IBFF NO1 NOVEMBER 20–23, 2003 LOS ANGELES WWW.IBFF.ORG INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST FILM FESTIVAL OEBR14–23 NOVEMBER PHOTOGRAPHERS CONTEMPORARY IMA BUDDHA: REFLECTING w.manieog626.568.3665 www.pmcaonline.org 10 amto5pm,Fri.8pm to Sun. Open Wed. Third FloorExhibitionSpace 490 EastUnionStreet, Pasadena, California Pasadena MuseumofCaliforniaArt Curated byLindaConnor Throughout theExhibition Book SigningsbyParticipating Photographers International BuddhistFilmFestival Exhibition andSaletoBenefitthe O 20–23 atLACMA www.ibff.orgNOV E BY GES Alison Wright John Willis Camille Solyagua Larry Snider Meridel Rubenstein Stuart Rome David SamuelRobbins Charles Reilly Susan Middleton Steve McCurry Y John DaidoLoori Elaine Ling David Liittschwager Stu Levy W Alan Kozlowski Hirokazu Kosaka Heather Kessinger Michael Kenna Kenro Izu Lena Herzog Jim Henkel Susannah Hays Richard Gere Don Farber Peter deLory L Linda Connor Mark Citret Simon Chaput John PaulCaponigro Jerry Burchard Debra Bloomfield asuaki Matsumoto ynn Davis ayne Levin

image: The Dalai ’s Rainbow Nubra Valley, Ladakh, India digital archival pigment print © Linda Connor, 2003 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 —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 Huston Smith Steven Rood Pico Iyer 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! – 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 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 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 , 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 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. Beautifully filmed by Before about his aunt while growing up. He emerged as a tal- Night Falls cinematographer Guillermo Rosas, the film ented filmmaker in his teens and was drawn to her as a skillfully cuts between cruel child’s play and the brutal- subject “because of her sheer strength in dealing with a ity of real warfare. The story offers a surprising view of life that would have crippled most people.” human suffering even under war conditions, and Bud- dhism is presented not as an escape to but as Amiel and a skeleton crew chases Robina around two mindful reflection on this suffering. With a glimpse of continents (America and Australia). Remaining as unob- the devastation in Vietnam and its aftermath, The trusive as possible, they capture profoundly intimate Anniversary invites parallels between the violent situa- moments as Robina teaches death-row prisoners, gives tions there and the current state of global affairs. advice and confers ritual empowerments. What emerges is an inside portrait of a hard-edged woman boldly engaging in courageous compassionate activity while shattering every stereotype of a Buddhist nun. Taut and stylish editing and music sustain a height- ened sense of vitality.

6 NOVEMBER 21, 3:00 PM

PROGRAM 3

L.A. PREMIERE L.A. PREMIERE

TASSAJARA with PEACE IS EVERY STEP—MEDITATION IN ACTION Director: Frazer Bradshaw Director: Gaetano Kazuo Maida USA, 1997, 16MM, 28 MINUTES USA, 1997, BETASP, 52 MINUTES

Frazer Bradshaw in person Gaetano Kazuo Maida in person Tassajara, the oldest continuously operated The opening sequence of this remarkable documentary monastery in America, sits in a narrow valley east of Big shows Vietnamese Zen teacher and activist Thich Nhat Sur, California. A rough unpaved road from the nearest Hahn visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial with a highway is only one of the barriers to casual visits. Fires large group of his students and pleading with the U.S. in this dry country are common and can be deadly (the government not to go to war in the Persian Gulf . . .in monastery lost several buildings in a fire two decades 1991. ago), but the historic hot springs here, once used by the For his efforts to try and end the Vietnam War, Nhat indigenous Esselen tribe and enjoyed by generations of Hanh was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize by Dr. Californians since, have attracted people from afar for Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1967. He has been an exile years. since coming to America during that war and travels Shunryu Suzuki-Roshi, the late Japanese leader of the extensively from his Plum Village community in France Zen Center and author of the ground- to teach around the world. His committed, compassion- breaking bestseller Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, founded ate “” has been highly influential for Tassajara as a retreat center, a place for traditional a generation of practitioners. This profile tells his story monastic Zen Buddhist training in 1966. It is open to and shows the effects his work has had. It is narrated by the public during the summer, and belongs to the monks Ben Kingsley and includes rare footage from Vietnam and the wildlife the rest of the year. produced by Nhat Hanh’s own School of Social Service in the ’60s. This beautifully photographed work is free of narrative, and that’s perfect. For the relatively few who have made IBFF executive director Gaetano Maida’s prescient film the journey, this is a gentle and respectful reminder of has never been screened in L.A. The programming com- the meditation practice environment there; for others, it mittee chose to include it in this the first IBFF because offers a compelling, knowing visit to a very special place of the importance of Nhat Hanh’s work in the U.S.; at that exists outside the realm of time. the time this film was being made, he was virtually unknown here and the film crew had access no longer possible.

