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- While the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is somewhat disrupted by soccer fever, the chief instigator being a young student, the soccer enthusiast Orgyen. Prevented by various circumstances from seeing the Cup finals on television in a nearby village, Orgyen sets out to organize the rental of a TV set for the monastery. The enterprise becomes a test of solidarity, resourcefulness and friendship for the students, while the Lama, head of the monastery, contemplates the challenges of teaching the word of Buddha in a rapidly changing world.
- Umendo is a story of a young teenager (19) forced into marriage against her will. This story follows an old tradition that is still practiced in the rural areas, where indlavini (A group of young men) Forcefully take a young lady whom one of the young men fancy and marry her against her will, then a week later he goes to the girls house to pay Ilobola and the parents agree. The world of the story is the rural part of Mount Alyf in Eastern Cape. A small village segregated by mountains, where during December holidays the Indlavini seat and watch the girl's movement (one whom they have decided upon) in order for them to capture her.
- Inside The Cup Khyentse Norbu on Cinema Khyentse Norbu is a renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher. He also makes movies. His first two films, The Cup and Travellers & Magicians, were critical and box office successes. Inside The Cup explores the making of his first feature, about soccer-obsessed Tibetan monks, and offers a provocative case for a Buddhist philosophy of "life as cinema." Written and directed by Isaiah Seret (adapted from Life As Cinema, by Anika Tokarchuk)/2007/USA/22 minutes/color