“Dharma Rising” screening, Toronto, 12.8.11

There’ll be a screening of Dharma Rising, David Cherniack’s recently completed two part film about Buddhism in the West on Dec 8 at Innis Town Hall at 7 pm.

For details and a description of the films: http://dharmarising.eventbrite.com/ DHARMA RISING Is Western Buddhism becoming Dharma . . . Read More.

Amnesty Film Fest in Vancouver shows Tibetan movie

“The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet’s Struggle for Freedom”: at the 2011 Amnesty International Film Festival, Vancouver Friday November 18, at 7:15pm, at SFU Harbour Centre – 515 West Hastings Street – Room 1900

The Sun Behind the Clouds is a powerful documentary on . . . Read More.

Crazy Wisdom @ VIFF

Review from The Province: http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/VIFF+Waking+love/5533449/story.html

The movie “Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche” is also a potential candidate for entry in the Arclight Documentary Film Festival, if enough of the public “Like” it on the Arclight YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzZRiE7C_Ac

Focus on Buddhism @ Vancouver Int’l Film Fest

This year’s Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) will feature four films on Buddhism, October 6-18, 2011.

Here’s a link to the Buddhist Feature on the site: http://www.viff.org/e-blasts/viff-2011/outreach/Buddhism.htm

Sister Elaine MacInnes: Catholic nun, Zen master, prison activist, in TV documentary

Victoria’s CHEK TV will air the award-winning 2005 documentary, The Fires That Burn, as part of their Docs from the Edge series.

The film documents the life of Sister Elaine MacInnes, age 87, her journey, and her current activities with her Freeing The Human . . . Read More.

Three Buddhist TV shows by David Cherniack on ONE network

Can you find enlightenment in the modern Western World?

Dharma Rising airs on The Brand New ONE starting October 17

By the 1960′s Buddhism had arrived in the West to stay. Challenges of modernity were always its nemesis, but now that Buddhism is attracting unprecedented numbers, . . . Read More.

“Crazy Wisdom” Trungpa movie @ Atlantic Film Festival

Review from the Halifax Chronicle Herald: http://thechronicleherald.ca/ArtsLife/1263838.html

Vancouver Gala Première – Journey of a Dream: 9.16/17.11

Journey of a Dream is a heavy metal story of a Tibetan refugee, directed by Shenpenn Khyamsar (who lives in Vancouver).  It is a feature length documentary that will take audiences on an epic, global journey into heavy metal music, exile, Buddhism and Tibetan roots.

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Glenn Mullin in Mongolia

Glenn Mullin is a Canadian Buddhist author, teacher and tour guide living in Mongolia. Here he is in a humorous but fascinating video tour of Erdeni Zuu Monastery in Mongolia:

Kidding aside, however, Glenn has been involved in more than 20 Buddhist-inspired development . . . Read More.

A Song for Tibet: NFB online

Ann Henderson’s 1991 film, A Song for Tibet, is available for free online viewing through the National Film Board of Canada’s website: http://www.nfb.ca/film/a_song_for_tibet/

It lends an important contextual perspective to Québec film-maker Geneviève Brault’s new film, Tibet: Land of the Brave, premiering this month (see . . . Read More.

“Tibet: Home of the Brave” Montréal première 9.9.11

From the film’s website, http://tibetterredesbraves.net/en/accueil/

A cinematic journey to one of the most remote places on the planet, Tibet: Land of the Brave transports the audience into the everyday lives of Tibetan herders, seen through the eyes of Gyamtso, Marijo and their daughter, Yangchen. Following . . . Read More.

3D Sex and Zen movie opens in Toronto

A trivial and lame dharma-burger movie with too much violence, little sex and no zen. Don’t be fooled into parting with your cash.

4 Paths to Peace – Dalai Lama @ Vancouver Peace Summit

4 Paths to Peace: Inspiration from the Dalai Lama is a documentary film that chronicles His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Vancouver Peace Summit and the personal journeys of four summit attendees who try to learn from the Dalai Lama, Nobel Laureates and . . . Read More.

“My Reincarnation” screens @ HotDocs, Toronto, May 1

Here’s the link to the official website of this film: http://myreincarnationfilm.com/

This is the only scheduled North American showing at this time.

Here’s the trailer…

Tibetan Art Fair / Montréal

The Tibetan Art Fair runs in Montréal from May 13-22 this year, featuring a Photo Exhibition, Films, Art Workshops, Tibetan Classical Music, Gastronomy, Performances, and Dance.

More info here: http://www.quebec-elan.org/posts/elanewsDirect/1678

Ellen Page on life and growing up Buddhist in Halifax

From Back Stage magazine, March 31, 2011:

http://www.backstage.com/bso/news-and-features-features/super-trouper-1005104312.story

Toronto Nepali Film Festival

The sold-out one-day event took place March 12. Hopefully we will get to it next year! Here is the link to their website so you can learn more about the films that were screened.

http://www.tnff.ca/index.php

The Lost World of Tibet

The British Film Institute (BFI) has recently released a DVD version of The Lost World of Tibet: The Director’s Cut – based on colour home movies taken there by James Guthrie in 1945. The entire DVD, which runs 90 minutes and has an additional . . . Read More.