7 NOVEMBER 21, 5:30 PM NOVEMBER 21, 7:30 PM PROGRAM 4 PROGRAM 5

L.A. PREMIERE U.S. PREMIERE

HI! DHARMA WORDS OF MY PERFECT TEACHER Director: Kwan Park Director: Lesley Ann Patten KOREA, 2001, 35MM, 95 MINUTES CANADA, 2003, 35MM, 101 MINUTES

This seemingly typical Korean Jopok (gangster) genre Lesley Ann Patten and Dzongsar Khyentse Norbu film offers more than escapist action comedy. In the (subject), in person middle of a turf war, five big city gang brothers seek in a rural Buddhist monastery and the contrasts Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Lesley Ann Patten loom large. First-time director Kwan Park skillfully has created a hard-fought and revealing feature-length plays with these conventions while avoiding the documentary about Bhutanese lama-cum-auteur predictable. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche (director of Travellers & Magicians) from the perspective of three students, The head monk (veteran Korean actor Kim In-moon) including herself. bears himself with dignity and reserve as the younger monks display an assortment of reactions to the intru- Patten is afforded unprecedented access to the sion and provocations from the outside world. But the inscrutable lama but not without a dose of his rascally gangsters are on unfamiliar ground too, and subtle trickery. He repeatedly eludes her lens as she trots the transformations begin to unfold all around—not always globe following him from the streets of London to the as expected. World Cup finals to the Kingdom of Bhutan. He changes hats as often as his mood—sometimes joker, Many will be surprised to see how beautiful the Korean sometimes teacher, sometimes mischievous, always kind. countryside is (and how similar perhaps to the Catskills When he finally does choose to reveal himself, it proves or the Sierra), and most will be intrigued by the simpli- worth the wait. city and solidity of the monastery environment. This is no recent movement—these are the deep roots of This personal documentary sheds an often comedic light Korean culture, and the collision with contemporary on the student/guru relationship. The guru in this case urban elements is very much a part of the modern has a tendency to offers teasings rather than teachings, dilemma there (and elsewhere . . . ). With Jung Jin-young, defies prediction and shatters the image of the serene Lee Won-jong, Lee Moon-shik, and Ryu Seung-soo as sage. Patten, a long time student of Buddhism, was the monks, and Park Shin-yang,Park Sang-myun, Kang instrumental in creating a meditation program for Sung-jin, Kim Soo-ro, and Hong Kyung-il as the visitors. women at the Halifax Correctional facility. Featuring appearances by Bernardo Bertolucci and . A co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.

8 NOVEMBER 21, 9:45 PM NOVEMBER 22, 1:00 PM PROGRAM 6 PROGRAM 7

GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI KING OF THE HILL: WON’T YOU PIMAI NEIGHBOR Director: Jim Jarmusch Creator: Mike Judge USA, 1999, 35MM, 116MINUTES Producer/writer: John Altschuler USA, 2000, BETASP, 20 MINUTES “Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. And every day, without fail, one should consider John Altschuler and Mike Judge in person himself as dead.” “Yeah, yeah, Buddhist, whatever. . . monks.” Jim Jarmusch (Dead Man, Down by Law, Stranger Than Paradise) gives us a mesmerizing tale of the American network television is often spoken of as a underworld, bringing together the Mafia, an obsessive wasteland, a vehicle for consumerism and mindless pop culture psyche, and an ancient warrior code as entertainment. Well, apparently no one told the folks at expressed in the 18th century Hagakure—The Book of King of the Hill, a long running animation success on the Samurai, compiled by a Japanese samurai-turned- FOX. Zen monk. Bobby is the son of Hank and Peggy Hill, just-folks Forest Whitaker is hit man Ghost Dog—subtle, elegant Americans (often self referenced as “rednecks”) living in and precise in applying the discipline of this code to his the suburbs as the world changes rapidly around them. own conduct. Electronic eavesdropping devices and Immigration and contemporary culture challenge them silenced automatic pistols replace the weapons of legend and their friends at every turn. The show thrives on but the code remains. Ghost Dog slips smoothly, unseen sharp satire and no subject is sacred or spared. in the night, executing his job with one-pointed focus. The nickname for this episode is “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s The tables turn when a contract goes awry and his mob- My Buddha,” and we learn more about Buddhism in its ster boss, to whom he has loyally given respect and twenty minute running time (a network “half-hour”) service for ten years, is forced to seek retribution. than we do in many a full length feature work. A skill- The haunting, hypnotic hip-hop score by RZA draws us ful send-up of the Kundun story of the identification of into the dark realm of this modern warrior where every the young , this surprising episode in partic- action has consequences. ular demonstrates the power of good writing. It’s all about love. with SPECIAL WORKS TO BE ANNOUNCED

