Film is essentially the art of make-believing. Various ideas learned through the filmmaker’s portrayal of the world can give life lessons to the audience. These ideas in turn enlighten the minds, freeing the viewer’s imaginations. The Buddhist wisdom through cinematic lens brightens not only the eyes but up towards the spiritual level, resonating with each audience’s own interpretation depending on their individual experiences.
IBFF 2012 will present films of Buddhist wisdom from around the world. Thailand, as global epicenter of Buddhism, can then become a world stage in showcasing these cinematic enlightenments to the world.
Three Marks of Existence (นมัสเตอินเดีย ส่งเกรียนไปเรียนพุทธ)
Em is facings many problems in his young life. He
decides to take a trip to India to follow Lord Buddha’s path at the 4
pilgrimage sites: Lumpini (the birth place), Sarnath (where he delivered his
first teaching), Bodh Gaya (the place of his Enlightenment) and Kusinara (where
he died).
Through the journey he encounters many people and
situations which slowly change his attitude toward life and religion:
Uncle Kamon is an old man who turns to occult as a
way to forget his sufferings.
Jen is a rich young man who enjoys material wealth
but never feels the real happiness.
Yuiko is a Japanese woman who travels alone on a
pilgrimage and is hiding a secret.
Em is not sure whether all this will gain him a
merit or bring him closer to the Lord. But what he knows is that all the
emotions, both happiness and sadness, throughout the trip is turning into a
spiritual journey for him to face the origin of all the life’s sufferings
inside him.
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