LIFE OF A TAXI DRIVER

By BhutanYouthMedia

We chose this topic to help the taxi drivers who are working hard for their living. They suffer for a living since they are not educated. We chose this topic because we knew our film will be on the internet. We hope the people and especially the government will watch our films and help the taxi drivers by trying to understand them and give them business.

Lungten Dorji, Khenrab S. Tharchyin, and Tandin Wagchuk

This film was made in the summer 2009 media club program sponsored by the Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy (http://www.bhutancmd.org.bt/).

Bhutanese film in Pan-Asia film festival

Source: Bhutan Observer

Bhutanese film in Pan-Asia film festival

19 November 2009

Milarepa, a Bhutanese film directed by Neten Chokling, will be shown alongside international films at the 2nd Pan-Asia Film Festival at the Apollo Cinema, Piccadilly Circus in the UK from November 27 to December 11.

Milarepa is a feature film, which follows the life of the legendary 11th century Tibetan Buddhist mystic and saint, Jetsun Milarepa.

A selection of the best new cinema from across Asia will be screened at the festival. The festival will showcase the latest work by Oscar-nominated director of House of the Flying Daggers, Zhang Yimou, and other films by award-winning film-makers and emerging talents from China, Japan, Iran, Taiwan, Bhutan and the Philippines.

The Asia House Pan-Asia Film Festival 2009 provides a unique snapshot of current film-making across Asia. The festival films, presented this year at the Apollo Cinema reveal film-making talent in unexpected places like Bhutan and the Philippines, and confirm the influence and depth of cinema from countries with established film industries including China, Japan and Iran.

This year’s selection of films also offers unique insights into the lives, both fictional and real, of people from a variety of Asian countries, small and large.Milarepa, a Bhutanese film directed by Neten Chokling, will be shown alongside international films at the 2nd Pan-Asia Film Festival at the Apollo Cinema, Piccadilly Circus in the UK from November 27 to December 11.Milarepa is a feature film, which follows the life of the legendary 11th century Tibetan Buddhist mystic and saint, Jetsun Milarepa.

A selection of the best new cinema from across Asia will be screened at the festival. The festival will showcase the latest work by Oscar-nominated director of House of the Flying Daggers, Zhang Yimou, and other films by award-winning film-makers and emerging talents from China, Japan, Iran, Taiwan, Bhutan and the Philippines.

The Asia House Pan-Asia Film Festival 2009 provides a unique snapshot of current film-making across Asia. The festival films, presented this year at the Apollo Cinema reveal film-making talent in unexpected places like Bhutan and the Philippines, and confirm the influence and depth of cinema from countries with established film industries including China, Japan and Iran.

This year’s selection of films also offers unique insights into the lives, both fictional and real, of people from a variety of Asian countries, small and large.

By Tandin Pem

Buddhist-Billboard,Roadside,Bhutan

Buddhist-Billboard,Roadside,Bhutan
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This rock painting in Bhutan was created in conjunction with the making of the film “Travelers and Magicians” Bhutan’s first full length feature film. While it is a prayer it reads like a poem and perfectly illustrates the Buddhist concept of “The Middle Way”.