This is a story about how people and animals can finally get along. A snow leopard, rare and globally endangered, breaks into the pen of a herder family and kills nine goats. The father and son argue about what to do: the son wants to kill the snow leopard, the father insists on releasing it since the animal represents the spirit of the mountains. It\u2019s a scenario that summarises the clash between traditional values and contemporary developments in a modernising Tibet; Tseden, who died before the film could be released, devoted his career to illustrating the complexities of modern life in his native land, and his final completed feature is no exception.<\/p>\n
Screens with Shift <\/strong>(dir Sherine Raffoul and Moussa Shabandar, Lebanon, 2024: 18 min), a documentary short about Chadi Saad; once an enthusiast bird hunter, he has made a 360\u00b0 turn and condemns hunting as criminal.<\/p>\n This programme is part of the Al Sidr Environmental Film Festival,<\/a> a collaboration between NYUAD and Environment Agency \u2013 Abu Dhabi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"