A five day IBFF Showcase will be co-presented by California Film Institute at the Smith Rafael Film Center, March 1–3, 2013 with additional screenings at Yerba Buena Center for the more>
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First DIFF Wraps
The first Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) wrapped after a very successful four day inaugural event November 1–4, 2012. DIFF presented twenty-six films (including seven India premieres) from fifteen nations, more>
BuddhaFest Runs June 14–17 in Virginia
This year’s BuddhaFest took place June 14–17, 2012 at the Spectrum Theater at Artisphere, in Arlington, Virginia. Six films and a number of talks and meditation events were presented. There more>
IBFF 2012 BANGKOK Wraps Historic Four Day Event
Fifteen films from ten nations, most of which were Thailand premieres, were screened at the SF World Cinema (possibly the most modern cineplex in Asia) in downtown Bangkok as part more>
IBFF 2012 BANGKOK Set to Run June 7–10
The historic first presentation of the International Buddhist Film Festival (IBFF) in a Buddhist nation opens June 7 in Bangkok, Thailand for a four day run. Fifteen films from ten more>
IBFF 2012 LONDON Wraps
The International Buddhist Film Festival’s return to London completed a successful five day run at the Apollo Piccadilly Circus Theatre in central London, presenting thirteen films from ten nations, nine more>
IBFF 2012 LONDON Set to Open April 11
The International Buddhist Film Festival continues its tenth anniversary season with its first IBFF in London since 2009. The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation is the sponsor for IBFF more>
IBFF 2012 HONG KONG Wraps
The first-ever International Buddhist Film Festival in Hong Kong finished its initial run with another day of sold out screenings at the new Asia Society Hong Kong Center. Twelve more>
Mark McGuire on Shugendo Now
“The yamabushi are those who enter the mountain to seek experiential truth. They perform austerities and ritual actions adopted from shamanism, the kami tradition (Shinto), Esoteric Buddhism and Daoism. This more>
IBFF Co-presents Two Films at SFIAAFF
IBFF is co-presenting Sun Beaten Path, by Songthar Gyal, and Tibet In Song, by Ngawang Choephel at this year’s San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival March 8–18, 2012, its more>
Dharamshala International Film Festival opens November 1
Dharamshala, India, is now a global destination, the exile home of the Dalai Lama and the capital of the Tibetan diaspora. All year round, thousands of visitors from all over more>
IBFF Launches Tenth Anniversary Season in Hong Kong
New festivals are set for Hong Kong, London, and Bangkok as we launch the tenth anniversary season of the International Buddhist Film Festival. IBFF 2012 HONG KONG starts the season more>
