![[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 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")
![[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")
![[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
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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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OTHER FESTIVALS
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The thirteenth annual Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) takes place November 7—10 in McLeod Ganj, India, home to the Tibetan Government in Exile and the 14th Dalai Lama. This year’s festival features award-winning films from around the world including Nocturnes, Wisdom of Happiness, All We Imagine as Light, Agent of Happiness, and more. more>
STREAMING NEWS
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Fresh from sold out festival screenings at Mill Valley Film Festival and Santa Fe Film Festival, the new film by Annegré Bosman, Into the Heart of the Mountain, featuring Roshi Joan Halifax, is now streaming online worldwide. more>
