Two films by the director Pema Tseden, The Silent Holy Stones and Old Dog, will be shown in Tibetan with English subtitles.

The Silent Holy Stones, Tseden's debut, tells the story of a young Tibetan monk whose brief departure from the monastery to celebrate the Tibetan New Year at home with his family leaves him captivated by the Chinese television series Journey to the West.

Old Dog is a tale of father and son set against the backdrop of China's burgeoning trade in Tibetan mastiffs.

Tseden's most recent work is a profound meditation on time, distance, and human relationships in the context of loss and resistance.

Date: April 21: The Silent Holy Stones; April 22: Old Dog

Venue: Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Website: http://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu