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SCHEDULE
VERDI PARK CINEMAS
C/ de Torrijos 49
08012 Barcelona
C/ de Torrijos 49
08012 Barcelona
19 0CT
OPENING
GREETINGS FROM FUKUSHIMA
Directed by Doris Dörrie
Germany · 2016 · Drama · 108min. · German and Japanese with Catalan subtitles.
The guest of honor Doris Dörrie will introduce her film. After the screening, she will talk with the audience. The actress Anna Diogène will conduct the opening.
19:00
By invitation only
20 0CT
THE GESHEMA IS BORN
Directed by Malati Rao
India-Nepal · 2019 · Documentary · 56 min. · English, Hindi and Tibetan with Catalan subtitles.
Video of Malati Rao introducing her film. After the screening, video of Karma Lekshe Tsomo and panel discussion with Lama Guelongma Tsondru, the only lama in Spain with full ordination, Sofía Bengoetxea, a trans woman and Zen Buddhism practitioner; moderated by Anna Gil, from Sakyadhita Spain.
18:30
20 0CT
LOPON
Directed by Everardo González
Mexico · 2021 · Documentary · 78 min. · English and other languages with Spanish subtitles.
Video of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, from the Bön tradition, presenting the documentary of the master Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche. After the screening, Thubten Wangchen, Tibetan monk and director of the Casa del Tibet Foundation, will hold a dialogue with writer, journalist and documentary filmmaker Jordi Llompart, and will answer questions from the audience.
Mexico · 2021 · Documentary · 78 min. · English and other languages with Spanish subtitles.
Video of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, from the Bön tradition, presenting the documentary of the master Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche. After the screening, Thubten Wangchen, Tibetan monk and director of the Casa del Tibet Foundation, will hold a dialogue with writer, journalist and documentary filmmaker Jordi Llompart, and will answer questions from the audience.
20:45
21 0CT
LUNANA, A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM
Directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji
Bhutan · 2019 · Drama · 110 min. · Dzongkha with Catalan subtitles.
Vídeo of Pawo Choyning Dorji presenting his film.
18:30
21 0CT
LOOKING FOR A LADY WITH FANGS AND MOUSTACHE
Directed by Khyentse Norbu
Nepal · 2019 · Drama · 113 min. · Nepali and Tibetan with Spanish subtitles.
Video of Khyentse Norbu presenting his film.
21:00
22 0CT
HAPPY TEACHERS WILL CHANGE THE WORLD
Directed by Wouter Verhoeven
The Netherlands · 2020 · Documentary · 36 min. · Spanish and English with Spanish subtitles.
Video of Wouter Verhoeven introducing his film. After the screening, panel discussion with Agustín Pániker, director of Editorial Kairós, Pilar Aguilera, director of the “Awakened Schools Program” at the University of Barcelona. and primary school teacher Alexia Tornos Volpe.
11:15
22 0CT
THE MONK AND THE FLY
Directed by Matthew Darragh
Ireland · 2010 · Animation Short Film · 4 min. Mute (children’s session).
After the screening, a storytelling session with an interactive workshop led by the actress Marta Millà, author of the storybook Jatakas, therapist and Zen practitioner.
16:00
22 0CT
DESCENDING THE MOUNTAIN
Directed by Maartje Nevejan
The Netherlands · 2021 · Documentary · 78 min. · English and German with Spanish subtitles.
Video of Maartje Nevejan introducing her film. After the screening, panel discussion with biochemical doctor Perla Kaliman and clinical psychologist Joaquim Soler, moderated by the writer and director of short films and documentaries Alexis Racionero.
17:00
22 0CT
LOOKING FOR A LADY WITH FANGS AND MOUSTACHE
Directed by Khyentse Norbu
Nepal · 2019 · Drama · 113 min. · Nepali and Tibetan with Spanish subtitles.
Video of Khyentse Norbu presenting his film.
20:00
23 0CT
LUNANA, A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM
Directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji
Bhutan · 2019 · Drama · 110 min. · Dzongkha with Spanishn subtitles
Vídeo of Pawo Choyning Dorji presenting his film. After the screening, Isabel Rojas will have a dialogue with the audience and will share her experience as a teacher in highly complex neighborhoods of Barcelona, such as La Mina and El Besós, and also as an aid worker in schools in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Meditation, relaxation and mindfulness have been present in her classrooms.
11:15
23 0CT
DEAR EARTH
Directed by Wouter Verhoeven
The Netherlands ·2020 · Documentary · 60 min. · English with Catalan subtitles.
Video of Wouter Verhoeven introducing his film. After the screening, video of the writer, teacher and zen master David Loy before the panel discussion with David Barba, journalist and director of the Ediciones La Llave, Berta Meneses, Catholic nun and zen master, Llorenç Witty, from the Extinction Rebellion movement and Daniel Turon, member of AUDIR’s interreligious group on ecological crisis and spirituality.
16:00
23 0CT
DESCENDING THE MOUNTAIN
Directed by Maartje Nevejan
The Netherlands · 2021 · Documentary · 78 min. · English and German with Spanish subtitles.
Video of Maartje Nevejan introducing her film.
18:15
23 0CT
CLOSING
GREETINGS FROM FUKUSHIMA
Directed by Doris Dörrie
Germany · 2016 · Drama · 108min. · German and Japanese with Catalan subtitles.
