| Butter Lamp | |
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 Film poster for Butter Lamp | |
| Directed by | Hu Wei |
| Written by | Hu Wei |
| Produced by | Yangxu Zhou Julien Féret |
| Edited by | Hu Wei |
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Running time | 15 minutes |
| Countries | China France |
| Language | Tibetan |
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]
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