An interview with Polish-born filmmaker Małgorzata Dobrowolska

Insights into working with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

Giving voice to the poetry of the Dharma

Buddhist traditions and spiritual heritage of the region

“When you arrive at the extinction of reality, there is nothing but the spontaneity of pure potential. There is no other way to dance in the sky.” - Yeshe Tsogyal   The dakini principle has been a s

Since its creation in 2000, the Buddhist Film Foundation (BFF) has been a cornerstone for Buddhist-themed cinema. The foundation strives to uphold Buddhism in film, and archive and promote new and upc

Good filmmaking provides immersion in illusion. When we sit down for what is usually more than an hour to stare at a screen, we need the film to convince and effectively trick us into believing we are

Editor's note: Oleg Yuzefpolsky is an artistic filmmaker, music innovator, and producer of media about the Himalayas. Buddhist and environmental values inform his treks and work. He prefers not to use

Increasingly, we find Buddhist Film Festivals popping up in cities around the world for audiences of all ages and backgrounds - there are films with religious and spiritual messages, cultural stories,

This fascinating documentary is both the portrait of an unusual father/son relationship and the exploration of a remarkable spiritual journey.  The father is a Buddhist master or Rinpoche who relocate

In the preface to the film The Buddha, D. Max Moerman from Barnard University says, “Like any good story it has a lot to teach… the story of his [the Buddha’s] life is a beautiful way of tel

This is a film about a Buddhist teacher from Bhutan, Khyentse Norbu Rinpoche, and his western followers: a Canadian engineer, an English fortune teller, and an American filmmaker who made this movie.

It has been literally years since I watched a documentary and thought it was objectively good (liking it or disliking it is a subjective thing), because too often documentaries about the humanities li

AFTER A 20-YEAR career as a still photographer, Marin's Heather Kessinger makes her filmmaking debut with In the Shadow of Buddha, a documentary that takes viewers into the seldom-seen world of Tibeta