New York, August 4, 2010 - New York-based Kino Lorber Inc.
has acquired all North American rights to Brilliant
Moon (2010) for release on their Alive Mind label from distribution company
House of Film.
The
documentary chronicles the life of one of Tibet's most revered 20th
century teachers, Dilgo Rinpoche, a writer, poet and meditation master who
inspired all who encountered him. Narrated by Richard Gere and Lou Reed, it
tells Rinpoche's story from birth to death to rebirth - his childhood, escape
from Tibet during Tibet's invasion, and his determination to rebuild the Tibetan
Buddhist tradition far and wide.
Brilliant Moon includes rare still and archival footage,
beautiful photography from Tibet, India, the US, Bhutan and Nepal and is told
in part through interviews with the Dalai Lama, Matthieu Ricard, Rabjam
Rinpoche and others. The film is directed by Neten Chokling, a close student of
Rinpoche and director of the feature film, Milarepa.
"Dilgo
Khyentse Rinpoche is a revered teacher and we are honored to be the selected
distributor for this inspirational film," said Elizabeth Sheldon, vice
president of Kino Lorber, which has a library of over 600 titles. Kino Lorber
will release the film through its Alive Mind Spiritual Cinema initiative, which
offers spiritually themed films to theatrical venues and community groups across
North America for exhibition. It will be offered to the educational market in
fall of 2010 for Public Performance and digital site licenses through the newly
formed Kino Lorber Education library, which merges the combined collections of
Alive Mind and Kino to the library and post secondary market. It will be
released to the retail market later in 2011.
Brilliant Moon will debut at New York's Rubin Museum on
August 4th in honor of the 2010 centennial celebrations for Dilgo Rinpoche.
House of
Film offers high quality spiritual films to distirbutors. "Distribution of
spiritual films of the highest aesthetic standards is an essential element for
us. We are thrilled to see that there is a synergy between Kino Lorber and
House of Film as two of our movies, Sunrise/Sunsetand Brilliant Moon, have been
recently picked up by Alive Mind for North American distribution", points out
Ava B., President and CEO of House of Film.
Alive Mind
releases documentary programming in the areas of enlightened consciousness and
cultural transformation, and is a specialty distribution arm of Kino Lorber,
Inc. Alive Mind provide its audience with intellectually provocative work from
leading filmmakers that delivers the "aha" response of a transformative
experience. Best-selling releases include: Sunrise/Sunset, a
documentary that chronicles a day in the life of the Dalai Lama; The Tibetan Book of the Dead, the
definitive filmic interpretation of the classic text, narrated by Leonard
Cohen; Edge of Dreaming,which
ill premier on POV August 23rd;Fierce
Light and Mythic Journeys.
For more
information regarding setting-up a screening or preview copies, please contact
Kevyn Fairchild at Kevyn@kinolorber.com (212) 629 6880.
For media inquiries,
please contact Rodrigo Brandao at Rodrigo@kinolorber.com.
www.alivemindmedia.com
