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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Khashyar | September 17, 2011

Dalai  Lama Renaissance Film to be Highlighted in A&E TV Network’s ‘Biography’ Program about actor Harrison Ford

The ‘Biography’ TV episode will air in several international markets around the world, and will feature the fact that Harrison Ford narrated the Dalai Lama Renaissance documentary film (www.DalaiLamaFilm.com).

NEW YORK – Dalai Lama Renaissance, the award-winning documentary film narrated by actor Harrison Ford and featuring the 14th Dalai Lama, will be highlighted in the Arts and Entertainment TV Network’s ‘Biography’ program about the life and career of the legendary actor.

“I narrated Dalai Lama Renaissance,” says Harrison Ford, “because I believe His Holiness is making a positive influence in our world.  For me, the film represented an opportunity to continue assisting the optimistic efforts of an extraordinary individual.”

The Dalai Lama Renaissance film (www.DalaiLamaFilm.com), produced and directed by Khashyar Darvich, won 12 awards, was the official selection of over 40 international film festivals, and screened in hundreds of cinemas around the world, including in over 100 cities in the United States. The DVD of the film, as well as the follow-up DVD, Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol 2: A Revolution of Ideas, are now available on the film’s website.

Featuring the Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama Renaissance 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.

After one of Darvich’s interviews with the Dalai Lama, the Dalai Lama affirmed Darvich’s motivations in producing films: “Yes I like your questions,” the Dalai Lama told Darvich, as the two were standing together talking after the interview. “Certainly, your effort can make some contribution—there’s no doubt.”

Dalai Lama Renaissance is only among a small handful of documentaries that Harrison Ford has chosen to narrate during his career. Ford has starred in such blockbuster films as Raiders of the Lost Ark & the Indiana Jones movies, Star Wars, The Fugitive, Witness, and many others. Harrison Ford’s films have one of the highest combined worldwide box office grosses (over $5.5 billion) of any actor in history.

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.

Harrison Ford has previously expressed his support for the Dalai Lama and the cause of Tibetan Independence. In 1995, Harrison Ford spoke before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and testified that: “The Tibetan struggle is no ordinary freedom struggle. The courageous men and women in Tibet have chosen the path laid out by their leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It is a path of non-violence– a path that too few peoples around the world have dared to try… As an American who cares deeply about justice, freedom and democracy, I can tell you that this is a cause that touches at the core of our own values.”

Films starring such big name stars as Richard Gere and Sharon Stone were boycotted by China after the actors expressed support for the Tibet Independence Movement. After Disney released Kundun, Martin Scorsese’s 1997 feature film about the Dalai Lama, the studio incurred the wrath of the Chinese government, and Disney films were banned for an indefinite period of time.

Ford’s former wife, screenwriter Melissa Mathison, wrote the screenplay for Kundun.

The Chinese Government took notice when Dalai Lama Renaissance was released theatrically in Taiwan in the Chinese language and received front page positive press in Taiwanese newspapers.

The People’s Daily, a daily newspaper and media arm of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, quickly and sharply criticized Dalai Lama Renaissance, writing that the film describes “the Chinese government’s peaceful liberation of Tibet as ‘cruel oppression,’ [and] …what these movies depict is just the ‘anesthesia’ given by the Dalai Lama to the West.”

In contrast, Taiwanese newspapers gave the film rave reviews. The Taipei Times wrote that “the film rapidly grabs hold of you… an insightful documentary.”

On the front page of the Taiwanese The Liberty Times, Harrison Ford was called a ‘Hero’ for narrating the documentary.

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

Amy Wong of LA Yoga Magazine writes: “it is a stunning tour-de-force [and an] intimate glimpse into the Dalai Lama’s life.”
The DVD for Dalai Lama Renaissance, which includes over 105 minutes of additional Special Features, is available now at: www.DalaiLamaFilm.com. The follow-up to the film, entitled Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol 2: A Revolution of Ideas, is also available on DVD.

Director Khashyar Darvich’s new documentary film is The Matrix of Compassion (www.MatrixOfCompassion.com) which features the Dalai Lama, the Karmapa Lama, and others, and is about an inner journey of personal transformation through India, and includes living in an India slum. The Matrix of Compassion will be released in 2012.

