05 July 2014, 05:30 am
FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH
Rangzen (11 min; 2013; dvd; English Subtitles)
Director: Gaurav Saxena
Rangzen is a film about one 8 year old Tibetan boy, Tashi - growing up as a refugee in a small hill town in Indian - the exiled home of the Dalai Lama. The film maps a crucial day in his life when he stumbles on his exiled refugee identity
The Giant Buddhas (95 min; 2005; dvd; English Subtitles))
Director: Christian Frei
Recipient of the Silver Dove Award, DOK Leipzig 2005; First Prize Ex Aequo, Dokufest Prizren 2006; Silver Gentian, Trento Film Festival 2006; Best of the Fest – Documentary, Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival 2006
In the wake of the Taliban's call for the destruction of all non-Islamic-related statues in February of 2001, the world was robbed of two of its most remarkable landmarks. In the aftermath, Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei ventures to Afghanistan's Bamiyan valley in an effort to comprehend the destruction while studying the history of the legendary statues and questioning how anger combined with hypocrisy failed to save two of the planet's most treasured landmarks.
Director: Gaurav Saxena
Rangzen is a film about one 8 year old Tibetan boy, Tashi - growing up as a refugee in a small hill town in Indian - the exiled home of the Dalai Lama. The film maps a crucial day in his life when he stumbles on his exiled refugee identity
The Giant Buddhas (95 min; 2005; dvd; English Subtitles))
Director: Christian Frei
Recipient of the Silver Dove Award, DOK Leipzig 2005; First Prize Ex Aequo, Dokufest Prizren 2006; Silver Gentian, Trento Film Festival 2006; Best of the Fest – Documentary, Tahoe/Reno International Film Festival 2006
In the wake of the Taliban's call for the destruction of all non-Islamic-related statues in February of 2001, the world was robbed of two of its most remarkable landmarks. In the aftermath, Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei ventures to Afghanistan's Bamiyan valley in an effort to comprehend the destruction while studying the history of the legendary statues and questioning how anger combined with hypocrisy failed to save two of the planet's most treasured landmarks.
