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Awaken to the world - THIS Buddhist Film Festival returns with 19 thought-provoking films this September

The Buddhist Channel, 3 August 2023

Singapore, -- Thus Have I Seen Buddhist Film Festival (THISBFF) returns on 23 September 2023 to awaken the community with 19 thought-provoking and eye-opening films.

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Documentary about renowned Buddhist monk to hit Vietnam’s screens

VietnamNet, Feb 26, 2018

Hanoi, Vietnam -- The documentary film on Vietnam’s famous Buddhist Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh will be screened in Vietnam beginning March 1st this year.

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18th Buddhist Film Festival screens in San Rafael

By G. Allen Johnson, SFGate.com, June 6, 2017

San Francisco, CA (USA) -- Who knew there was a burgeoning punk rock scene in Myanmar? Or a new twist on the ancient rites of Bhutan?

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Portrait of Myanmar's 'Buddhist Bin Laden' chills Cannes

AFP, 24 May 2017

Cannes, France -- Barbet Schroeder spent months with Ugandan dictator Idi Amin at the height of his power, when corpses would wash up every morning on the shores of Lake Victoria and Kampala was rife with rumours that he was eating his opponents.

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Buddhist lessons from Star Wars

by Henna Achhpal, DNA India, 12 Dec 2016

New Delhi, India -- The world’s most loved sci-fi saga has religion at its core, borrowing themes from several Buddhist principles and concepts

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IFFI features a lesser-known chapter of Buddhist history

'Dr Strange' cast inspired by teaching from Buddhist monk on set

From ‘Mood Indigo’ To Mood Mono?

You, ‘Animals And The Buddha’

New animated film “Kubo and the Two Strings” introduces kids to Buddhist concepts

THIS Buddhist Film Festival (THIS) 2016 coming this September

The Egoless ‘Everest’ Vs An Everest Of Ego?

Film “The Song Collector” shows a lost Buddhist culture’s revival in India

Naze Ikiru Anime Film of Buddhist Book Previewed in Trailer

'Groundhog Day,' the Buddhist lifehacker movie

Afghan Buddhist treasure site under danger by Chinese mining company

Biopic on Xuanzang to release simultaenously in India and China

Irishman Laurence Carroll was first westerner to be ordained Buddhist monk

The Dharma Bum: A Documentary

'Kingsman: The Secret Service' Of Bodhisattvas?

How To Be Ant-Man Without Shrinking!

Former Buddhist monk creates home for 85 abandoned children

The Buddhist way of life in the Northeast

‘Alexander’ And His Terribly Fantastic Day

Fouth edition of Wesak International Film Festival coming to Kuala Lumpur

"Hannah: Buddhism’s untold journey" premieres in New York City at the Rubin Museum May 6, 8 and 9

How ‘Birdman’ Spoke The Dharma

‘Predestination’ Or Redestination?

Inner Path Festival of Buddhism kicked off on November 21

Can Buddhists Seek Revenge? ('Out Of The Furnace' Of Hate)

Lost Irish Monk

THIS Buddhist Film Festival 2014brings 16 films from 11 countries

Short Film Competition with "stillness" as focus launches

White Robes, Saffron Dreams: A Look at Gender Inequality in Thai Buddhism

Vesak Greetings around the World

A Buddhist priest seeks enlightenment on the silver screen

Chenrezig - The Mandala of Compassion

7 Pieces Of Evidence That Prove The Matrix Is Really About Buddhism

Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Buddhist Education Committee Film Festival 2014

A Bodhisattva 'Man Of Steel'?

Film on Buddhism’s journey across Asia to be screened in Delhi

Epic film chronicles Siddhartha's life

"THIS" Buddhist Film Festival returns

Yaks, Buddhism and life

Thai Buddhist film festival seeks to spark faith

Now a festival on Buddhist philosophy, aesthetics

The International Buddhist Film Festival Opens in London

International Buddhist Film Festival returns to London

IBFF 2012 Hong Kong wraps

Buddhist film festival comes to Winter Park

IBFF 2012 sold out in Hong Kong

Documentary: Life of the Buddha

The untold love story of Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi

Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

From The ‘Womb’ Of Attachment Or Love?