The A&E Network, which is jointly owned by the Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal and the Hearst Corporation, reaches more than 85 million homes in the United States and Canada. A&E’s ‘Biography’ series is broadcast in several languages and countries throughout the world. A&E Television Networks also owns the History Channel and the Biography Channel.

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Khashyar | October 16, 2010

Narrated by Harrison Ford, the film and Director Khashyar Darvich travel to Bloomington for a premiere special screening and filmmaker Q&A in Bloomington, Indiana at the historic Buskirk-Chumley Theater

BLOOMINGTON, IN – After winning 12 awards, and screening in hundreds of cities around the world, the ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ Documentary Film and Director Khashyar Darvich travel to Bloomington on Sunday, October 24 for a special film screening and Director Q&A at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater at 4 p.m.

There will be a public reception with the filmmaker after the screening.

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.”

“I look forward visiting Bloomington,” says Director Khashyar Darvich, who grew up nearby in Oxford, Ohio, “to share the film with audiences in Indiana, 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 tour is being hosted and organized by the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Center (TMBCC – www.tmbcc.net ), who hosted visits by the Dalai Lama in Indiana.

After the Oct 24 Bloomington screening and Q&A, Darvich travels to New York City and New England in November for several screenings, and then to Australia on November 24 for a five week multi-city Australian tour.

To purchase tickets for the Bloomington ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ event, please visit: http://www.buskirkchumley.org or call (812) 323-3020.

Additional screenings of the film, around the world, can be found at: www.DalaiLamaFilm.com/events

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Khashyar | September 13, 2010

Hello Everyone,

I just learned that there have been 11 screenings and Director Q&A’s that have been scheduled so far for the Australian ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ film tour, from Nov 26 through Dec 23.

We expect additional dates to be scheduled soon, and I will add more details as I have them.

I am pleased that the film, which is narrated by Harrison Ford and of course features the Dalai Lama, will be soon shared with Australian audiences.

I will try to get some rest while I am in Australia, but… attending each screening, and speaking with audiences afterwards about their personal experience of the transformation illustrated in the film, is more important than laying in the sun on an Australian beach 

Although I will try to find a couple of days, and time within each day, to explore Sydney, Melbourne and Sydney a bit.

Here are the dates of the Australian Tour so far:

11/26/2010   Blue Mountains, NSW

11/27/2010     Manly Cinema Manly, Sydney

11/28/2010     Empire Cinema Bowral, NSW

12/2/2010 6.30pm   Chauvel Cinema Cnr Oxford St & Oatley Rd, Paddington, Sydney

12/3/2010     Yoga In Daily Life Annandale, Sydney

12/5/2010 3.00pm   Vajrayana Institute 9 Victoria Square Ashfield, Sydney

12/8/2010 6.30pm   Palace Kino 45 Collins Street, Melbourne

12/11/2010     Yoga In Daily Life Melbourne

12/14/2010 6.30pm   Palace Centro 39 James Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane

12/17/2010     Chenrezig Sunshine Coast, Queensland

12/18/2010     Yoga In Daily Life Fortitude Valley, Brisbane

*(more dates, and details, to be added soon)

‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ also features Quantum Physicists Fred Alan Wolf (from the ‘Secret’ and ‘What the Bleep Do We Know’) and Amit Goswami (‘the Quantum Activist’ and ‘What the Bleep Do We Know’), Michael Beckwith (from ‘The Secret’), Thom Hartmann (‘Air America’ Radio), and other prominent thinkers.

I look forward to meeting all of our Australian friends soon,

Peace and Blessings,

Khashyar Darvich
Producer-Director
‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’
www.DalaiLamaFilm.com

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Khashyar | September 8, 2010

Hello Everyone,

I hope that you are well.

I am leaving for San Francisco on Friday Sept 10, for screenings and Director Q&A’s of the award-winning ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ film (narrated by Harrison Ford) on:

Sept 11 – Walnut creek – Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church

Sept 15 – San Francisco – University of San Francisco

October 3 – Davis, CA – Vets Center Theater

* Additional screening and Q&A dates expected

‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ has screened in theaters in over 100 cities around the U.S., and in cinemas in countries around the world.

I would love to meet and speak with you in person if you will be in the San Francisco area.

Thank you also for letting all of your friends in San Francisco know about the screenings, and forwarding them this message.

We will be screening ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ Volumes 1 and 2, with a Director Q&A after each screening.

