Home
"Sonam Tshedzom Tingkhye’s conceptually thought-provoking Home similarly delves deep into self and finds meanings for internal thoughts in the larger exile context. This rootedness was missing in many other shorts screened under the category." - Tibetscapes

Presented at Tibetfest, Tibet Film Festival, Dance on Camera's Dance Film Lab, and Northwest Film Forum's South Sound Experimental Film Festival


A Tibetan refugee shares his story growing up as part of the first wave of Tibetans to settle in India as his daughter responds and connects through narrative movement. She dances with gesture, expansion, and carves through her childhood home while realizing the adaptive nature of the Tibetan identity across generations. As the story progresses, the camera expands on movement with match cut editing, shifting perspective, and magnifying expression. Metaphors reveal themselves and the father recalls returning to his homeland after 50 years. Dance, camera, and story merge as “Home” creatively unveils the Tibetan resilience by uniting both immigrant and second-generation voices.