Proceedings get underway with "Shower," a 1999 pic by Chinese helmer Zhang Yang, and include recent AFI Fest documentary prize-winner "Buddha's Lost Children" by Mark Verkerk.
Also on the agenda is "The Cup" and Travellers and Magicians," both helmed by monk Kyentse Norbu and two from German helmer Doris Doerrie: "Enlightenment Guaranteed" from 2000 and her recent docu "How To Cook Your Life," about San Francisco chef and Zen priest Edward Espe Brown.
Event is organized by the Asian Buddhist Film Festival, which has a strategic partnership with Oakland, CA., non-profit org the Buddhist Film Society.