Next Life

had a great chat with my former prof, Tenzin Phuntsog, about the making films that are important to you and his debut Next Life for Filmmaker Mag

Alex Lei

filled with soft, faded, yet deep, colors. just with the story. 'everything with grace' he said. the deepest in the sound, in the cinema. I was amazed at the immersive perspective of the Tibetan doctor, hearing the wind in Pala's pulse. the long, concise, definite wisdom…

Socrates

really beautiful and excellent movie that made me need to go outside to feel the wind and look at water

lewisp

Waiting to return home in the next life….. guuhhh.. Watching your parent not be able to return .. guuuh Being denied to do the journey for them .. guuuhh

BigDawgJ

Q&A with Tenzin Phuntsog at NDNF This is gonna sound silly but I went into this film with a lot of stress and anxiety in my body and by the end I was so at peace. This is a huge reminder to me to just make the films that are in my heart as honestly as possible

L4BI$$A Salamander

Richard Brody’s review in The New Yorker: “A simple setup gives rise to quiet complexity in the Tibetan American director Tenzin Phuntsog’s first dramatic feature, “Next Life,” set in an unnamed American suburb (filmed largely in his parents’ house, in California). There,…

lunettefilms

When I dream, I dream of my childhood in Tibet, not of old age. This film exists in a distant dimension between life and death, between the immediate reality within reach and a familiar homeland that awaits in a fading dream. Many thoughts arose as I felt the vibrations…

avana

Film at Lincoln Center -- New Directors New Films 2026 Quietly moving and profoundly realistic. I really felt certain elements of my family dynamic shown here in a way and related so much to the son that I felt like I was seeing so much of my own life depicted and wondered…

acm

Really, really glad I got to check this and the inspiring Q+A from the director, Tenzin Phuntsog. It made me reflect on death and the inevitable day I’ll have to mourn the people I love. The way we deal with death in the west feels so wrong compared to other cultures…

hypnojerk