Next Life (Tenzin Phuntsog, 2025)
Virtual Q&A with Tenzin Phuntsog follows screening
Ohio Premiere
$8 members
$12 general public
$9 adults 55 and over
$6 students
Tenzin Phuntsog gorgeously weaves together the poetry and bureaucracy of exile and death in his debut fiction film Next Life.
Film/Video Theater
Next Life centers on a Tibetan family living in exile in an American suburb. The father has a pain in his heart that Western doctors cannot explain. When a Tibetan doctor listens to the rush of blood in the father’s veins and concludes that it’s nearly time for the father to leave this life, the son begins the arduous process of trying to obtain a visa for his father to return to Tibet. Fully embracing the Tibetan concept of Tse Chema (reincarnation), Next Life is a powerful reminder of the spiritual possibilities of cinema. Executive produced by Carlos Reygadas (Silent Light). In English and Tibetan with English subtitles. (73 mins., DCP)
Tenzin Phuntsog will join us virtually after the screening for a Q&A.