- Director: Yangzom Brauen, Martin Brauen
- Country: Tibet
- Year: 2025
Mola: A Tibetan Tale of Love and Loss follows Kunsang Wangmo, known as “Mola” (grandmother) to her family, who has lived in exile from Tibet for more than 60 years. A devoted Buddhist nun, she endured war and loss before building a life in Switzerland with her daughter, Sonam. Now approaching her 100th birthday, Mola’s greatest wish is to return to Tibet to spend her final days near the paradise of her homeland—but time is running out.
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Yangzom Brauen is an award-winning film and television director with an international career spanning Europe and the U.S. Her breakout short film Born in Battle, which tells the story of child soldiers, earned global acclaim, winning the CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award and the UNESCO Gandhi Medal. It was screened during a UN committee meeting in Geneva and won the Audience Award at the prestigious Max Ophüls Preis 2016, a leading European festival for emerging talent.
Following a 2018 screening of Born in Battle in Los Angeles, Yangzom was offered her first directing role on NCIS: Los Angeles, launching a steady career in U.S. television. She has since directed episodes for Hawaii Five-0, Station 19, Magnum P.I., MacGyver, Rebel (ABC), The Republic of Sarah (CW), and Death and Other Details (Hulu), starring Mandy Patinkin. With over 30 hours of episodic TV under her belt, her credits also include Sweet Magnolias (Netflix), American Horror Stories (FX), Walker Independence (CW), and FBI and Law & Order franchises (CBS/NBC).
Beyond film and TV, Yangzom is a passionate advocate for Tibetan freedom and identity. In 2009, she authored the memoir Across Many Mountains, which became a European bestseller, translated into 12 languages. The book chronicles the journey of three generations of Tibetan women: her grandmother, a Tibetan nun; her mother; and herself.