Butter Lamp
Film poster for Butter Lamp
Directed byHu Wei
Written byHu Wei
Produced byYangxu Zhou
Julien Féret
Edited byHu Wei
Release date
  • 20 May 2013 (2013-05-20) (Cannes)
Running time
15 minutes
CountriesChina
France
LanguageTibetan

Butter Lamp (simplified Chinese: 酥油灯; traditional Chinese: 酥油燈; pinyin: Sūyóu Dēng; French: La lampe au beurre de yak) is a 2013 Chinese-French short drama film directed by Hu Wei. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 87th Academy Awards.[1][2][3] The film was shot in a single location and with an entire cast of non-professional actors.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "Oscars 2015: Nominations list". BBC News. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. ^ Hachard, Tomas (30 January 2015). "To See Visual Dazzle In Oscar-Nominated Films, Go Short". NPR. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  3. ^ Poon, Linda (22 February 2015). "Tibetan Villagers Pose Before Backdrops, Earn Oscar Nomination". NPR. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  4. ^ Aguilar, Carlos (9 February 2015). "Oscars: "Butter Lamp" Director Hu Wei on Tradition and Modernity in Today's World". IndieWire. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

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