CSFF 2023 Digital
November 17 - 23, 2023
digital TIFF Bell Lightbox
CSFF Digital Screening 2
Pasang
+ Broken Breath - Digital
Digital Screening 2
Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest
online with ticket November 17 – 23, 2023
via digital TIFF Bell Lightbox
This film tells the tragic and inspiring story of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa – the first Nepali woman to summit Mount Everest in 1993. As an uneducated, Indigenous woman and a Buddhist in a Hindu kingdom, Pasang’s dream to scale the legendary mountain pits her against family, foreign climbers, her own government and nature itself.
2022, United States, Documentary
71 minutes
Director: Nancy Svendsen
English, French and Nepali, with English subtitles
Screening with
Broken Breath
World champion free diver and researcher Mike Maric overcomes loss and grief to rediscover the power of the breath and help others breathe with greater awareness.
2022, Italy, Documentary
24 minutes
Director: Morgan Bertacca
Italian, with English subtitles