Readjust 'The Adjustment Bureau'

‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’ & Conscience?

The Love & Loss Of ‘Norwegian Wood’

The ‘Wu Xia’ Koan Of Forgiveness

First Buddha Film from Nepal to Pre-empt Bollywood Challenges

The Bodhisattva Spirit Of 'Green Lantern' Corps

Buddhist societies present third Wesak International Film Festival

Magneto & Po Make War & Peace

The Journey of Xuanzang

Celebrity gathering at Buddhist film festival

The Bodhisattvas of 'Qixia Temple 1937'

Why Bollywood celebrities are turning to Buddhism

Buddhist film fest to benefit Japan victims

Award-winning documentary part of a spiritual journey

The ‘Black Swan’ Mara

'The Rite' of Passage to Hell Or Pure Land?

Some ‘Shaolin’ Showdown!

Where Is Your ‘Hereafter’?

Gulliver's Travels Vs Moggallana's Journey

A Buddhist monk who channels Leonard Cohen

Local Filmmaker Eyes Role of Women in Buddhism

Finding meaning at the Int'l Buddhist Film Festival

Land and freedom: Tibet in Song

Film brings Buddhist nuns' story out of the shadows

American filmmaker finds a way around 'Buddhism fatigue'

Private Hell of ‘The American’

A Buddhist Vision of 'The Child's Eye'

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring movie review

'Detective Dee' for Dharma?

The 'Inception' of Illusion or Reality?

'Aftershock' of the Human Heart

Full faith in Belief

Sri Lanka - Buddhist Film Festival 2011 inaugurated

Journey From Zanskar

Cinema of spirituality: Buddhism in films

Buddhist Film Festival at BMICH

Can 'The Losers' Really Win?

Animated film on influential 8th-century Buddhist monk opens

'Clash of the Titans' and Humans

Illuminating Prince’s Path That Led to Enlightenment

Terror of the Real Cheese Touch!

PBS documentary examines Buddhism

Return of 'The Wolfman'

What If You Were a Vampire in 'Daybreakers'?

'The Blind Side' Seen

An 'Avatar' for All the Oppressed

A Buddhist Perspective of '2012'

Serious Stuff from 'Funny People'

Is 'District 9' Fictitious?

The Keeper of 'My Sister's Keeper' is My Sister

Dhamma Dana: What Burma is All About

Who is 'The Time Traveller's Wife'?

Documentarian sends viewers in search of self

Journey of Iceland's First Buddhist Monk at Fest

‘Sankara’s Magical Touch of Theravadin Zen

New documentary offers insight into Myanmar uprising

Film to explore ancient India's Buddhist links to ASEAN

Buddhism can't be this bad, can it?

Lighting the way

Releasing my Inner Ramis: Buddhist Subtext of Year One

Drag All Out of Hell

Terminators ‘R’ Us?

India's award-winning director to make US$42m film about Buddha

'Blood'y Demonisation of the Demonic?

A Long Journey to Document a Monk’s Long Journey

Unmistaken Child (2008)

Gowariker to recreate life of Buddha onscreen

Preview: International Buddhist Film Festival

Wolverine's Animal & Buddha-Nature

A momentous meeting gives reel life to extraordinary monk

Penelope's Piggy Plight

Bittersweet 'School Days with a Pig'

Fancy Being '17 Again'?

Johnny Depp and Ewan McGregor films to be shown at Buddhist festival

Buddhism documentaries to air in Taiwan

Imparting the Dhamma

Buddhist Superhero Epic to Inspire During Recession

7 Lessons from 'He's Just Not That Into You'?

Bollywood producer apologises over Buddha gaffe

Understanding 'Underworld' Underdogs

The Buddhism of 'Benjamin Button'

The 'Twilight' or Dawn of Desire?

From 'Chandni Chowk To China', Delusion to Realisation

The Ponyo Paradox of Change & Acceptance

The Unseen 'Ip Man' Behind Bruce Lee?

'The Day the Earth Stood Still' in Shock

What Price 'Pride and Glory'?

