admin | November 28, 2012

A touch of Tinseltown comes to Tayside this week with the arrival of Hollywood director Khashyar Darvich, the award winning director of Dalai Lama Renaissance. Narrated by Harrison Ford, the film is a stunning and thought-provoking documentary which was screened by the DCA in June as part of the celebrations of the Dalai Lama’s visit to Dundee.

Khashyar has been invited to Scotland by Dundee charity, Nilupul Foundation, as part of the upcoming celebrations for Scottish Inter Faith Week. A special screening and Directors Q&A session will be held on Saturday, 1st December from 6 – 8 pm at the Nilupul Centre, 51 Reform Street, Dundee. There is a £5 suggested donation for the screening.

Dalai Lama Renaissance has received 12 international film festival awards and has attracted audiences across the globe telling the story of what happened in 1999 when 40 Western intellectuals, including renowned quantum physicists Fred Wolf & Amit Goswami (stars of movie phenomenon; What the Bleep Do We Know!), travel to India to meet the Dalai Lama and discuss how to solve the world’s problems.

This is a great opportunity for fans of the film to meet with Khashyar and for those who missed this summer’s screening this is another chance to catch this wonderful film here in Dundee.

This year Scottish Inter Faith week takes place between 25th November and 2nd December bringing people together in peaceful dialogue, throughout Scotland. Dundee is a truly diverse city and a wonderful example of successful multiculturalism. In celebration of this, Dundee Inter Faith Association has organised a number of events this year, including a special lecture by Prof Seaton Baxter OBE of Dundee University entitled A Faith Full Nature which will take place at the Hannah Maclure Centre at 7 pm on Tuesday 27th November.

Tickets for Dalai Lama Renaissance and A Faith Full Nature are available by contacting info@nilupul.org, tel. 01382 872020 or you can drop into the Nilupul Centre, Second Floor, 51 Reform Street, Dundee, DD1 1SL.

Khashyar Darvich and the film are currently on a 10-city Ireland and Scotland tour until Dec 9. The entire schedule can be found here: http://dalailamafilm.com/ireland2012

For Press: A press event will be held Friday 30th November at 2 pm at the Nilupul Centre, 51 Reform Street, Dundee, DD1 1SL. Khashyar and Kumanga Andrahennadi of the Nilupul Foundation will be available for interviews at this time. Please contact Kumanga Andrahennadi of Nilupul Foundation for further information. Tel. 01382 872020 Mob. 0785 556 5907 e. info@nilupul.org

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admin | November 11, 2012

 

Narrated by actor Harrison Ford, ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ attracted sold-out audiences and rave reviews during its first successful 10 city tour of Ireland last July.

DUBLIN – Can an award-winning film that presents the Dalai Lama’s transformational wisdom in action truly change audiences who watch it? How can the Dalai Lama’s message of compassion lead to a “Quantum Leap” from the head to the heart?

After 12 film festival awards, thousands of screenings around the world, and hundreds of inspiring filmmaker Q&A’s, audiences this winter in Ireland will experience those answers for themselves, as the Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film and its director Khashyar Darvich travel to Ireland in November and December 2012 to begin a 2 week Irish screening and Director Q&A tour, after a very successful earlier 10 city tour of Ireland last July.

Because of the success of the previous Irish film screenings, the Irish Government’s film council, Access Cinema, invited Darvich and the film back to Ireland for additional screenings so that more Irish audiences would be able to see and experience the inspiring film and thought-provoking Director Q&A.

Recently appearing on the Irish national Newstalk radio program ‘Shenanigans’ with radio host Sila, Director Darvich commented about his experience with the Dalai Lama, which includes two interviews with the Tibet Spiritual Leader: “The Dalai Lama has a palpable powerful presence that you can feel, whether you are sitting in a room with him, or are in a stadium with 20,000.”

Featuring the Dalai Lama, and narrated by actor Harrison Ford, the film tells the story of 40 Western innovative thinkers who travel to the Himalayan Mountains of India to meet with the Dalai Lama to solve many of the world’s problems. What happened was powerful and unexpected, and was captured by a five camera, 18 person crew.

