Kunsang Kyirong
Kunsang Kyirong is a Tibetan Canadian film director and screenwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia,[1] whose debut feature film 100 Sunset premiered in 2025.[2]
A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art and Design,[3] she made her filmmaking debut with Yarlung in 2020. The film won the award for Best Student Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 2020.[4]
Her 2022 short film Dhulpa received an honorable mention in the National Short Film Competition at the 2022 Festival du nouveau cinéma.[5]
100 Sunset premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention for the Best Canadian Discovery award.[6]
References
- ^ Kami Nguyen, "Acceptance and the Tibetan Diaspora On-Screen". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, September 5, 2025.
- ^ Adam Nayman, "TIFF 2025: ‘100 Sunset’ offers mystery and intrigue within Parkdale’s Tibetan community". Toronto Star, September 6, 2025.
- ^ Alex de Boer, "CiTR Docs Season 2: Lhamo & the Princess – Available Now". CITR-FM, May 22, 2017.
- ^ Perrin Grauer, "Kunsang Kyirong’s ‘Yarlung’ Wins Best Canadian Student Animation at 2020 OIAF". Emily Carr University of Art and Design, October 8, 2020.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "(FNC) – Palmarès de l’édition 2022". Films du Québec, October 16, 2022.
- ^ Pete Hammond, "‘Hamnet’ Wins Oscar-Predictive Toronto Film Festival People’s Choice Award". Deadline Hollywood, September 14, 2025.