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International Buddhist Film Festival
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After a two-year pandemic-imposed hiatus, International Buddhist Film Festival (IBFF) returns to the Smith Rafael Film Center for an in-person event December 9-12, 2021, co-presented by California Film Institute (CFI) and Buddhist Film Foundation (BFF). Nine films from seven countries will premiere over the long weekend, with special guests at every screening.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
Dec. 9-12
Rafael Film Center
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Among the nine films shown over a long Zen weekend: “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” a whimsical fish-out-of-water tale of a Bhutanese teacher from the city who lands in a rural village: “Saffron Heart,” in which a Tibetan boy, sent to a monastery in India, must overcome homesickness; and, “Dharma Rebel,” the story of American author, Noah Levine. Wearing cool dude shades and covered in tattoos, the unconventional Levine is not your Daddy’s Buddhist teacher.
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center