The film maintains a delicate balance between storytelling and metaphor, although Norbu says a movie with a message was not his original intention.
"But as I was shooting and writing, I realised I could also take advantage of sending a message, one to fellow Tibetans or Bhutanese, saying modernisation is not a threat and we could use it for a good purpose.
"And the other was to the world in general and people in the West who have certain preconceptions about Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. They think [Tibetan Buddhists] don't eat or sleep probably, or watch television. That's not true and I think it's important people realise the human side of these people."
Norbu is clearer about Tibet's future than Westerners, who have some misty-eyed perception of it as a spiritual Shangri-La frozen in some imagined utopian past.
He says it's important for those in Tibet and Bhutan - which got limited local television less than two years ago - to be in touch with the modern world. Modernisation and technology is not a threat. With the right attitude and motivation you can use them for your own benefit. They become a threat when you lose your own values, get too attracted to them and put too much value on consumerism.
He believes it is necessary for Bhutan to cautiously embrace new ideas such as film and television because it cannot afford to romanticise itself. After all, it sits between the opposing powers of China and India.