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Through the lenses of Buddhism, a cancer diagnosis, a Native American vision quest, Talmudic perspectives, artistic pursuits, medical advances in aging and longevity, and breakthrough technologies, they challenge us to rethink our place in the universe. Into The Night features intimate, provocative stories of nine men and women forever changed by their encounters with mortality. Special Guests: Livestream with Chodo Robert Campbell Sensei and Koshin Paley Ellison Sensei, founders of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care

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USA / 2017 / English / 112 min plus Q&A / Documentary Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death (Part Two) She is currently in post-production on her second dramatic feature, White Road, selected for Cinéfondation L’Atleier of Cannes Film Festival.

She is the first Kalmyk film director, and her feature debut, The Gulls, premiered at the 2015 Berlinale. Filmed on location by Russian Director Ella Manzheeva in the USA, India, Russia, Hong Kong, and Germany.Īward-winning filmmaker Ella Manzheeva was born in the Russian republic of Kalmykia, and graduated from film school in Moscow.

This richly researched film introduces the key members of Geshe Wangyal’s circle, and tells his amazing and little-known story well. in 1955, and was the first to teach American students, including composer Philip Glass and now-leading scholars Robert Thurman and Jeffrey Hopkins. He established the Lamaist Buddhist Monastery of America-the first Tibetan Buddhist center here, in Freehold, New Jersey-after emigrating to the U.S. He was a founding figure in the spread of Buddhism in the West, and was instrumental in arranging for the Dalai Lama’s first visit to the U.S. was Geshe Ngawang Wangyal, an ethnic Kalmyk Mongol born in what is now Russia. One of the most remarkable Tibetan Buddhist lamas to come to the U.S. Special Guest: Robert Thurman, president of Tibet House US Geshe Wangyal: With Blessing of the Three JewelsĪrmenia / 2022 / English, and Russian and Tibetan with English subtitles / 77 min plus Q&A / Documentary In 2002 he received the Courage of Conscience Award from Peace Abbey for showing resilience in the face of adversity. Arrested by Chinese authorities in Tibet during the filming of Tibet in Song, he subsequently spent six and a half years in prison. He was born in Dawa, a small county in western Tibet. Ngawang Choephel is a Sundance Jury Award Winner for his first film Tibet in Song. Filmed on location at Ganden Monastery in India, and featuring contemporary interviews with survivors of the exodus, animations, and remarkable documentary footage from 1940s Tibet, the film honors the stories of the monks’ lives in both the old and new Ganden. Embodying the strength and joy their tradition teaches, survivors of the exodus tell of their lives in the old and new Ganden in Ngawang Choephel’s moving film, made in collaboration with creative consultant Annie Lennox. For more than 500 years, monks lived in Ganden in simplicity and contentment, before the Chinese invasion drove them from their beloved home to start anew in India. It is here where the Dalai Lama’s lineage began. Ganden is the most influential monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, likened by Buddhists to the Vatican. India, USA / 2019 / English, and Tibetan with English subtitles / 76 min plus Q&A / Documentary Please stay tuned for news on additional films in the months ahead, and updates on speakers. Screenings of the films are one time only.

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This series will introduce audiences to new filmmakers, almost all women, and some very special guests. The schedule so far features films from China, India, the U.S., and Russia, and includes a special event for the Dalai Lama’s 88th birthday. The IBFF 2023 Official Selections Spotlight Series begins April 30th and extends over a number of months at the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, California.

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