Khashyar | September 2, 2010

Dates of Screening: October 24, 2010

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

Screening Venue: Buskirk-Chumley Theater

Address: Screening Venue Location: Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 East Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN  47408

Website: www.buskirkchumley.org

Contact Name: Trish Ellis

Contact Phone: 812-336-6807

Contact Email: tmbcc.kcl (at) gmail.com

Additional Details: Screening of Dalai Lama Renaissance (Vol 1), and Q&A with Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich. Screening Venue Location: Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 East Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN  47408; Contact Name: Trish Ellis; Contact Email: tmbcc.kcl (at) gmail.com

Sponsoring Organization: TMBCC-KCL (Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Center)

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Khashyar | August 27, 2010

Dates of Screening: October 03, 2010

Film being screening: Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film AND ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol 2: A Revolution of Ideas,’ with Director Q&A

Screening Venue: Vets Center Theater

Address: Screening Venue Location: Vets Center Theater, 203 E. 14th St., Davis, CA 95616

Website: www.unityofdavis.org

Contact Name: Dr. Sue Barton

Contact Phone: (530) 867-2528

Contact Email: revlarry (at) unityofdavis (dot) org

Additional Details: Screening of BOTH Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol 1 and 2, and Q&A with Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich. Screening Venue Location: Vets Center Theater, 203 E. 14th St., Davis, CA 95616; Contact Email: revlarry (at) unityofdavis (dot) org

Sponsoring Organization: Unity Center of Davis

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Khashyar | August 26, 2010

Dates of Screening: September 15, 2010

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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Khashyar | August 26, 2010

Dates of Screening: September 11, 2010; 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Film being screening: Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film AND ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol 2: A Revolution of Ideas,’ with Director Q&A

Screening Venue: Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church

Address: Screening Venue Location: Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church; 55 Eckley Lane; Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Website: www.mtdpc.org

Contact Phone: 925-933-7850

Contact Email: maryalice (at) mtdpc.org

Additional Details: Screening of BOTH Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol 1 and 2, and Q&A with Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich. Screening Venue Location: Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church; 55 Eckley Lane; Walnut Creek, CA 94596; Contact: Mary Alice or Joan; Contact Phone: 925-933-7850; Website: www.mtdpc.org; Contact Email: maryalice (at) mtdpc.org;

Sponsoring Organizations: Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center; Social Justice Council of the Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church; Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County; Peace Committee

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Khashyar | August 26, 2010

Dates of Screening: October 10, 2010

Film being screening: Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film AND ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol 2: A Revolution of Ideas,’ with Director Q&A

Screening Venue: Harmonie Haus Cinema

Address: Screening Venue Location: Harmonie Haus Cinema; 515 Main Street; New Harmony, IN 47631

Website: www.bodyworksmassageinstitute.com

Contact Phone: 812-490-9009

Contact Email: cecile (at) bodyworks-massage (dot) net

Additional Details: Screening of BOTH Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol 1 and 2, and Q&A with Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich. Screening Venue Location: Harmonie Haus Cinema; 515 Main Street; New Harmony, IN 47631; Contact: Cecile Martin; Phone: 812-490-9009; Website: www.bodyworksmassageinstitute.com; Contact Email: cecile (at) bodyworks-massage (dot) net

Sponsoring Organization: BodyWorks of Evansville, Indiana

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Khashyar | May 11, 2010

Dates of Screening: March 22, 2010

Film being screening: Dalai Lama Renaissance Documentary Film (narrated by Harrison Ford)

Screening Venue: Cinema Aero

Address: 161 Hurontario St., Collingwood, Ontario Canada

Website: http://www.elephantthoughts.com/canadian-educational-programs/be-the-change-film-series/

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Additional Details: Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich will be appearing in person to participate in a Q&A with audiences after the screening.

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Khashyar | March 26, 2010

We have received many requests for screenings of the ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ documentary film (narrated by Harrison Ford), from theaters, organizations, churches, Buddhist & yoga centers, as well as requests for a personal appearance and Q&A from the film’s Producer-Director, Khashyar Darvich.

To accommodate requests, as well as share ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ with as many audiences as possible, ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ documentary film Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich will be traveling across the United States and Canada with the film to participate in screenings and Q&A’s with audiences, beginning April 2010.

‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ has screened in hundreds of cinemas around the world, including in cinemas in several countries. Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich has also brought ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ into prisons and schools.

If you are interested in scheduling a screening and personal appearance of the film’s director, then please review the schedule below for available dates, and please email us at:

bookings (at) DalaiLamaFilm.com

Here is the current tour schedule of the ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ film (where Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich will also be appearing to participate in an audience Q&A) :

-April 8-12 - Springfield, Missouri

- April 13 - Cedar Falls, Iowa - Maucker Union Old Central Ballroom - University of Northern Iowa

-May 19 - Collingwood, Ontario Canada

- June 06 - Costa Mesa, California

-June 10 - Salem, Oregon - Screening for Prison inmates

Thank you again for wanting to share ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ with your community.

