IRON BIRD in Finland!
We are thrilled that When the Iron Bird Flies will be playing in Helsinki on June 18 with Lama Chodrak leading a Q&A following the film. Thanks to the organizers Risto Kuulasmaa & Phuong Chu Suominen. For more information and to RSVP for the event – https://www.facebook.com/events/159896447525439/?fref=ts
HHDL receives IRON BIRD DVD in Louisville!
Monday, May 20 Associate Producer, Pamela Krasney presented a copy of When the Iron Bird Flies to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at a small gathering during his visit to Louisville, KY. This capped off an incredible week of events at this year’s Festival of Faiths, which began with a screening of the film to a very appreciative audience. Screenings are now being organized in connection with HHDL’s Australian tour. Find out more on our Dalai Lama Film Australia page
Awesome showing in Louisville!
May 14, 200+ people turned out to see When the Iron Bird Flies at the Actor’s Theater in Louisville, KY. It was the first night of the Spring Festival of Faiths. The reception to the film was fantastic! Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel introduced it and gave a wonderful short introduction to meditation before the screening. Click here to watch
IRON BIRD is coming back to Boulder!
The Caritas Spiritist Center is having a special presention of When the Iron Bird Flies on June 28 at 7 PM. Click here to learn more
Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel joins showing of IRON BIRD at Festival of Faiths!
We are thrilled that Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, who is such wonderful presence in When the Iron Bird Flies, is joining the film in person at the May 14th showing in Louisville, KY as part of the Festival of Faiths week of events leading up to the visit of HH Dalai Lama. Elizabeth will lead a Q&A after the screening in the evening following a day of her teaching on Meditation. Check out the amazing line up of events at this week long celebration. Tickets and information at – http://festivaloffaiths.org/2013-events/ or call – (502) 584-1205 or (800) 428-5849.
BUDDHA’s Birthday Bash Double Feature in Martha’s Vineyard!
When the Iron Bird Flies and Crazy Wisdom are the highlights of a Buddha’s Birthday Bash being hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society. IRON BIRD co-producer, Amber Bemak is joining the festivities that start at 4 PM on May 17th. Join her for two films, cake, poetry, music and discussion. More info at www.mvfilmsociety.com.
IRON BIRD to screen in connection with Anam Thubten’s visit to Maine
Sat. May 4th – “When the Iron Bird Flies” will show at 6:30 PM at the Belfast Free Library in Belfast. Suggested donation, $5-10. but no one turned away.
May 14th – 19th is a silent residential retreat with Anam Thubten in Jefferson; Contact Chip Carpenter, 207-643-2746,yurthhollow@juno.com.
Mon. May 20th, Public talk by Anam Thubten at the UU Church in Belfast, 7 PM
May 21, the film is screening before and after Anam Thubten’s 7 PM public talk at the Frontier Cafe in Brunswick, ME
Wonderful Review of IRON BIRD in Spirituality & Practice!
“It is with deep pleasure that we watch this glorious documentary unfold with its affirmation of the efforts of Tibetan teachers to make this religion relevant to the needs and concerns of Westerners. When the Iron Bird Flies is a creative and wide-ranging guide to the spread of a rich spiritual tradition. It’s an invaluable resource to newcomers and seasoned devotees of Tibetan Buddhism.” Read the full review at: http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=24546
IRON BIRD reviewed in Libertas Film Magazine!
“Educational and surprisingly optimistic, When the Iron Bird Flies is definitely worth checking out…..” Read the full review at: http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/tibetan-buddhism-takes-america-lfm-reviews-when-the-iron-bird-flies/
Iron Bird to screen in New Orleans in celebration of the Dalai Lama’s visit
When the Iron Bird Flies will be at the Zeitgeist Arts Center on Friday, May 10th & May 17th at 6:00 PM in New Orleans, LA, as part of the citywide cultural celebration in honor of the historic first visit to New Orleans by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. For more information and to purchase tickets go to: http://www.zeitgeistinc.net/
IRON BIRD’s Sold-Out West Coast Premiere March 1, 2013
What a great night for our West Coast Premiere at the International Buddhist Film Festival In San Rafael, CA. Over 300 people packed the beautiful Rafael Film Center theater to watch When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism Arrives in the West. It was a perfect screening and a special night, with applause from the audience at key moments during the film. Anam Thubten was the special guest, introduced by Steven Goodman of CIIS. Editor Catherine Hollander fielded questions from the sold-out audience in Director Victress Hitchcock’s absence, due to surgery. The audience did get to share their enthusiastic applause with the director through an impromptu cell phone call while Anam Thubten was still on stage. Thank you to IBFF Festival Director Gaetano Maida, and many thanks to all who came out!
Editor Catherine Hollander
Steven Goodman from CIIS
Anam Thubten
Thanks to Richard A. Heckler for photos.
Iron Bird to screen at Nazareth College!
When the Iron Bird Flies is scheduled to screen at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York on April 7. More info coming soon.
Screening at the Rubin with Special Guests!
