This stunning film, an official KIDS FIRST! Film Festival selection will be playing at the Santa Fe Film Center (Santa Fe, NM)
beginning the Fourth of July weekend. Directed and Narrated by Anna
Wilding who commented, "My film is a joyous and an apolitical film.
However, I hope that with the film screening now, people will gain a
greater insight and understanding into the lives of monks throughout
Asia and the rest of the world, many of whom are going through a
difficult and turbulent time right now."Ms Wilding cited Sri Lanka, Tibet and Myanmar as regions where there has been much recent civil unrest and injustice to Buddhist monks -- places where "there could be peace." Ms Wilding added that what is also of import, but a matter that does not appear to be discussed or bought up in negotiations, is the history of Buddhism and its various branches and how they were formed within countries. Ms Wilding says that perhaps it is now time for the Buddhist monastic community to pull together and support each other as one, and also look at issues within their own communities.
Anna Wilding spoke on an industry panel at
the American Pavillion in Cannes 2008 on the topic "Can you be green
and proper in show business." While there she also met with monks
direct from Myanmar who were holding press junkets. Ms Wilding's film
features monks from Thailand and Sri Lanka.
"Buddha
Wild Monk in a Hut" was shot partly in New Zealand on a remote
monastery and produced by Carpe Diem Films LLC. Wilding worked with
Emmy Award winning composer Charles David Denler on the music. The
"inspiring and fascinating" film was selected into the Kids FIRST Film
Festival, selected for the International Festival of Films on Tribal
Art and Cultures held in India-IFFTAC, the Screen Actors Guild
Foundation Screening Series, the Calgary Buddhist film series and
cinemas in Los Angeles and New Zealand.
"Buddha Wild"
has been called "beautiful" by Moving Pictures Magazine 2008, and "a
must see film" by Splash Magazine 2008. It garnered critics pick in LA
Weekly Magazine 2007, and Union Jack Newspapers said, "Anna Wilding
Captures Our attention." Moonrise Movies Magazine in Canada said it was
"delightfully sweet and accurate."
Ms Wilding combined
with Rialto Cinemas Australia to give the proceeds from the first
public rough cut screenings to the Tsunami Relief Appeal in Thailand.
The film has been welcomed at temples in the USA and elsewhere. The
film is in early limited release stages.
"Unpretentious,"
providing an "affectionate glimpse" and a well-judged mixture of
"seriousness and humor" into the cultural and monastic lives of
missionary monks, the film explores the tenets of Buddhism, celibacy,
politics, the role of women in Asian society and the day-to-day lives
of Theravadin monks.
"Buddha Wild" has the tag line
"Wild to be one with Nature." Ms. Wilding's career spans over a decade
in Hollywood, UK and Australia as writer, actress, producer and
director. In 2007 Ms Wilding was thanked through her lawyers in New
York for her humanitarian work on all three Lord of the Rings movies by
Mark Ordesky, former CEO of New Line. -http://www.buddhawild.com/ and http://www.amazon.com/ Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzF9ZcV6ccc
To Book Anna Wilding as speaker go to http://www.buddhawild.com/
on Where Did Men Go? - So Wrong in 2000's.