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Program Guide IBFF NO1 NOVEMBER 20–23, 2003 LOS ANGELES WWW.IBFF.ORG INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST FILM FESTIVAL Debra Bloomfield Jerry Burchard John Paul Caponigro Simon Chaput Mark Citret Linda Connor Lynn Davis Peter deLory Don Farber Richard Gere Susannah Hays Jim Henkel Lena Herzog Kenro Izu REFLECTING BUDDHA: Michael Kenna IMAGES BY Heather Kessinger Hirokazu Kosaka CONTEMPORARY Alan Kozlowski PHOTOGRAPHERS Wayne Levin Stu Levy NOVEMBER 14–23 David Liittschwager Elaine Ling Exhibition and Sale to Benefit the International Buddhist Film Festival John Daido Loori Book Signings by Participating Photographers Yasuaki Matsumoto Throughout the Exhibition Steve McCurry Curated by Linda Connor Pasadena Museum of California Art Susan Middleton 490 East Union Street, Pasadena, California Charles Reilly Third Floor Exhibition Space Open Wed. to Sun. 10 am to 5 pm, Fri. to 8 pm David Samuel Robbins www.pmcaonline.org 626.568.3665 Stuart Rome Meridel Rubenstein Larry Snider 2003 pigment print © Linda Connor, Ladakh, India digital archival Nubra Valley, Camille Solyagua John Willis The Dalai Lama’s Rainbow The Dalai Lama’s NOV 20–23 at LACMA www.ibff.org Alison Wright image: Welcome to the first International Buddhist Film Festival. The Buddhist understanding that what we experience is projection, is cinema in the most profound sense. In the sixth century BC, Prince Siddhartha, the future Buddha, was challenged by personal and political upheaval, and he heroically strove to find a meaningful way of living. Waking up and paying attention, he discovered a path of spiritual transformation. The seeds of this breakthrough have continued to flower through 2,500 years. A new wave of contemporary cinema is emerging to embrace all the strands of Buddhism—directly, obliquely, reverently, critically, and comedically too. The diversity of the many buddhisms of our times is expressed in the work offered here. So we invite you to explore our selection of films from ten countries—eight of these are premieres. Engage. Enjoy. Reflect. Tell us what you think. Gaetano Kazuo Maida Executive Director IBFF FOUNDING BOARD OF DIRECTORS IBFF ADVISORY COUNCIL Ellen Bruno Josh Baran Wes Nisker Steven Goodman Peter Coyote Michael O’Keefe Richard Kohn Richard Gere Kyle Secor Gaetano Kazuo Maida Philip Glass Huston Smith Steven Rood Pico Iyer Robert Thurman Maxine Hong Kingston Babeth VanLoo Mickey Lemle Alice Walker Lisa Lu Michael Wenger Joanna Macy Rudy Wurlitzer William McKeever IBFF AT LACMA, NOVEMBER 20–23, 2003 LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art PROGRAM 1 Thursday November 20, 7:30 pm 5905 Wilshire Boulevard Travellers & Magicians – U.S. Premiere $20 Los Angeles, CA 90036 Location and Parking PROGRAM 2 Friday November 21, 1:00 pm LACMA is located in the Miracle Mile area The Anniversary, with Chasing Buddha $8 between Fairfax Avenue and La Brea Avenue, on Wilshire Boulevard, just east of Ogden Drive. PROGRAM 3 Friday November 21, 3:00 pm Pay parking is available in the lots at Tassajara, with Peace Is Every Step Wilshire Boulevard and Spaulding Avenue, —Meditation in Action – L.A. Premieres $8 and at Wilshire and Ogden Drive. Parking in these lots is free every day after 7:00 pm. PROGRAM 4 Friday November 21, 5:30 pm HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Hi! Dharma – L.A. Premiere $8 We are delighted to have the Loews Beverly Hills Hotel as the official IBFF host hotel. PROGRAM 5 Friday November 21, 7:30 pm Perfectly located only minutes away from LACMA, with a shuttle service during the Words of My Perfect Teacher – U.S. Premiere $8 IBFF, the Loews Beverly Hills is offering special rates for IBFF attendees. PROGRAM 6 Friday November 21, 9:45 pm Call 310.277.2800 and be sure to say Ghost Dog $8 you’re attending the festival. Guests who register for three nights or more will receive a free Festival Pass good PROGRAM 7 Saturday November 22, 1:00 pm for all screenings. King of the Hill: Won’t You Pimai Neighbor with Special Works TBA $8 PROGRAM 8 Saturday November 22, 6:00 pm Jacob’s Ladder $8 PROGRAM 9 Saturday November 22, 8:00 pm The International Buddhist Film Festival is produced by Home Street Home – U.S. Premiere $8 Buddhist Film Society, Inc., an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. PROGRAM 10 Sunday November 23, 6:00 pm BUDDHIST FILM SOCIETY, INC. Shower $8 INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST FILM FESTIVAL P.O. Box 3070 Oakland, CA 94609 USA PROGRAM 11 Sunday November 23, 8:00 pm voice: 510.601.5111 Wheel of Time – L.A. Premiere $8 fax: 510.985.0185 e-mail: [email protected] www.ibff.org TICKETS Tickets to the IBFF include admission to Opening Night Special Event (Program 1 the Museum’s exhibitions during regular cover image © Milton Glaser/Buddhist Film Society, screening only) $20/($18 LACMA Museum hours on the day of the screening Inc. 2003 members) for which tickets are purchased. image credits ©: Travellers & Magicians, Prayer