Tibet Exhibition, Film Festival in Belgium Concludes
April 12, 2005: The second three-day film festival cum thanka exhibition concluded on Sunday. It was organised by Les Amis du Tibet or the Belgian friends of Tibet in Brussels, the political capital city of the European Union.
The festival was formally declared open by Mr. Migyur Dorjee from the Office of Tibet Brussels, on 8 April, 2005. Since the opening day coincided with the late Pope John Paul II’s funeral, Mr. Dorjee paid a rich tribute to late spiritual leader and read out His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s condolence message. While thanking the organisers he emphasised the importance of their support towards the peaceful struggle of the Tibetan people and urged the non-members in the audience to join the group to strengthen the movement in Belgium and the EU.
On the second day the guest speaker, Mrs. Claude Levenson, from Switzerland, (Specialist in oriental studies and Tibet) talked about Tibet which was well received by the audience. In addition to the films and exhibition all the relevant information on Tibet were made available to the public. A Tibetan tent was erected at the venue to depict a Tibetan nomadic life.
Mr. Marc Liegois, President and Ms. Anne-Catherine Cravatte, coordinator of the festival spoke about the aims and objectives of the festival. It was a great success as a huge number of people witnessed the films on all three days. The following films were screened during the three days. Films like Les caravanes de sel, Escape across the Himalayas, Destruction of Serthar, Satya, a prayer for the enemy, Wind horse, We are no monks, the forbidden team, the cup etc. were screened.
Report courtesy- European Union Coordination Office
