Butter Lamp

This article is about the film. For the kind of lamp, see Butter lamp.

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]

Butter Lamp
Film poster for Butter Lamp
Directed by	Hu Wei
Written by	Hu Wei
Produced by	Yangxu Zhou Julien Féret
Edited by	Hu Wei
Release date	20 May 2013 (2013-05-20) (Cannes)
Running time	15 minutes
Countries	China France
Language	Tibetan

Cast

• Genden Punstock
• Soepha
• Sonam Gonpo
• Wangmo Tso
• Kalsang Dolma
• Zirang Lhamo
• Gangrong Dorjee
• Leung Tso
• Sonam Tashi
• Yang Tso