A discussion on the landscape of Buddhist-themed movies

Insights into working with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

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

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.

Amsterdam's red light district and apparent openness to brownies, liberal sex and hemp are a self-parody. They are a conscious joke (albeit an economically beneficial one) by the city’s tourism

One of the most vibrant and exciting events contemporary Buddhism offers is its film festivals, which usually take place annually and have for years driven spiritual creativity and thought-provoking j

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

“Beautiful, soft, open – but not always interesting.” This is how California-based filmmaker Heather Kessinger describes current trends in American Buddhist filmmaking, which has unwittingly given ris