'' Soul on a String '' ( Tibetan : རྒྱུད སྐུད སྟེང གི རྣམ ཤེས ) is a 2016 Chinese Tibetan-language adventure film directed by Zhang Yang and co-written by Zhang Yang and Tashi Dawa , based on Tashi Dawa 's short stories " Souls Tied to the Knots on a Leather Cord " and " On the Road to Lhasa " ( ) . It stars Kimba , Choenyi Tsering , Siano Dudiom Zahi , and Yixi Danzeng . The film premiered at the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 15 , 2016 , and opened in China on August 18 , 2017
19th Shanghai International Film Festival
2017 Shanghai International Film Festival
Soul on a String