![[type at left reads myanmar earthquake benefit, stacked in dark gray serif font on a background of torn light gray papers, revealing just the left side of a young asian girl facing camera, with long dark hair and yellow paste painted on her nose, chin, and left cheek]](https://buddhistfilmfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/MEB-girl-with-text-slider-490x280-1.jpg "Myanmar Earthquake Benefit")
![[older man with salt and pepper hair, moustache, and beard, wearing thin, circular, wire framed glasses, small gold hoop earrings in his left ear, and a dark gray shirt with light red patterns, smiles to camera, with a lush green background]](https://buddhistfilmfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/o-mother-gaia-slider-490x280-1.jpg "O Mother Gaia")
![[asian man with shaved head, bushy eyebrows, maroon and gold robes, and red shawl draped on his left shoulder, speaks to camera while holding a small ball of the earth in with his left hand fingers, while gesturing with a raised right hand]](https://buddhistfilmfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/wisdom-of-happiness-slider-490x280-1.jpg "Wisdom of Happiness")
![[a happy little asian girl in short skirt and pony tails, runs along a cement walkway with arms out, scattering pigeons amongst the trees to her right and crowd wandering past vendors with opened sun umbrellas to her left]](https://buddhistfilmfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/money-has-four-legs-slider-490x280-1.jpg "Money Has Four Legs")
![[a pink pig with nipples on her belly and eyes closed, lays across a road of black asphalt with white painted crosswalk stripes, and dark green and brown dried foliage cropped on either side, towards the back]](https://buddhistfilmfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/pig-at-the-crossing-slider-490x280-1.jpg "Pig at the Crossing")
![[a shirtless man with shaved head sits on a meditation cushion behind a low desk facing an open window with japanese screens, a red guitar leans against the wall at his side]](https://buddhistfilmfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/zen-for-nothing-slider.jpg "Zen for Nothing")
![[Asian woman in grey robes and wide brimmed straw hat holds white shoulder straps while walking along a dirt road with autumn colored trees and two smaller figures in background]](https://buddhistfilmfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/on-the-road-featured.jpg "On the Road")
Celebrating Our 25th Anniversary Year!
Buddhist Film Foundation is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and will be presenting a number of events and launching key initiatives throughout the year, including screenings, a conference, a coffee-table book, and the Buddhist Film Channel.Subscribe to the email list to get alerts for all upcoming news and events. more>
IN MEMORIAM
![[smiling older man with grey hair and facial stubble gazes skyward amidst a background of green leafy trees]](https://buddhistfilmfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/werner-penzel2-by-gkm-235x110-1.jpg)
Filmmaker Werner Penzel has died in Germany. He was 75 and had lived in Japan for many years. His feature documentary Zen for Nothing premiered in the USA as an International Buddhist Film Festival (IBFF) 2018 Official Selection, and he was the cinematographer for an IBFF favorite, Doris Dörrie’s 1999 Enlightenment Guaranteed.
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SPECIAL EVENT
![[type at left reads myanmar earthquake benefit, stacked in dark gray serif font on a background of torn light gray papers, revealing just the left side of a young asian girl facing camera, with long dark hair and yellow paste painted on her nose, chin, and left cheek]](https://buddhistfilmfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/myanmar-earthquake-benefit-235x110-1.jpg)
Please join us for a one-time special event on Sunday, June 22, at 4:30 pm for the Myanmar Earthquake Benefit at Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, CA. more>
NOW STREAMING
![[bald headed smiling elderly man in bright red sleeveless shirt gestures with right hand while holding an open blue, yellow, and red paneled umbrella on his left shoulder, against a background of cement walkway and red flowered green bush]](https://buddhistfilmfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/in-theaters-return-to-ghandi-road.jpg)
IBFF 2020 Official Selection Return to Gandhi Road by New Zealand director Yeshe Hegan, is now available to stream in the U.S. The U.S. premiere was delayed by the pandemic and took place at IBFF 2021. more>