The film features two of the starring quantum physicists from the hit theatrical documentary What the Bleep Do We Know, Fred Alan Wolf and Amit Goswami. Also appearing in Dalai Lama Renaissance are Michael Beckwith (who appears in The Secret), radio host and author Thom Hartmann, revolutionary social scientist Jean Houston, Vandana Shiva (social activist, The Corporation), and other prominent thinkers.

Amy Wong of LA Yoga Magazine writes: “it is a stunning tour-de-force [and an] intimate glimpse into the Dalai Lama’s life.”

Film Critic John Griffin of the Montreal Gazette calls Dalai Lama Renaissance “a provocative, even enlightening film… fascinating, ravishingly beautiful and sonically soothing.”

Film Threat Magazine’s Rick Kisonak said Dalai Lama Renaissance is a “comedy sensation,” adding, “I can’t remember the last time a movie made me laugh so hard.”

Audiences around the world have shared that the film screening and Q&A by Director Khashyar Darvich is more like a transformational event than just a film screening.

“Be prepared to leave the Dalai Lama Renaissance event a different person than when you first arrived,” commented Debbie from a screening during the film’s Australian’s tour. “I was thoroughly inspired by both the film and Khashyar Darvich’s Q&A.”

“I look forward to returning to Ireland,” says Director Khashyar Darvich, “to share the film with Irish audiences, as well as speaking with them about the inner journey of personal transformation, in the presence of the Dalai Lama, that was captured in the film.”

The previous July 10-city Irish film and director tour was organized and hosted by Neil Steedman of ‘Tibet House – Young Generation.’ Steedman has also organized events with the Dalai Lama in Ireland during each of the revered Tibetan leader’s Ireland visits.

“The possibility presented of bringing ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ and Director Khashyar Darvich for the film’s Dublin premiere… was an opportunity not to be missed,” says Steedman. “The Dalai Lama’s message of universal responsibility, the importance of individual action for inner growth, compassion for all beings, and positivity is one that will resonate with audiences in Dublin and countrywide.”

Dalai Lama Renaissance has screened in cinemas in several countries around the world.

 

The current film tour schedule includes:

IRELAND:

- Nov 22 – Naul, Co. Dublin – Venue: The Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre

- Nov 26 – Belmullet, Co. Mayo – Venue: Aras Inis Gluaire

- Nov 27 – Castlebar, Co. Mayo – Venue: Linenhall Arts Centre

- Dec 1 – Dundee (Scotland) – Venue: Nilupul Centre

- Dec 3 – Waterford – Venue: Garter Lane Arts Centre

- Dec 4 – Cork – Venue: University College Cork (UCC) Boole3

- Dec 5 – Bandon, Co. Cork – Venue: Bandon Film Club (Brogans Inn)

- Dec 6 – Clonakilty, Co. Cork – Venue: Clonakilty Film Club (The Park Cinema)

- Dec 8 – Dublin 2 – Venue: The Chester Beatty Library

- Dec 9 – Bantry – Venue: Maritime hotel

(Detailed ticket and venue info is at the bottom of this page)

 

You may watch the trailer for the film, at: www.DalaiLamaFilm.com, or on the film's Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/DalaiLamaFilm

If you are interested in hosting a film screening and Director Q&A, or know of a cinema or organization that might be interested in hosting a film screening event, please contact Wakan Films at: Bookings (at) DalaiLamaFilm (dot) com.

 

 

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admin | May 27, 2012

 

LONDON - Dalai Lama Renaissance Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich is packing his bags and preparing to travel from his home in Los Angeles to London on May 30 for the beginning of his award-winning film’s 21 screening film tour of England, Scotland and Ireland.

The documentary film (which is narrated by Harrison Ford) has won 12 awards, is the official selection of over 40 film festivals, and has screened in hundreds of cities around the world in mutliple languages.

Filmmaker Darvich himself has traveled and appeared for Director Q&A’s with Dalai Lama Renaissance for at least 300 international film screenings.

