The new Buddhist Film Festival of Catalonia (Festival de Cinema Budista de Catalunya, or FCBC) runs October 19–23 in Barcelona. Organized by a consortium of Buddhist organizations there, Catalan Coordinator more>
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IBFF Programs First Buddhist Film Festival in Spain
The new Buddhist Film Festival of Catalonia (Festival de Cinema Budista de Catalunya, or FCBC) will launch in Barcelona in October, 2022. Organized by a consortium of Buddhist organizations there more>
BuddhaFest Online Festival Presented by Tricycle Launches June 20
This year’s BuddhaFest Online Festival presented by Tricycle (June 20–August 14, 2022) features a dozen wisdom talks and includes ten films programmed by the International Buddhist Film Festival: five recent more>
Tricycle Presents BuddhaFest 2022 Online Festival Runs June 20–August 14
This year’s BuddhaFest Online Festival presented by Tricycle (June 20–August 14, 2022) features a dozen wisdom talks and includes ten films programmed by the International Buddhist Film Festival: five recent more>
Lunana Theatrical Premiere in Select U.S. Cities
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, the feature film debut by Pawo Choyning Dorji, is having its U.S. theatrical premiere in selected cities. The film was the Opening Night presentation more>
BSBFF Encore Edition Wraps
The BSBFF Encore Edition ran February 1–13, 2022, to bring new awareness and raise more funds for humanitarian aid there. Buddhist Film Foundation joined with San Francisco Bay Area activists more>
DIFF Virtual Viewing Room Screens February 4–13
The Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) invited our International Buddhist Film Festival (IBFF) to program their Virtual Viewing Room running February 4–13, 2022.
IBFF chose to highlight the diversity of more>
Tricycle Runs an Online Buddhist Shorts Film Festival in January
Tricycle is running an online Buddhist Shorts Film Festival for the month of January 2022, featuring five short films documenting Buddhist diversity around the world.
Among the cinematic journeys there’s more>
40th Anniversary Edition of How the Swans Came to the Lake
Rick Fields’ classic narrative history of Buddhism in America is back in print with a new introduction by Benjamin Bogin, director of Asian Studies at Skidmore College. As Buddhist traditions more>
Thich Nhat Hanh, 95, Dies in Vietnam
The renowned Vietnamese Zen teacher, author, poet, and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh died at Tu Hieu Temple, his root monastery near Hue, Vietnam, on January 22, 2022. He was more>
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom Theatrical Premiere January 2022
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, the feature film debut by Pawo Choyning Dorji, has its U.S. theatrical premiere starting January 21, 2022 in selected cities. The film was the more>
The Velvet Queen Review
Directed by Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier
Featuring Sylvain Tesson
France / 2021 / French with English subtitles / 92 min
Ignore the misleading title. The film opens with what more>
BSBFF Encore Edition
Last June, Buddhist Film Foundation joined with San Francisco Bay Area activists and filmmakers to create the Burma Spring Benefit Film Festival (BSBFF) in response to the humanitarian and civil more>
