Tenzin (2021)
November 12, 2021Release Date

Plot.
Where to Watch.

Currently Tenzin is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: CBC Gem
Streaming in:🇨🇦 Canada
Cast & Crew.

Tenzin Kelsang
Tenzin

Yeshi Tenzin
Yeshi / Co-Producer / Story

Tenzin Choekyi
Choekyi

Salden Kunga
Salden

Chemi Lhamo
Chemi

Sangyal Kyab
Sangyal

Norbu Dhundup
Ngakpa

Ivan Mendez Romero
Ivan

Tsesang Wangmo
Tsesang

Michael LeBlanc
Editor / Director of Photography

Julie Baldassi
Producer

Laura Perlmutter
Producer

Nick Sorbara
Producer

Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith
Producer

Aleks Vujosevic
Associate Producer

Richard Lambert
Co-Producer
Media.

Details.
Release DateNovember 12, 2021
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 14m
Genres
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Wiki.
Tenzin is a 2021 Canadian drama film, directed by Michael LeBlanc and Josh Reichmann and released theatrically in Canada in 2023. The film stars Tenzin Kelsang as Tenzin, a young Tibetan Canadian man who is struggling to come to terms with the death of his older brother by self-immolation at a Tibetan independence movement demonstration.
The film's cast also includes Tenzin Choekyi, Salden Kunga, Yeshi Tenzin, Chemi Lhamo, Norbu Dhundup, Mr. Tibet Sangyal, Ivan Mendez Romero and Tsesang Wangmo. The screenplay was written collaboratively by the directors and the main cast members.
The film premiered in 2021 at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Canadian Film Festival, where Kelsang won the award for Best Breakthrough Performance.
Mara Zigler received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Costume Design at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.