Lama Tsultrim and Bridget Bailey, whose 5 month retreat at Tara Mandala is one of the inspiring stories told in When the Iron Bird Flies will be presenting a showing of the film at the Rubin Museum, March 16 at 6 PM. Buy your tickets now - http://www.rmanyc.org/ironbird
Australian Premiere at Byron Bay Film Festival!
We are excited to announce that IRON BIRD is playing at this year’s Byron Bay International Film Festival on Saturday, March 9 at 4:30 PM. Click here for more info.
IRON BIRD DVDs for sale in Australia!
DVD’s are now available in Australia for AUS$29.95 + Postage from Little Seeds Project www.littleseedsproject.com . Run by Thupten Lhamo an FPMT Student and Facilitator of the Hayagriva Albany Buddhist Group in Albany, Western Australia. All profit from the sale of ‘When the Iron Bird Flies’ will go directly to the small orphanage Thupten and her husband sponsor in Kathmandu, Nepal. With shipping costs so high from the US, this is a wonderful way to save on postage. Contact admin@littleseedsproject.com to order your copy.
Tricycle Reviews WHEN THE IRON BIRD FLIES
In the Spring, 2013 issue of Tricycle, Dan Zigmond entitles his very comprehensive and beautifully written review of IRON BIRD “A Dream-like Path”. “There is something dreamlike about the film, flowing across so many continents and cultures, portraying contemporary Tibetan Buddhism in so many forms”. Here is a link to the review: http://www.tricycle.com/reviews/dreamlike-path
WEST COAST PREMIERE of IRON BIRD!
When the Iron Bird Flies is opening the International Buddhist Film Festival’s Showcase 2013 Friday March 1, 7PM at the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael. Tickets go on sale in mid February at www.cafilm.org/rfc
Lama Rangbar with IRON BIRD at the Rubin
Friday, January 25, Lama Rangbar joined a screening of WHEN THE IRON BIRD FLIES at the Rubin. Here is a link to his introduction to the film and to the project he has embarked on to build the Great American Stupa for World Peace in NY State. For more information on the project, please visit: www.bodhivastu.org.
IRON BIRD available to Download!
There is another way for people in the US and Canada to view IRON BIRD. Our new distributor Alive Mind Cinema is offering the film as a download on their website. Check it out at: www.alivemindcinema/ironbird.
Screening in Capetown a success!
Sunday night, Exploring Consciousness hosted a sold out screening of WHEN THE IRON BIRD FLIES at the Labia in Capetown (http://www.exploringconsciousness.org.za/)
Here are some highlights from the audience comments: ” I left the cinema inspired, reflecting on and grateful for the legacy of the Tibetan diaspora.” “It was an insightful beautifully filmed movie relating to real people” “I was completely absorbed throughout.” “Thank you for taking these strands of personal stories and plaiting them together to illustrate profound aspects of the path.”
IRON BIRD invited to the AWAKEN Spiritual Film Festival!
Held in Morristown, N.J in March, the Awaken Festival, now in its 5th year selects films that “inspire, that awaken joy, love and compassion within us, that enlighten and challenge us. They have the potential to transform our lives….” We are thrilled that IRON BIRD will be among them this year. www.AwakenSpiritualFilmFestival.org
IRON BIRD selected for Tricycle Film Club!
Tricycle Film Club will be featuring When the Iron Bird Flies from February 3- March 3 on the Tricycle Film Club site. We are happy to be part of their exciting line up of films… check it out at – http://www.tricycle.com/filmclub. Victress Hitchcock will be available to answer questions throughout the month on the site.
IRON BIRD to air on television in February
When the Iron Bird Flies has been sold to the Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation in the Netherlands and a 58 minute version of the film will be broadcast on Dutch television in February!
Read an interview with Victress Hitchcock in the BOS magazine. The interview is in Dutch, but you can Google translate it! http://www.bosrtv.nl/news.aspx?lIntEntityId=405
We plan to offer this hour long television version to television and cable channels in the US and overseas. Please contact us at info@chariotvideos.com if you have any ideas, or contacts in the broadcasting world that you would like to share with us. We would love your help!
IRON BIRD acquired by ALIVE MIND CINEMA!
We are thrilled that When the Iron Bird Flies has been picked up by Alive Mind Cinema, a division of Kino Lorber for distribution in the US and Canada. Alive Mind takes an exciting, grass roots approach to distributing films with cutting edge artistic, socially active, and spiritual themes. We are proud to join Crazy Wisdom, the Tibetan Book of the Dead and many other amazing films in their collection. Alive Mind is will initially be focusing on organizing screenings across the US and on educational sales of the film to colleges and libraries. A home DVD release of the film with DVD extras is planned for later in the year. Read more at: http://alivemindcinema.com/ironbird/
Chariot will continue to sell DVDs and organize screenings of the film everywhere but US and Canada.. so we still have a lot of territory to cover!
Chariot Videos footage in a new documentary on forgiveness
Chariot Videos provided footage from our series Ending the Cycle of Violence to Chance Films for their powerful new documentary – Unlikely Friends. Check out their trailer: http://www.unlikelyfriendsforgive.com/trailer