'Four Christmases' for this Christmas?

Buddha film by Anna Wilding gifted to Princess Anne in New Zealand

Forgotten Truths in a "Body of Lies"

Looking Deeper Beneath "Painted Skin"

Lying in "The Coffin" to Contemplate Death?

Documentary explores the fabrics of spirituality

First International Buddhist Film Festival in Mexico

Another One of "The Clone Wars"?

How the "Buddha's Lost Children" were Found

"The X-Files: I Want to Believe" I Can Realise the Truth

The Unrecognised "12 Lotus" Bodhisattvas

Complaints & "Money No Enough"?

Of Nature, Human-Nature, Buddha-Nature & "Hellboy II"

Why So Serious about "The Dark Knight"?

The Most Spiritually Affecting Buddhist Movies

All Hail the Holy "Hancock"?

Third Tibetan Film Festival begins in Delhi Saturday

"Wanted" by the Law of Karma?

Indian actress to go bald for monks' role

Filmmaker Lara Damiani Speaks About Documentary And The Dalai Lama

A Study of Rage in "The Incredible Hulk"

Whatever "The Happening" Might Be

"The Secret" of the Law of Resistance

The Zen Mind

Wesak Film festival begins in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow

The Zen of "Kung Fu Panda"?

Indigenous Paintings of Sri Lanka

Kung Fu Panda rests on Buddhist concept of nothingness - which is pretty rich

'Indiana Jones' and the Quest for the Buddha's Crown?

Film on Dalai Lama addresses strategy of non-violent action

Of Friendship, Love, "Sex and the City"

The Unwinking Gaze: The Inside Story of the Dalai Lama's Struggle for Tibet

How to Practise Animal Liberation Wisely

"Stark" Dharma from "Iron Man"?

"The Dhamma Brothers": The transformative power of Buddhist meditation in a U.S. prison

Malaysia's Wesak International Film Festival (WIFF) 2008 returns in June

Z-Arts! Film Showcases a Buddhist Monastery

The Irreverent Dharma of "Harold & Kumar"

"Run, Fatboy, Run" for Your Life!

"The Orphanage" of "Absent" Children

"Be Kind Rewind" to Good Ol' Days?

"Horton Hears a Who!" Whoever that is!

What's In "The Bucket List"?

"Semi-Pro" Players in the Game of Life

How Not to Break "Rule #1"

Life Notes from "L: Change the World"

The Unconditional Love of "Juno"

Forgotten Lessons from "10,000 B.C."?

How to Fall in Love in the City of Love

Film depicts pilgrimage to largest Buddhist ritual

Colgate preparing for visit from Dalai Lama with film fest

What If You Were a "Jumper"?

Why "CJ7" Shouldn't Be Alien

Love Advice for "The Heartbreak Kid"

'Daughters of Wisdom'

"This Film is Not Yet Rated" for Sex & Violence?

The Bittersweet Revenge of "Sweeney Todd"

"Buddha Wild" goes to India Film Festival

Tibetan Lama film maker discusses Western perceptions of Buddhism

Not "Dan in Real Life"?

"Body #19" is Really Nobody?

First scripwriting seminar in Dharamsala

Limiting Baggage on "The Darjeeling Limited"

Clarifying Murky "Sharkwater"

Buddhist film to be released for Tet

"I Am Legend"... And A Bodhisattva?

The (Anti-)Dogmatism of "National Treasure: Book of Secrets"

Hrithik Roshan to play lord Buddha?

A "Hitman" Struck by Compassion

More Light for "30 Days of Night"

The Ever Mindful "Eye in the Sky"

The "Resident Evil: Extinction" Within

How "The Golden Compass" Points to the Golden Dharma

The Dharma of the "Beowulf" Myth

A testament to faith

Documentary on Lord Buddha

A 'How To' guide for food and life

Hollywood takes action hero Jesus to India

A Yearning Yarn of "Silk"

How "Fred Claus" Became Santa

A Tasty Road to Enlightenment

A Loving Sprinkle of "Stardust"

The Real Love of "Lars and the Real Girl"

'How to Cook Your Life'

Biopic on Tibetan Buddhist is confounding, agonizing

Buddhist Film Festival in Waterloo, Canada

The "Rendition" of Truth or Lies?

