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Ne Zha 2: A Billion-Dollar Box Office Storm with Deep Buddhist Roots

By Tenzin Chokyi, The Buddhist Channel, 8 April 2025

Kathmandu, Nepal -- When Ne Zha 2 exploded into theaters on Chinese New Year’s Day 2025, no one expected it to become a global phenomenon—least of all the Hollywood studios now scrambling to understand how a Chinese animated film just shattered every box office record in existence.

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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
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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