“My Life Against Taiwan Sotofuku – 1891~1931” is Taiwan’s first biographical animated documentary. The film combines animation, archival photos, footage, and sound theater to recreate the heroic epic of CHIANG Wei-shui, the “the Savior of Taiwanese People,” during…
“China Gate" tells the story of young Chinese fight to change their fate through studying. Right before dawn, students in Huining have already started their studying session; hard working youngsters have filled up the space of school ground. This is one of the most poverty-stricken Counties…
When artist Zhan Wang showed Director Richard Widmer his first sketches for the "My Universe" project, the filmmaker could barely grasp his idea. Zhan wanted to blow-up a huge rock, film the explosion from six sides in ultra slow motion, and then recreate the experiment with a six-sided video…
This is a story about male Dan (male performer playing female lead) in Cantonese Opera; a documentary seven years in the making about a marginalized art form. In Hong Kong, two young men: TAM Wing-lun, and WONG Hau-wai, both have chosen Cantonese Opera as their profession. They want to be the male…
A film that captures the aftermath of the 2008 Suchuan Earthquake, documenting not only the catastrophe but also the kindness and ugliness of human nature revealed when faced with tragedies. The Sichuan Earthquake took place at 14:28 on May 12th 2008. Nearly 100,000 lives lost, countless buildings/bridges/roads…
The American teacher Lama Tsultrim Allione is one of the main pioneers who brought Tibetan Buddhism to the West. She was recognised as an important reincarnation by the HH the 16th Karmapa, who saw her as an emanation of Machig Labdron, a revered Tibetan lady teacher who lived in the 11th century. As…
Building a temple in the Himalayas and teaching on the nature of mind in Amsterdam - with Sey Rinpoche
1990, near the height of the AIDS crisis in the US, John Fleck was attacked by the US Government as one of the NEA 4, when funding to three queer artists and a prominent straight feminist was reversed by the National Endowment for the Arts. His work was introduced on national television as “homosexual…
The living tradition of Milarepa in the Himalayas Would you like to become Buddha in this life? Leave all appearances behind you And let go of attachment to yourself Milarepa, 1052 - 1135 AD Buddhism has many appearances. In the exotic tradition of Milarepa, there are yogis who do their meditation…
With Khyentse Norbu, Buddhist teacher / filmmaker Khyentse Norbu, also known as Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche is a prominent incarnation in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Surprisingly, in the West, he is best known as a film director. In this documentary we see him in Nepal on the set for his latest film,…
Long before COVID19 physicians and medical students faced high rates of burnout and suicide. This film is the 60 minute hospital version of the groundbreaking film by Emmy winner Robyn Symon . FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY at MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS. Includes Discussion Guide by emailing us at info@donoharmfilm.com
PRESENT TIME journal of a country monastery is a poetic historical portrait of a monastery, representing 15 years and told over five seasons. Woven into these seasons is an intimate, observed chronicle of the everyday lives of monks. Established in 1947 the monastery was once a thriving community…