This 59th Minute of "The 11th Hour"

"Shoot 'Em Up" or Lay 'Em Down?

"Mr. Woodcock" the Accidental Bodhisattva?

The Antidote

Are You Alive in the "Land of the Dead"?

"The Invasion" of the Mind Snatchers

Such is the life of Buddhist leader 'Milarepa'

Reflections on "Evan Almighty" & G. Almighty

Metta Messages from "Ratatouille"

"The Bourne Ultimatum" of Anatta

Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint

Movie to be made on Gautama Buddha's life

Some Dharma from "Rush Hour 3"

The Four Sublime States of "Hairspray"

'Uppalavanna' - a human interest story well related

Trilogy takes viewers along on Buddhist pilgrimage

"The Simpsons Movie" serves up an "Irritating" Truth

Bodhisattvic "Transformers" of Wrath to Peace

The Dark Dharma of "Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix"

Drawing on faith

10 Questions for the Dalai Lama

A journalistic 'Heart'

The Missing Mystery of "Nancy Drew"

A Study of the "Fantastic Four" Elements

More than One "Zodiac" Maniac?

Life & Death in a "Fast Food Nation"

The Ultimate "Perfume" of Samsara

The Message of ‘Maithree’ in movies in Colombo

Foreign Buddhist films to be screened in Sri Lanka

The Odds of Getting Even with "Ocean's 13"

Documentary provides insight on His Holiness

Malayalee actress to play a Buddhist monk

"Angry Monk": An Evening of Film and Poetry

Indian superstar Ajay Devgan may play King Ashoka

Is "The Cup" Half Empty or Half Full?

Buddhist film festival seeks peace of the action

"How to Cook Your Life" with Raw & Refined Mindfulness

Some Words on "Words of My Perfect Teacher"

Projecting Buddhism

Give a Timely "Shower" of Love

2007 Tibetan Film Festival: Buddhist delight

Fellow "Travellers & Magicians" of Samsara

"Spider-man 3" Versus the Poisons 3

Reel and Religion

Buddhist Film Festival set to kick off

Transforming a "Fracture" into Strength

Be "The Last Mimzy" Bodhisattva

Demystifying "The Number 23" With Karma

Wheel of Time

The Battle of "300" Was Lost & Won

Indian producer plans $120m Buddha biopic

"The Pursuit of Happyness" in Samsara

"Hannibal Rising" in Vengeful Violence

Is "Ghost Rider" a Wrathful Bodhisattva?

Reading Dharma into "Letters from Iwo Jima"

Listen to the Message of "Babel"

"The Illusionist" Is An Illusion

The enlightened 'Groundhog'

Lost in "Pan's Labyrinth" of Fact & Fiction

Moral Notes Within "Death Note"

Indian film on reincarnation probes karma concept

Mahamakut Buddhist University to make film on Tripitaka

Tibet: New Film Highlights Losses of Tibetan Buddhism

Vajra Sky Over Tibet

‘Sexed-up’ film on Hiuen Tsang (Xuan Zhang) angers Chinese

I Need to Wake Up to "An Inconvenient Truth"

An ambassador of Enlightenment

The Infernal Affairs of "The Departed"

David S. Ward meditates on 'Buddha'

If no one watches 'Zen' does it make a sound?

Tibetan documentary tackles a fascinating subject but lacks depth

"The Banquet" of Love & Hate, Loyalty & Betrayal

Dalai Lama Endorses Film About Buddha

"Click" Fast Forward for a Better Life?

A weekend to change your life

New Dalai Lama DVD Release Delivers Life & Enlightenment

The Bittersweetness of "Hard Candy"?

The Amazing Race of Amazing Irony

Funeral parlour plans film festival on life and death

Director's path to Tibet began in Boston

Movie is an ode to Tibetan culture, philosophy

Big as Buddha

Reel Buddhism

"Three Times" Too Many?