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Khashyar | March 22, 2010

DALAI LAMA’S U.S. VISITS BRING ‘RENAISSANCE’

Those planning the Tibetan spiritual leader’s visits in Florida, California and Iowa also screen the documentary ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ (narrated by Harrison Ford – www.DalaiLamaFilm.com) to lay the spiritual groundwork for audiences’ transformation.

March 22, 2010

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. – Over the last six months, three U.S. visits by Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader and 14th Dalai Lama of Tibetan Buddhism, all have something in common: Their organizers have chosen to screen the award-winning documentary Dalai Lama Renaissance (narrated by Harrison Ford) prior to his arrival.

Before coming to California and Florida earlier this year, organizers of the Dalai Lama’s visits researched films about the spiritual leader. They did so to find a means of telling their communities who the Dalai Lama is and why his message is relevant to their world.

They discovered ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance,’ a documentary film that won 12 international awards and that screened in hundreds of cinemas in the United States and around the world. When ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ screened in cinemas in Taiwan in 2009, the Chinese government took notice and aim at the film in its People’s Daily newspaper. In an attempt to help prison inmates resolve inner and outer conflicts through dialog and compassion, the film’s director, Khashyar Darvich, also screened and toured with the film in prisons.

“What we found was a film that was captivating,” said Maria Santamarina, Diversity Officer at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Ratón. “It gave us a personal glimpse of the Dalai Lama and his perspective on the transformation needed in the world right now.” The film screened Feb. 17 and 23, 2010, in anticipation of the Feb. 24 visit by the Dalai Lama.

Santamarina said a colleague referred her to the film, which she found online at DalaiLamaFilm.com. On the other hand, Pema Choden, president of the Tibetan Association of Southern California, first became familiar with Dalai Lama Renaissance when she met the film’s producer/director Khashyar Darvich at a celebration of the Dalai Lama’s 74th birthday.

“I saw the film shortly after meeting Khashyar,” said Choden, “and I felt that it was appropriate to screen during His Holiness’ teachings in Long Beach last September. The film captured the Dalai Lama’s ability to humble people in such a way that no matter who they are, their egos fly out the window.”

Erin Wheat, Program Coordinator for Campus Activities at the University of Northern Iowa, discovered the film online while doing research. She found it in time to plan a screening prior to the Dalai Lama’s May 18, 2010, visit to Cedar Falls.

“We chose to screen Dalai Lama Renaissance because of its content related to His Holiness’ visit in May,” Wheat said. “With so many concerns that people have in our country and in the world – the economy, wars, natural disasters – we felt that his message of peace would set the right tone for his visit,” she said. “We also felt it would be great to have a question and answer session with the producer/director Khashyar Darvich to expand on that message and to share details of how the film was made.”

Santamarina said the Florida screening featured a Q & A with Darvich, who related not only his experiences of shooting the film in remote Dharmsala, India, and editing more than 140 hours of footage, but also told about his personal transformation that took place in the process. She said Darvich spoke of how he meditated and prayed for guidance in editing the film.

“The audience was obviously moved and soulful,” Santamarina said. “There was active participation by the audience members who were extremely engaged, curious and responsive.” Pema Choden had a similar experience with the California screening.

“The response from the audience was extremely gracious,” she said. “Many who attended were so inspired by the film that they wanted to take home a copy on DVD to see it again or to share with loved ones.”

Erin Wheat said she believes that screening Dalai Lama Renaissance and engaging the community in a discussion about the film through a Q & A with Darvich will provide a needed transition for the community toward assurance that spiritual answers and self-reflection can solve many problems.

“This transition will set the stage for the Dalai Lama to present his message of peace and offer his wisdom based on more than 60 years of spiritual leadership,” she said.

Choden added that the film captures the Dalai Lama’s ability to inspire people to be the best human beings that they can be.

“The theme of the film and the teachings of the Dalai Lama are extremely relevant today because both focus on the essence of compassion and altruism,” she said. Maria Santamarina agrees.

“Screening Dalai Lama Renaissance for our community provided a beautiful segue to the Dalai Lama’s visit because the film deals with the transformation of 40 intellectuals who visit with him to discuss changes that need to be made in our world,” she said.  “Nothing else could be more relevant and transforming today.”

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Dalai Lama Renaissance, narrated by Harrison Ford, was produced by Khashyar Darvich and Wakan Films. To view trailers, schedule a screening or to purchase the film on DVD, visit www.DalaiLamaFilm.com.