You can find the complete schedule, here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dalai-Lama-Renaissance/34770593391?v=app_2344061033&vm=all

…or on the ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ film website, here: http://dalailamafilm.com/events

I am very grateful that there continues to be many requests for screenings of the ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ Documentary Film, and as a result, we have scheduled a 4 month tour of the film across the United States and Australia.

I have decided that I want to travel with the film, and be available to answer questions from audiences and share in discussions about my experience working with and interviewing the Dalai Lama, as well as the process of producing, directing and distributing the film in cinemas around the world, which has been a profound and spiritual journey in itself.

In commemoration of the Dalai Lama’s visit to the San Francisco area in October, we are beginning the 2010 U.S. and Australian Dalai Lama Renaissance Film Tour in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a screening and Q&A at the Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church in Walnut Creek, CA on Sept 11.

Here are the current screenings and filmmaker Q&A’s on our schedule (with several more to be added soon):

Saturday, September 11

Film Screening and Director Q&A – Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol. 1 and 2
Where:    Walnut Creek, CA – Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church
When:    Saturday, September 11 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Wednesday, September 15

Film Screening and Director Q&A – Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film
Where:    University of San Francisco (USF) – Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall
When:    Wednesday, September 15 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Sunday, October 3

Film Screening and Director Q&A – Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol. 1 and 2
Where:    Davis, CA – Vets Center Theater
When:    Sunday, October 3 from 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm

Sunday, October 10

Film Screening and Director Q&A – Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol. 1 and 2
Where:    New Harmony, Indiana – Harmonie Haus Cinema
When:    Sunday, October 10 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Sunday, October 24

Film Screening and Director Q&A – Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film
Where:    Bloomington, IN – Buskirk-Chumley Theater
When:    Sunday, October 24 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

AUSTRALIA:

Thursday, December 2

Film Screening and Director Q&A – Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film
Where:    Sydney, Australia – Chauvel Cinema
When:    Thursday, December 2 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Wednesday, December 8

Film Screening and Director Q&A – Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film
Where:    Melbourne, Australia – Palace Kino Cinemas
When:    Wednesday, December 8 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Sunday, December 12

Film Screening and Director Q&A – Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film
Where:    Brisbane, Australia – Palace Centro
When:    Sunday, December 12 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

For more information about the screenings and Film Director Q&A’s, please visit either the ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ website (www.DalaiLamaFilm.com) or the film’s Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/pages/Dalai-Lama-Renaissance/34770593391 ).

Thank you again for your kind support of the ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ Film, and for sharing this email with your friends.

Peace and Blessings,

Khashyar Darvich
Producer-Director
‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’
www.DalaiLamaFilm.com

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Praise and Reviews for Dalai Lama Renaissance:

“SPELLBINDING . . . An uplifting cathartic journey that grips the soul. . . . An inspirational revelation for mankind . . . An everlasting awakening of the heart and mind.”

—Actress DIANNE LADD, 3-time Oscar & Emmy nominee, winner of the British Academy Award, and author of Spiraling Through the School of Life

“Yes I like your questions. . . . Certainly, your effort can make some contribution—there’s no doubt.”

—The 14th DALAI LAMA  to “DLR” Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich

“I narrated ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ because I believe His Holiness is making a positive influence in our world. For me, the film represented an opportunity to continue assisting the optimistic efforts of an extraordinary individual.”

—HARRISON FORD, actor, narrator of “Dalai Lama Renaissance”

“A provocative, even enlightening film . . . fascinating, ravishingly beautiful and sonically soothing.”

—JOHN GRIFFIN, Montreal Gazette

“Marvelous film! . . . ’Dalai Lama Renaissance’ reminds us of some most important lessons.”

—FREDERICK MARX, Co-Filmmaker of “Hoop Dreams” and Academy Award nominee

“A moving form of visual poetry. . . . Captures . . . momentous magic. Applause to the filmmakers for revealing the jewel in the lotus. . . . The film is an intimate and stirring testimony . . . . ”

—DONNA STRONG, Awareness magazine

“’Dalai Lama Renaissance’ is a fascinating and inspiring juxtaposition of human nature and transcendence.”