9 NOVEMBER 22, 6:00 PM NOVEMBER 22, 8:00 PM PROGRAM 8 PROGRAM 9

U.S. PREMIERE

JACOB’S LADDER HOME STREET HOME Director: Adrian Lyne Director: George Schouten USA, 1990, 35MM, 115MINUTES THE NETHERLANDS, 2003, BETASP, 80 MINUTES

Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin in person George Schouten and Bernie Glassman (subject) in person A deceptive and compelling work from Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, Lolita, Flashdance) Jacob’s Ladder has Brooklyn native, L.A.-trained Zen teacher Bernie Glass- become a cult classic. Drawing on the imagery and ref- man is an aeronautical engineer, political activist, baker, erences of the Vietnam War era with its drugs and polit- and trained clown who provokes some and helps many ical/military conspiracy environment, the film follows through his organized and inspired compassion in Jacob Singer (a young Tim Robbins) from the war zone action. to a battlefield in his mind. We meet his demons and Glassman, founder of the Peacemaker Order, has led lovers and taste his despair, but Jacob’s Ladder is no Zen practitioners on “retreat” among the homeless on ordinary genre film. the streets of New York, as pilgrims to Auschwitz and Screenwriter and meditation teacher Bruce Joel Rubin into the inner city. In Yonkers, New York, he started a (Ghost, Deep Impact, Stuart Little 2) wrote the script community with a now successful bakery, a homeless based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. He spent over shelter, jobs programs and a meditation hall. A student ten years looking for the right director to take on the of Zen Center of Los Angeles founder challenge. In Lyne he found a fearless artist who boldly Roshi, Glassman has himself ordained many as Zen explores the darkness of an unsettled mind at the edge priests, including noted writer Peter Matthiessen. of reality. With strong performances by Robbins, Danny This profile of him and his work was produced by Aiello, Matt Craven and Elizabeth Pena. Holland’s remarkable state funded Buddhist television network, BOS.

10 NOVEMBER 23, 6:00 PM NOVEMBER 23, 8:00 PM PROGRAM 10 PROGRAM 11

L.A. PREMIERE

SHOWER WHEEL OF TIME Director: Zhang Yang Director: CHINA, 1999, 35MM, 95 MINUTES GERMANY, 2002, 35 MM, 80 MINUTES

Progressive filmmaker Zhang Yang, who honed his craft Werner Herzog in person in the underground video circuit, gives us a story of past and future colliding in the heart of a man, his family Master filmmaker Werner Herzog (Enigma of Casper and their community. Set in a neighborhood on the out- Hauser, Nosfaratu, ) devotes his eccentric skirts of modern Beijing, this is a tale of a prodigal son. passion and vast cinematic skill to a discovery of Da Ming (Quanxin Pu), returns to the place of his . With Germanic precision and an youth and his father’s old age—an antique bathhouse initiate’s enthusiasm, Herzog seeks and finds the Dalai that draws the neighborhood men to bathe, gossip, pit Lama at the special Kalachakra assembly in Bodhgaya, cricket fights, quarrel and sing. the place of Buddha’s enlightenment, and chronicles a pilgrimage to sacred Mt. Kailash. His simple younger brother, Er Ming, (Wu Jiang) tends to the bathhouse customers with loving care and joy in For Herzog, the world of Tibetan is newly daily ritual. Water is the source of precious, healing discovered but deeply appreciated. He presents the qualities as Da Ming softens, and renews his connection Kalachakra, a ritual with half a million participants by to his family. focusing in on a few of the pilgrims and their unique stories. The monks making Tibetan noodle soup in huge This is a deceptively simple film wearing the veneer of a pots and serving tea for thousands enjoy their tasks family comedy but with genuine depth. It reveals a con- with playful humor. Herzog’s images and resonant per- temporary, transitional China, and a Vajrayana Buddhist sonal voiceover transport the viewer into the subtler spirit that survived the destructive forces of the Cultural mysteries of “the ecstasy of truth.” His fascination with Revolution. With remarkable actor Xu Zhu (The King the devotion of these faithful is obvious as is his skill as of Masks) who creates an unforgettable father/elder a filmmaker. Even in the most extreme conditions he with simplicity and subtlety. captures the beauty and exquisite artistry of one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most significant rituals.

