...
- 7/18/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The Berlin International Film Festival has revealed the first 11 titles in its Panorama section, including Raoul Peck’s “I Am Not Your Negro,” the James Schamus-produced “Casting JonBenet” and Daniela Thomas’ “Vazante.” John Trengrove’s “The Wound” will open the section.
Read More: 5 Exciting Films in the 2017 Berlin Film Festival Competition Lineup
The festival says two prominent themes have emerged among the films. The first involves “Reclaiming Black History” or “a fresh historically reflective approach to the history of black people in North America, South America and Africa”; and the second is “Europa Europa,” or “how progressive forces might best defend themselves in light of a zeitgeist that makes it seem as if yesterday never went away.”
The Panorama titles are listed below with synopses and divided by theme. The festival will run from February 9 through 17.
In Focus: Reclaiming Black History
“Vazante” (Daniela Thomas, Brazil/Portugal); with Adriano Carvalho,...
Read More: 5 Exciting Films in the 2017 Berlin Film Festival Competition Lineup
The festival says two prominent themes have emerged among the films. The first involves “Reclaiming Black History” or “a fresh historically reflective approach to the history of black people in North America, South America and Africa”; and the second is “Europa Europa,” or “how progressive forces might best defend themselves in light of a zeitgeist that makes it seem as if yesterday never went away.”
The Panorama titles are listed below with synopses and divided by theme. The festival will run from February 9 through 17.
In Focus: Reclaiming Black History
“Vazante” (Daniela Thomas, Brazil/Portugal); with Adriano Carvalho,...
- 12/20/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
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