HEMA HEMA: Sing Me A Song While I Wait(HKAFF 2016)

In the mountains of Bhutan, a two-week ritual begins in which all participants relinquish their identities and don masks. Amid the stunning natural beauty of the jungle, a spiritual journey begins into the rites of life and death, and the power and temptation of anonymity. While a ceremony of death and rebirth takes place, participants engage in secret rituals of their own under the cover of their masks. Buddhist lama, teacher and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu’s fourth film is an intensely mystical and meditative tale that goes deep into the nature of man and reveals what one does when they are not being known.