20:00
SCHEDULE
VERDI PARK CINEMAS
C/ de Torrijos 49
08012 Barcelona
C/ de Torrijos 49
08012 Barcelona
19 0CT · 19:00
OPENING
GREETINGS FROM FUKUSHIMA
Directed by Doris Dörrie
Germany · 2016 · Drama · 108min. · German and Japanese with Catalan subtitles.
The guest of honor Doris Dörrie will introduce her film. After the screening, she will talk with the audience. The actress Anna Diogène will conduct the opening.
By invitation only
20 0CT · 18:30
THE GESHEMA IS BORN
Directed by Malati Rao
India-Nepal · 2019 · Documentary · 56 min. · English, Hindi and Tibetan with Catalan subtitles.
Video of Malati Rao introducing her film. After the screening, video of Karma Lekshe Tsomo and panel discussion with Lama Guelongma Tsondru, the only lama in Spain with full ordination, Sofía Bengoetxea, a trans woman and Zen Buddhism practitioner; moderated by Anna Gil, from Sakyadhita Spain.
20 0CT · 20:45
LOPON
Directed by Everardo González
Mexico · 2021 · Documentary · 78 min. · English and other languages with Spanish subtitles.
Video of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, from the Bön tradition, presenting the documentary of the master Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche. After the screening, Thubten Wangchen, Tibetan monk and director of the Tibet House Foundation, will talk with the audience.
21 0CT · 18:30
LUNANA, A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM
Directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji
Bhutan · 2019 · Drama · 110 min. · Dzongkha with Catalan subtitles.
Vídeo of Pawo Choyning Dorji presenting his film.
21 0CT · 21:00
LOOKING FOR A LADY WITH FANGS AND MOUSTACHE
Directed by Khyentse Norbu
Nepal · 2019 · Drama · 113 min. · Nepali and Tibetan with Spanish subtitles.
Video of Khyentse Norbu presenting his film.
22 0CT · 11:15
HAPPY TEACHERS WILL
CHANGE THE WORLD
CHANGE THE WORLD
Directed by Wouter Verhoeven
The Netherlands · 2020 · Documentary · 36 min. · Spanish and English with Spanish subtitles.
Video of Wouter Verhoeven introducing his film. After the screening, panel discussion with Agustín Pániker, director of Editorial Kairós, Pilar Aguilera, director of the “Awakened Schools Program” at the University of Barcelona. and primary school teacher Alexia Tornos Volpe.
22 0CT · 16:00
THE MONK AND THE FLY
Directed by Matthew Darragh
Ireland · 2010 · Animation Short Film · 4 min. Mute (children’s session)
After the screening, a storytelling session with an interactive workshop led by the actress Marta Millà, author of the storybook Jatakas, therapist and Zen practitioner.
22 0CT · 17:00
DESCENDING THE MOUNTAIN
Directed by Maartje Nevejan
The Netherlands · 2021 · Documentary · 78 min. · English and German with Spanish subtitles.
Video of Maartje Nevejan introducing her film. After the screening, panel discussion with biochemical doctor Perla Kaliman and clinical psychologist Joaquim Soler, moderated by the writer and director of short films and documentaries Alexis Racionero.
22 0CT · 20:00
LOOKING FOR A LADY WITH FANGS AND MOUSTACHE
Directed by Khyentse Norbu
Nepal · 2019 · Drama · 113 min. · Nepali and Tibetan with Spanish subtitles.
Video of Khyentse Norbu presenting his film.
23 0CT · 11:15
LUNANA, A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM
Directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji
Bhutan · 2019 · Drama · 110 min. · Dzongkha with Spanish subtitles
Vídeo of Pawo Choyning Dorji presenting his film. After the screening, Isabel Rojas will have a dialogue with the audience and will share her experience as a teacher in highly complex neighborhoods of Barcelona, such as La Mina and El Besós, and also as an aid worker in schools in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Meditation, relaxation and mindfulness have been present in her classrooms.
23 0CT · 16:00
DEAR EARTH
Directed by Wouter Verhoeven
The Netherlands ·2020 · Documentary · 60 min. · English with Catalan subtitles.
Video of Wouter Verhoeven introducing his film. After the screening, video of the writer, teacher and zen master David Loy before the panel discussion with David Barba, journalist and director of the Ediciones La Llave, Berta Meneses, Catholic nun and zen master, Llorenç Witty, from the Extinction Rebellion movement and Daniel Turon, member of AUDIR’s interreligious group on ecological crisis and spirituality.
23 0CT · 18:15
DESCENDING THE MOUNTAIN
Directed by Maartje Nevejan
The Netherlands · 2021 · Documentary · 78 min. · English and German with Spanish subtitles.
Video of Maartje Nevejan introducing her film.
23 0CT · 20:00
CLOSING
GREETINGS FROM FUKUSHIMA
Directed by Doris Dörrie
Germany · 2016 · Drama · 108min. · German and Japanese with Catalan subtitles.
To warm up, between October 1 and 18, several member organizations of the Coordinadora Catalana d’Entitats Budistes-CCEB have programmed parallel activities, such as meditation sessions, film forums and talks on the themes of the films and on Buddhism from the perspective of the different traditions.