Flag Pictures; The Anniversary, Old Photo Film; Chasing All other screenings $8/($6 LACMA Tickets are available at the LACMA box Buddha, Go Group; Tassajara, Frazer Bradshaw; Peace members) office during regular Museum hours: Is Every Step, Simon Chaput; Hi! Dharma, Cineworld Entertainment; Words of My Perfect Teacher, Ziji Film Monday, Tuesday, Thursday – Noon to and Television; Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai, Artisan Discount Packages 8:00 pm; Friday – Noon to 9:00 pm; Entertainment; King of the Hill, Mike Judge/FOX; Festival Pass: (all screenings) $80 Saturday and Sunday – 11:00 to 8:00 pm; Jacob’s Ladder, Tri-Star Pictures; Home Street Home, Friday Pass: (all screenings on Friday, Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation; Shower, Sony closed Wednesday Pictures Entertainment, Inc.; Wheel of Time, Werner November 21) $30 Herzog Film Saturday Pass: (all screenings on Saturday, Or call Ticketmaster: 877.522.6225 (there is a service fee for these purchases) unless otherwise noted or retained November 22) $18 © Buddhist Film Society, Inc. 2003 4 NOVEMBER 20, 7:30 PM PROGRAM 1 SPONORED BY TIBETAN ARTS U.S. PREMIERE The Director Khyentse Norbu was born in a remote area of eastern Bhutan to a family of poets and yogis in the year of the metal ox. Norbu is known by his friends and students as H.E. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, the rein- carnation of a 19th-century religious reformer who played a pivotal role in the revitalization and preserva- tion of Buddhism in Tibet. Raised in strict Buddhist monasteries and institutions in Bhutan and Sikkim, Norbu’s first encounter with film was as a monk at the age of nineteen when he caught a glimpse of a Bolly- wood epic on television in an Indian railway station. In 1999, his first full-length film, Phörpa (The Cup), became an international success. “I think it’s better to understand the power of this influence, than to be its TRAVELLERS & MAGICIANS victim,” he said at the time. He learned much of his Director: Khyentse Norbu craft from mentor Bernardo Bertolucci while serving as BHUTAN, 2003, 35 MM, 108 MINUTES a consultant during the making of Little Buddha. Khyentse Norbu travels as a teacher and spiritual direc- Khyentse Norbu in person tor to Buddhist centers and schools around the world. Few have heard of Bhutan and even fewer have passed This role is illustrated in Words of My Perfect Teacher, its remote Himalayan borders. This pristine Buddhist a revealing documentary also premiering at the festival kingdom has quietly avoided the strife of its northern (see Program 5). neighbor Tibet and only recently opened its doors to the West. In the absence of television and western influences, a sophisticated yet vulnerable culture has matured. One of Bhutan’s most revered Buddhist teachers, Khyentse Norbu (Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche), joins us in L.A. OPENING NIGHT GALA to present his second film, the country’s first full-length Gala Reception at LACMA feature in Dzongkha, the official language. on the Plaza adjacent to Pentimento Restaurant Part road movie, part Bhutanese fable, Travellers & 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles Magicians is really two stories—one earthly and one magical, played out against the backdrop of the Him- November 20, 2003 alayas. Tshewang Dendup is Dondup, a civil servant 6:00–7:30 pm posted in a small village who dreams of greener pas- tures. A series of events leaves him stranded on Bhutan’s only highway with a mismatched group of fellow travel- $100 contribution to ers. The mischievous monk in their midst (played by Buddhist Film Society, Inc. Bhutanese scholar Sonam Kinga) entertains them with a mysterious fireside tale. In this dark parallel story, Deki includes admission to the U.S. Premiere of Yangzom is a lonely housewife whose secluded existence Travellers & Magicians is turned inside out by Tashi, a mysterious stranger immediately following the Gala Reception played by Lhakpa Dorji. The stories weave together down their respective paths lined with seduction, For tickets please call 510.601.5111 x2 deception and dreams. or email: [email protected] Carefully chosen locations rarely seen by outsiders are shared on screen in the context of these characters’ lives. Each turn in the road illuminates Bhutan’s natural beauty. Both her people and landscapes are cause for wonder. 5 NOVEMBER 21, 1:00 PM PROGRAM 2 THE ANNIVERSARY with CHASING BUDDHA Director: Ham Tran Director: Amiel Courtin-Wilson USA, 2003, 35MM, 28 MINUTES AUSTRALIA, 2000, MINI DV AND SUPER 8 FILM, 52 MINUTES Ham Tran in person Former Catholic, communist, and radical feminist, the Venerable Robina Courtin has been a nun in the A simple Buddhist rite of remembrance frames this short Tibetan Buddhist tradition for over twenty years. Her dramatic work from talented new Vietnamese-American nephew, Amiel Courtin-Wilson, heard many wild tales filmmaker Ham Tran.
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