11 The first International Buddhist Film Festival is dedicated to the memory of Rick Fields (1942–1999), Ok-koo Grosjean (1940–2000), and Richard Kohn (1948–2000), who were there with us all the way. . .

HEROES OF THE IBFF John Buksbazen Jay Stern Josh Baran James Burba Drew Takahashi Linda Connor Jane Burrell Lauri Rose Tanner Don and Yeshi Farber Lauren Deutsch Frank Tedesco Milton Glaser Rinchen Dharlo John Thacker William Hubbell Scott and Catherine Diamond Ganden Thurman Heather Kessinger Stephen Donato Emma Tillinger Ayelet Maida Saam Driver Helen Tworkov Gail Maxwell Rona Elliot Chalida Uabumrungjit Jeff and Sharon Roe Zette Emmons Kathleen Weaver John Solomon Marcia Fields Stanley Weiser Hillary Spencer Gary Gach Lorraine Wild Babeth VanLoo James Gimian Nina Wise Donna Giordan Abigail Wright FOUNDERS CIRCLE DONORS Amy Grey Olary Yim Dianne Cox Kenneth and Carolyn Green Winnie Yu Nancy Glenn Jeff Greenwald and all those we may have forgotten to list The Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund Jeanne Hallacy William Hubbell Varda Hardy IBFF 2003 SPONSORS Meyers Charitable Family Fund Jane Heaven A/M Studios The Roe Family Trust Allan Hunt-Badiner Buddhadharma Diana Stark Mohammed Husseini Insync.Media Harold Huttas Jensen Communications CONTRIBUTORS Charles Ingrasci KCRW Kathryn L. Curtis Susan Jacobs LA Weekly Joseph and Karen L. Gerbosi Mary Jane Jacobs LACMA Charles J. and Ann Lloyd Ingrasci Miranda July Loews Beverly Hills Randy Martin Sejung Kim Milton Glaser Inc. Marlys Mayfield Karen Klose On the Path Dianne Morrison Hirokazu Kosaka Ota House Marguerite A. Welch Alan Kozlowski PMCA Vivian Kurz Shambhala Sun AND DEEP GRATITUDE TO Leila Luce Tibetan Arts Everyone at Awake Masaki-san Tricycle Everyone at LACMA Christina Manouda Without A Box Everyone at PMCA Erik Mathiesen Everyone at UCLA Fowler Museum Meg McCarthy THE IBFF TEAM Everyone at the Loews Beverly Hills Hotel Scott Meisse Executive Director: Gaetano Kazuo Maida All the volunteers Kati Meister Program Coordinator: Isaiah Seret All the participating photographers in the Gary Meyer Program Associate / Print Manager: Reflecting Buddha Exhibition Anita Monga Tana Lehr All the filmmakers who responded to the Wendy Egyoku Nakao-Sensei Publicist: Jensen Communications, Inc. Call For Entries Khyentse Norbu Press Relations: Noa Jones Deborah Adler Susan O’Connell Submission Services: Without A Box Film Jacquelynn Baas Peter O’Donnell Charter Membership Director: Sharon Roe Bill Badalato Tina Patterson Logo and Poster Design: Milton Glaser Inc. Bob Baldock Haydn Reiss Design and Production: A/M Studios Marc Barasch Jonathan Ritter Program Guide Production: Amy Neiman Sebastian Beckwith Ritu Sarin Printing: Insync Media Patrick Bennett Martin Scorsese Digital Printing: On the Path Patricia Berger Aradhana Seth PMCA Exhibition Framing: Ota House Marla Berns Robert Sharf PMCA Exhibition Matting: Jim Hsieh Ian Birney Thomas Shu Website Development and Hosting: David and Hui-ji Blundell Michael Sigman Centipede Designs, Inc. Joanna Brody Tenzing Sonam LA Festival Website Design: Jake Aust Jennifer Stark

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