“One of the most rewarding aspects in producing and directing Dalai Lama Renaissance,” says Director Darvich, “is sharing the film and its inner journey of personal transformation with audiences, and hearing the insights and new perspectives that they share with me.”

Aside from the Dalai Lama, the film also features Quantum Physicists Fred Alan Wolf and Amit Goswami (from What the Bleep Do We Know), Michael Beckwith (The Secret), and other notable and rennaissance thinkers.

The current film tour schedule includes:

SCOTLAND:

- June 6th – Stirling – Macrobert Cinema

- June 7th – Dumfries – Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre

- June 9th – Findhorn – Findhorn Universal Hall

- June 10 – Bo’ness – Hippodrome

- June 10 – Glasgow – GFT Cinema

- June 11 – Inverness – Eden Court Cinemas

- June 12 – Edinburgh – Dominion Cinema

- June 12 – Dundee – Dundee Contemporary Arts

 

ENGLAND:

- June 22 – Bristol – Hamilton House

 

IRELAND:

- June 29 – Kildare – Venue: TBA

- July 1 – Cork – Venue: Triskel Arts Cetre

- July 2 – Ennis – Venue: Old Ground Hotel

- July 3 – Carrick-on-Shannon – Venue: The Dock

- July 4 – Sligo – Venue: TBA

- July 5 – Belfast – Venue: TBA

- July 6 – Dublin – Venue: Wynn’s Hotel, Abbey Street

 

ENGLAND:

- July 7 – London – Jamyang Buddhist Centre – The Old Courthouse

- July 8 – London – Jamyang Buddhist Centre – The Old Courthouse

- July 15 – York – City Screen Picturehouse

 

IRELAND:

- July 18 – Birr – Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

- July 20 – Bray – Mermaid Arts Centre

 

More information about the DLR 2012 European tour, can be found here: http://dalailamafilm.com/europe2012

You may watch the trailer for the film, at: www.DalaiLamaFilm.com, or on the film’s Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/DalaiLamaFilm

If you are interested in hosting a film screening and Director Q&A, or know of a cinema or organization that might be interested in hosting a film screening event, please contact Wakan Films at: Bookings (at) DalaiLamaFilm (dot) com.

 

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admin | April 6, 2012

Dates of Screening: April 29, 2012

Film being screening: Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film, with Film Director Q&A

Screening Venue: Rio Theatre

Address: 1205 Soquel Avenue ; Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Website: http://www.riotheatre.com/event.html

Contact Phone: (831) 423-8209

Additional Details: Screening of Dalai Lama Renaissance Film (Vol 1), and Q&A with Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich. Screening Venue: Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Avenue ; Santa Cruz, CA 95062; Screening Sponsor: Santa Cruz Karma Thegsum Choling; Email Contact: zeinob1 (at) aol (dot) com

 

 

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admin | February 14, 2012

Dates of Screening: February 17, 2012

Film being screening: Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film, with Film Director Q&A

Screening Venue: Unity of Sedona (Arizona)

Address: 89 Morning Sun Drive; Sedona, AZ 86336

Website: www.unityofsedona.com

Contact Phone: 928-282-7181

Additional Details: Screening of Dalai Lama Renaissance Film (Vol 1), and Q&A with Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich. Screening Venue: Unity of Sedona (Arizona), 89 Morning Sun Drive; Sedona, AZ 86336; Screening Sponsor: Unity of Sedona; Email Contact: blessings (att) unitysedona (dot) org

Sponsoring Organization: Unity of Sedona

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admin | September 29, 2011

Dates of Screening: October 14, 2011

Film being screening: Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film (French subtitled version)

Screening Venue: Institue Nalanda

Address: Institue Nalanda, 50 Rue de l’Orme, Brussels, Belgium 1030

Website: http://www.institut-tibetain.org/

Contact Phone: +32 475363730

Additional Details: Screening of Dalai Lama Renaissance Film (Vol 1). Screening Venue: Institue Nalanda, 50 Rue de l’Orme, Brussels, Belgium 1030; Contact Name: Ada Sekirin; Contact Email: nalanda (att) tibinst (dott) org; Screening Sponsor: Institue Nalanda

Sponsoring Organization: Institue Nalanda

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