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

    [asian man with salt and pepper hair and eyeglasses with wire frame at top, wearing a black jacket with silver edging, smiling softly to camera, standing against a mottled grey background]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

    [young white, long blond-haired girl with glasses, and a white bicycle helmet with flower motif at rim, stares out with a puzzled expression, as a group of girls with varied expressions stand to her left amidst a background of dark red building with windows and small white house in distance]

    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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    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>