Good Question - "How Much Do You Love Me?"

The Spiritual Liberation of "Nacho Libre"

Milarepa weaves celluloid magic with spiritual wisdom

"Superman Returns" to His Bodhisattva Career

'Samsara' is all about choices, says Pan Nalin

"M:i:III" : Accomplishing A Spiritual "Mission Impossible"?

Film on Buddhist nun to help Mussoorie school kids

Webcast of Chief: The Life and Work of K Sri Dhammnanda

Deciphering "The Da Vinci Code" with Buddhism

"X-Men: The Last Stand" for Superiority or Equanimity?

Indian telecoms mogul to finance film on life of Buddha

Local filmmakers premiere 'Fearless Mountain'

WIFF of a Gem

Documentary on Malaysia’s Chief Monk to premier at Wesak International Film Festival (WIFF)

Fostering peace through Buddhist cinema

Chinese make film on Buddha in Bihar

Tracing Hiuen Tsang’s steps, fourteen centuries later

Documentary immerses the viewer in Buddhism

Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy

Afghanistan: Film Revisits Destruction Of Bamiyan Buddhas

"The Constant Gardener" of the Garden of Life

Milarepa

A "Fearless" Lesson on True Victory (Huo Yuanjia)

The Buddhism of `Lost'

An Offering of "Broken Flowers"

"A History of Violence" - Fact in Fiction

Buddhist monks to produce video route to nirvana

Coming soon: Tripitaka the Movie

Sundance Film Festival: Directors took risks making films about Buddhism

Angry Monk - Reflections on Tibet

Dalai Lama to help Kapur in making ?The Buddha?

Google may search for Buddha

The Lion's Roar Echoing Through "Narnia"

Matthew Bartolin: Darth Vader Vs The Buddha

"King Kong" Sized Dharma Lessons

Finding karma through 'Earl'

Lost Treasures of Tibet to be Aired in Washington, D.C.

Kolkata filmmaker traces Christ's 'India trail'

"Be With Me", My Beloved... Just Be Love

Hello, Dalai : "Wheel of Time" documents an epic Buddhist trek

Shekhar Kapur to portray the Buddha as human

Shaolin monks take movies into their own hands

Spiritual Films highlight Buddhism

Spiritual Film Festival launches

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" of Familial Enlightenment

Fearless Mountain' documentary explores monks' life

Blessing and £70m enlightens film on the life of Buddha

Back Down the Rabbit Hole

The "Fantastic Four" Versus the "Enlightened One"?

Win the Universal "War of the Worlds"

Spiritual Film Festival debuts in Hailey

This is India, the Dalai Lama has E-mail

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" & Enlightenment?

"Batman Begins" His Wrathful Bodhisattva Path

Wheel of Time

Intergalactic Dharma

Swinging the "3-Iron" of Your Life

Can the Elusive "Kingdom of Heaven" be Fought For?

Film on Dalai Lama ready for US premiere

Richard Gere in Shekhar Kapur's Buddha film

From Silverscreen Samsara to Offscreen Nirvana

Stumbling Forward, Backwards & "Sideways"

"A Series of Unfortunate Events"... & Other Fortunate Events

Behind the Mechanics of the Twisted Mind

Seeing & Hearing What Lies Within "White Noise"

Constantine... the Constant Bodhisattva?

Keanu Reeves To Receive Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

At festival, Buddhists explore budding bond with film

Magic of First Bhutan Film

Tulku Film Making Waves

Shekhar Kapur to direct film on Buddha

Movie: "The Legend of Buddha"

"Alexander": He Was Great, But He Could Have Been Greater

"Birth"... Of Endless Second Chances

Buddha film, past revisted

Buddha film: Dreams of Nirvana?

Will Aishwarya Rai play Buddha's wife?

Legend of Buddha nominated for Oscar awards

Film Inspired by Buddhist Writer Double Winner at Columbus International Film Festival

A Brief History of Attachment: From 1966 to 2004 to "2046"

Tibet Films At Himalayan Film Festival in Amsterdam

Sensual satori in a floating world

Hollywood heavyweight directors star in Buddhism documentary

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