Private Project

The Grassland of Soul

A story about the changes in the grassland of the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province in the late 1990s, the growth of Tibetan children on the prairie, the yak, the flock, and the snow mountain in this change.

  • Vincent Zheng
    Director
  • Nyingkar Tserang
    Director
  • Vincent Zheng
    Writer
  • Vincent Zheng
    Producer
  • Nyingkar Tserang
    Producer
  • Nyingkar Tserang
    Key Cast
  • Lahmo Dorji
    Key Cast
  • Syingkar Chou
    Key Cast
  • Tserang Gyal
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Nonfiction
  • Runtime:
    33 minutes 3 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 22, 2012
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Tibetan
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales Paris
    Paris
    France
    November 21, 2024
    International Premiere
    Permanent collection
  • Beijing Walker Video and Film Festival
    Beijing
    China
    December 12, 2012
    Word Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Vincent Zheng, Nyingkar Tserang

鄭無邊 ·Vincent ZHENG was born in 1984 and grew up in a Yi minority village in the Wumeng Mountain, southwest of China, studied and graduated journalism at university, after engaged in near ten occupations, set off to make film in 2011, till now is currently a Independent professional filmmaker, as director, screenwriter, producer. Now work and live in Beijing, China.
Works include the short films: “Behind the Red Wall” (2011), “The Grassland of Soul”(2012), experimental short “Dialogue” (2016), short drama “The Black Sheep” (2021), Music documentary “Reincarnation” (2022), short f drama “Green Head” (2023), experimental short “A Poet on the Cruise” (2023), non-fiction feature “Ceramic Utopia” (2024).

Works and Film Festival Awards(excerpted),
Nonfiction Feature “Ceramic Utopia”（2024）
55th Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon, VdR - Film Market
36th Girona International Film Festival - Honorable Mention
1st Janakpur international film festival - Official Selection
12th Riga Pasaules Film Festival - Official Selection

Short “Green Head” （2023）,
6th Cinema of the World International Film Festival “Official Selection”
13th Pune International Short Film Festival “Official Selection”

Documentary Feature “Reincarnation”（2022）,
7th RapidLion - The South African International Film Festival “Official Selection”

2nd Sugar Loaf Film Festival “Best Documentary Award Winner”

Short “The Black Sheep”（2021）,
19th Festival international Signes de Nuit - Paris - Jury Award
44th Moscow International Film Festival - Official Selection
26th Capri, Hollywood International Film Festival - Capri Spacial Award
41st Thomas Edison Film Festival - Honorable Mention Award"
8th International Festival Signs of the Night - Bangkok - Main Award
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales Paris - Permanent collection

Documentary Short “Dialogue”（2016）,
Songzhuang Art Museum's 10th Anniversary Invited Exhibition

Short “The Grassland of Soul”（2012）,
Beijing Walker Video and Film Festival
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales Paris - Permanent collection

Short “Behind the Red Wall”（2011）,
Caochangdi International Film Art ant Music Festival - Opening Film

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