![[elderly monk with yellow jacket looks pensive while clapping hands, surrounded to his right by shouting younger monk in gold and maroon robes, holding a small drum-like object with tassels in his left hand, and a male in green jacket looking downward in concern, with other males behind them shouting and clapping]](https://buddhistfilmfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/the-monk-and-the-gun-slider-490x280-1.jpg "The Monk and the Gun")
![[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")
![[portrait of a very happy, smiling, older monk, with eye glasses and dark red and gold robe, sitting against a background of a light colored curtained window and tan frame, with small pinnacled statue to the left]](https://buddhistfilmfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/the-great-14th-slider.jpg "The Great 14th")
![[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")
![[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")
![[tightly cropped image of older man with shaved head, having nasal cannula applied by cropped hands to the right with black watch on left wrist of those hands]](https://buddhistfilmfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/tukdam-slider-490x280-1.jpg "Tukdam: Between Worlds")
![[sad-faced Asian man wearing brown soft cap with visor, pulled down over ears, and layered, matching outerwear, stares out against a nighttime background of brightly lit storefront signs]](https://buddhistfilmfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/the-departure-slider-490x280-1.jpg "The Departure")
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Buddhist Film Festival of Catalonia Program Announced
Festival de Cinema Budista de Catalunya (FCBC, Buddhist Film Festival of Catalonia), announced the program for its second edition to take place October 24–27, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. The first was successfully held in 2022, and FCBC is a collaboration with our International Buddhist Film Festival (IBFF).FCBC will present eight feature films, from eight nations. The Opening and Closing Night Presentation will more>
IN MEMORIAM
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Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden died unexpectedly on May 8th while on location filming near Shigatse, China. He was only 53 and his death was reportedly due to a heart attack.
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OTHER FESTIVALS
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This year’s Lion’s Roar|BuddhaFest Online Festival runs July 15–August 26 with the theme of Celebrating Women in Buddhism. Nine new talks, four encore talks, and thirteen films programmed by our International Buddhist Film Festival (IBFF) plus two musical works are included. more>
STREAMING NEWS
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Khyentse Norbu, the Tibetan Buddhist lama and acclaimed director of The Cup, Travellers & Magicians, and other noteworthy feature films, responded to the rejection by over thirty international film festivals of his new film, Pig at the Crossing, by offering the film online as a one-time streaming premiere. more>