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Khashyar | January 19, 2010

The Dalai Lama Renaissance film, narrated by Harrison Ford (www.DalaiLamaFilm.com), and a Q&A with Director Khashyar Darvich, offer insights on inner peace to men behind bars, half of whom are incarcerated for murder.

HOUSTON, TX – In a rare opportunity to contemplate the nature of their own existence and explore the essence of inner peace, dozens of inmates at two Texas prisons gained insights during screenings of the award-winning documentary film Dalai Lama Renaissance, narrated by Harrison Ford (www.DalaiLamaFilm.com). The film screened at the prisons as part of an ethics program organized by “Project Clear Light,” a nonprofit Buddhist volunteer organization that works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and is scheduled to screen at other prisons across the United States in the coming months.

“There is such joy in being able to show films like Dalai Lama Renaissance to inmates,” said Terry Conrad, a certified volunteer Chaplain’s assistant, and Director of Project Clear Light. “It is so rewarding to sit in meditation and have a conversation with them about what is really important, and to understand who we are and what we are capable of.”

Conrad asked the film’s Producer-Director, Khashyar Darvich, to show Dalai Lama Renaissance to inmates whom Conrad regularly meets with and teaches. With approval from prison administrators, two screenings were scheduled: one in the Stiles prison in Beaumont, Texas, and one in Ramsey prison, south of Houston. Darvich then volunteered to fly to Texas to speak with inmates after each screening. About half of the inmates in the prison audiences were convicted of murder.

“The intention of making this film was to impact audiences in a positive way,” said Director-Producer Khashyar Darvich of Wakan Films. “I had never been to a prison before, but I had a deep sense that inmates may have something to say about the film’s theme of overcoming the ego and opening one’s heart.”

Both Darvich’s and Conrad’s purpose in screening the film for inmates was to provide them with a message that urges them to focus on improving themselves from the inside out.

“I heard the Dalai Lama talking about the importance of compassion for compassion’s sake, because it’s the right thing to do,” said David, an inmate at the Ramsey Unit. “Because that’s what makes you happy inside, it’s what helps you develop inner peace…. When he started talking about it, I just started getting tingly all over…. It really touched me.”

“What I thought was so profound about the film was the child-like simplicity of the Dalai Lama and the profoundness of his understanding of how human nature and humanity works,” said Deon, another inmate at Ramsey.

The award-winning film, which is narrated by Harrison Ford, and has screened in hundreds of cinemas around the world in several languages, follows a group of Westerners who travel to India with the task of solving world problems under the spiritual guidance of the Dalai Lama. The film contrasts the Westerners’ intellectual approach to problem-solving against the enlightened approach of the Dalai Lama, and illustrates how the participants experience a profound personal transformation.

Besides opportunities for introspection, the film also offered inmates some chances to laugh at the imperfection of humanity.

“It was funny to see these super-smart people and realize that they were too smart for the task,” said Jason, a prisoner at Ramsey, about the scientists and other world thought-leaders in the film.

Inmate Kelly added, “I saw something in the Dalai Lama that I now see in my own personal life, which is joy and compassion and peace.”

At both prisons, the inmates were attentive to the film and looked for ways to apply its lessons to their personal lives.

“I took a few notes, but I feel like I missed about 20,000 more than I was able to put down,” said John, an inmate at Stiles prison.

Fellow Stiles inmate Antoine added, “I could watch something like this every day, especially in the environment I’m in. You know, it’s like a snake pit. But if you’ve got inner peace, you will affect every person around.”

Darvich plans to offer the film for screenings at other prisons around the country, and would like to attend and speak with other inmate groups in person.

“The fundamental intention of making this film was to impact and transform audiences in a positive way,” Darvich said,  “and I can think of no better place to screen the film than a prison.”

Details about Dalai Lama Renaissance and prison screenings are available at www.DalaiLamaFilm.com.

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Khashyar | December 17, 2009

Dates of Screening: February 27, 2010

Film being screening: Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol. 2: A Revolution of Ideas - (and Q&A with Producer-Director)

Screening Venue: One Bodhi Tree

Address: One Bodhi Tree, 2620 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95765

Website: www.onebodhitree.org

Contact Phone: 916-705-3261

Contact Email: ravi.verma (at) telecommand.com

Additional Details: Screening of the “Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol. 2: A Revolution of Ideas”. Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich will appear in person for a Q&A with audience after the screening. Address of Screening: One Bodhi Tree, 2620 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95765; Contact Email: ravi.verma (at) telecommand.com. Note, a screening of the first film of the series, ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ Documentary Film, will take place on February 24.

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