'The more specific and truthful you are, the further the story can travel': Stanzin Jigmet's journey from Ladakh to the Academy

Parwinder Sandhu New Delhi, Oct 5 (UNI) From a small village in Ladakh to Barcelona, Madrid and Toronto, filmmaker Stanzin Jigmet's journey has taken an intensely personal story to the international stage, with his film The Dragon Letter now eligible for consideration in the Live Action Short Film category at the 99th Academy Awards after winning the Gold Student Academy Award in Narrative. For Jigmet, who grew up in the small village of Mulbekh, Ladakh, far from the world of cinema, the journey remains difficult to absorb. "It still feels quite surreal," he says. The film's path, from Ladakh to…