The Boys and the Donkey - SHÀONIÁN YU LU

Pitch

In the pastoral region of the Tibetan Plateau, four children disguise themselves as Xuanzang and his disciples to embark on a quest for Buddhist scriptures in the West. They secretly capture a donkey and transform it into a White Dragon, but Xuanzang eventually falls off. He then punishes the animal, triggering a series of misadventures as absurd as they are comical. “Having grown up in a pastoral area myself, this story is directly inspired by my childhood memories. The lives of children in these regions, although less varied, are full of joyful and memorable moments. Giving form to these experiences through a film seems to me to have real value.” Tsering Yangjyab