DOCU/SHORT

A Sacrifice

Year
2013
Country
UK, India
Duration
23’ ’
Director
Theo Hessing

Lhamo Kyab, a Tibetan nomad, escapes into exile in India, only to return secretly to Tibet on a symbolic journey to highlight his people's suffering. Meanwhile, 130 Tibetans have set themselves on fire inside Tibet. This film considers the implications of the sacrifices being committed by Tibetans in the name of freedom.

Production
Theo Hessing, +447799648005, [email protected]
Sales:
Journeyman, www.journeyman.tv, Lucy Matthias
Director
Theo Hessing

Theo Hessing is a London-based documentary filmmaker and video journalist. He made his first documentary in 2011 while studying at the UK's National Film and Television School. Before working in documentary Theo worked as a researcher in the field of international development. Currently he is making short documentary features for the news media.

Selected Filmography

The Cleaner (2011)

Cinema House, Blue Hall
Cinema House
vul. Saksahanskoho, 6
Q&A with directors
22 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
 6 — 13 
June 2025
Another Country
DOCU/SHORT
Another Country
Year
2014
Country
Russia
Director
Renato Borrayo Serrano
Duration
29’’
DOCU/SHORT
Notes from Liberia
DOCU/SHORT
Notes from Liberia
Year
2015
Country
USA
Directors
Ryo Murakami, Judd Ehrlich
Duration
25’’
DOCU/SHORT
Nowhere Place
DOCU/SHORT
Nowhere Place
Year
2014
Country
The Netherlands
Director
Susanne Opstal
Duration
27’’
DOCU/SHORT
I
DOCU/SHORT
I
Year
2013
Country
The Netherlands
Director
Jona Honer
Duration
27’’
DOCU/SHORT
Light and Shade
DOCU/SHORT
Light and Shade
Year
2014
Country
Germany
Director
Daniel Andreas Sager
Duration
45’’
DOCU/SHORT
Post Maidan
DOCU/SHORT
Post Maidan
Year
2014
Country
Ukraine
Director
Serhiy Andrushko
Duration
42’’
DOCU/SHORT
Bear
DOCU/SHORT
Bear
Year
2014
Country
Germany
Director
Pascal Flörks
Duration
9’’
DOCU/SHORT
Hotel 22
DOCU/SHORT
Hotel 22
Year
2014
Country
USA
Director
Elizabeth Lo
Duration
8’’
DOCU/SHORT
Maidan Everywhere
DOCU/SHORT
Maidan Everywhere
Year
2015
Country
Ukraine
Director
Kateryna Gornostay
Duration
36’’
DOCU/SHORT
Prisoners of Kanun
DOCU/SHORT
Prisoners of Kanun
Year
2013
Country
Spain
Director
Roser Corella
Duration
30’’
DOCU/SHORT
Smile, and the World Will Smile Back
DOCU/SHORT
Smile, and the World Will Smile Back
Year
2014
Country
Israel
Directors
Diaa, Shatha, Abdelkarim and Ahmad al-Haddad, Ehab Tarabieh, Yoav Gross
Duration
20’’
DOCU/SHORT
Starting Point
DOCU/SHORT
Starting Point
Year
2014
Country
Poland
Director
Michał Szcześniak
Duration
25’’
DOCU/SHORT
The Doctor Leaves Last
DOCU/SHORT
The Doctor Leaves Last
Year
2014
Country
Hungary, Ukraine
Director
Svitlana Shymko
Duration
26’ ’
DOCU/SHORT
The PE Teacher, Gold and the River
DOCU/SHORT
The PE Teacher, Gold and the River
Year
2014
Country
Kyrgyzstan
Director
Amanbek Azhymat
Duration
28’’
DOCU/SHORT
This Place We Call Our Home
DOCU/SHORT
This Place We Call Our Home
Year
2014
Country
Denmark
Directors
Thora Lorentzen, Sybilla Marie Tuxen
Duration
30’’
DOCU/SHORT
Werka
DOCU/SHORT
Werka
Year
2014
Country
Poland
Director
Paweł Łoziński
Duration
40’’
DOCU/SHORT
Where I Can’t Be Found
DOCU/SHORT
Where I Can’t Be Found
Year
2014
Country
Poland, India
Director
Arjun Talwar
Duration
16’’
DOCU/SHORT