-—THOM HARTMANN, Air America Radio Host

“The Comedy sensation of the summer is coming soon to a theater near you, and the latest laughers from Ben Stiller, Anna Faris or Brad Pitt can’t even begin to hold a candle to it. The movie’s star? The Dalai Lama. . . . I can’t remember the last time a movie made me laugh so hard. . . . “There are scenes here every bit as comically absurd [as] ‘The Life of Brian.’ ['Dalai Lama Renaissance'] plays more like a Monty Python parody of new age workshops.”

-—RICK KISONAK, Film Threat magazine

“This is a fine film and worth seeing.”

-—JORDAN COLBURN, Hollywood Today

“An extraordinary portrait of His Holiness at work. . . . Some of the best comic scenes in any new film out there right now.”

—BOB GRAHAM, San Francisco Bay Times

“It is a stunning tour-de-force. . . . an intimate glimpse into the Dalai Lama’s life.”

—AMY WONG, LA Yoga magazine

“This film was startlingly original. . . . a revelatory documentary . . . a beautiful and fresh window on the Dalai Lama.”

-—JEAN MIYAKE DOWNEY, Kyoto Journal

“A powerful cinematic documentary . . . A very moving documentary . . . unexpected and powerful . . . Long after it ends, the totality of the documentary lingers, as one contemplates the fact that, if every human being decides to act in the best interest of human kind, we can change the world.”

—STAN ROBINSON, Screen Scene/Arizona Weekly

“’Dalai Lama Renaissance’ is an interesting portrayal of human ego pitted against compassion and altruism, exemplifying the very essence of the issues facing the world today.”

-TODD MAYVILLE, Elephant Journal

“Fire up this DVD and prepare to be amazed. . . . The film has a certain persuasive power. . . . Hilarious.”

—ROSS ROBERTSON, EnlightenNext magazine

“The film rapidly grabs hold of you. . . . There is plenty of humor . . . [a] top-notch comedy . . . a journey of self-discovery. . . . The lessons of ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ apply just as much to the audience watching this insightful documentary.”

—IAN BARTHOLOMEW, Taipei Times, Taiwan

“A memorable gathering of elites . . . an inspiring documentary which depicts the Dalai Lama philosophy of peace. . . . Full of meaning. . . . Powerful.”

—LI ZHAO YANG, Pots Newspaper, Taiwan

“A big spiritual harvest for everyone.”

—QIU ZU, China Times

“No empty seat at the premiere of the documentary ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’. . . . The Taipei premiere has attracted a full house and many people were touched after watching the film.”

—FTV Television, Taiwan

“’Dalai Lama Renaissance’ is full of historical significance. . . . [Harrison] Ford’s strong, deep voice adds much color to the documentary.”

—ZOU NIAN ZU, Liberty Times, Taiwan

“It is indeed inspiring and thought provoking. . . . an interesting documentary paying tribute to a fascinating individual.”

—YNOT at the Movies

“Unexpected, heartwarming, and enlightening . . . an intimate look at the Dalai Lama’s interpersonal actions.”

—CHRISTINE BENEDETTI, Aspen Daily News

“[The] Dalai Lama film reveals more than what is on the surface. . . . 81 minutes of power struggles, flaring egos, and complete love. . . . Hilarious and sobering . . .[an] emotional wallop.”

—STINA SIEG, Glenwood Springs Post Independent (Colorado)

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Khashyar | August 26, 2010

Dates of Screening: September 15, 2010 – 7:00 p.m.

Film being screening: Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film (narrated by Harrison Ford), with Director Q&A

Screening Venue: University of San Francisco (USF lower campus – Maraschi Room)

Address: Screening Venue Location: University of San Francisco; USF lower campus, Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall, Golden Gate Ave.@ Parker Ave.; San Francisco, CA 94117

Website: www.Friends-of-Tibet.org

Contact Phone: 415-264-3264

Contact Email: giovanni (at) friends-of-tibet.org

Additional Details: Screening of DLR Vol 1 and Q&A with Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich; Screening Venue Location: University of San Francisco; USF lower campus, Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall, Golden Gate Ave.@ Parker Ave.; San Francisco, CA 94117; Contact: Giovanni Vassallo; Contact Phone: 415-264-3264; Website: www.Friends-of-Tibet.org; Contact Email: giovanni (at) friends-of-tibet.org; Screening Sponsors: Bay Area Friends of Tibet & USF’s Prof. John Nelson

$10 suggested donation

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