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 other . . . 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 90 . . . Read More.

Dalai Lama Renaissance film in Montreal

Dalai Lama Renaissance film in Montreal . . . Read More.

Dalai Lama Renaissance film in Toronto

The Canadian Tibetan Cultural Centre in Toronto is hosting several screenings of this wonderful movie, narrated by Harrison Ford: November 6 + 7, 2010 @ 7:00 pm

The producer, Khashyar Darvich, is looking for opportunities to screen it in other cities as well, after it . . . Read More.

Waterloo Buddhist Film Fest!

Waterloo Riverview Dharma Centre’s 7th annual Buddhist Film Festival Emmanuel United Church Hall, 22 Bridgeport Rd. W. Waterloo Nov. 6, 2010

Time: 3:30-9 p.m. (doors open at 3 p.m.) Tickets: $45 for adults, $30 for students, includes 3 films & vegetarian Indian buffet dinner. Films: . . . Read More.

Breaking the Silence

This new film by Canadian film-makers Pierre Mignault and Hélène Magny explores the face of non-violent resistance in Burma today. They recently received accolades for their work after the film’s first English-language presentation in Thailand recently.

More on this story at: http://www.mizzima.com/edop/commentary/3441-the-face-of-burmas-non-violent-resistance.html

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