Featuring

DZONGSAR KHYENTSE RINPOCHE

Written and Directed by

LESLEY ANN PATTEN

Inspiration disease and humor

LUC DIERKX
LOUISE RODD

Special Appearances by

BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI
GESAR MUKPO
STEVEN SEAGAL
AUNT SHIRLEY

Additional footage with

GUIDO BRYANT
JIM NELSON
PHILIPP OUP
ALEX TRISOGLIO

Producers

KENT MARTIN
LESLEY ANN PATTEN

Cinematographer

KENT NASON

Edited by

PETER GIFFEN
LESLEY ANN PATTEN

Montage Design

PETER GIFFEN

Sound Recordists

JANE PORTER
ALEX SALTER

Additional Sound Recording

MARTIN JACKSON
KEN KING

Additional Photography

CLAUDIA BAHLS
ETHAN NEVILLE

Camera Trainee

KYLE CAMERON

Line Producer

ANGELA DE NICOLA

Special Thanks for Interviews

BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI
GESAR MUKPO
SHIRLEY NAVARA
STEVEN SEAGAL

Heartfelt Thanks To

CANGIOLI CHE
BARBARA & HUGH CASSIDY
GLENN FAWCETTE
MICHIKO FILIPAK
ISABEL HARDY
RICHARD REOCH
TARA SLONE
STING
CRANE STOOKEY
DASHO WANGCHUK
PEMA WANGCHUK

And those who pushed us further

MANFRED BECKER
JOHANNA LUNN MONTGOMERY
and
MANJUSHRI

Business Manager

ANGELA DE NICOLA

Accountants:

HARNISH BRUCE SHUPE
TAMMY PACE

Production Coordinators

BONNIE DRUHAN
KIM ROBERTSON

Director of Special Report and Documentaries Radio-Canada

JEAN PELLETIER

Bhutanese and Tibetan Translation

KESANG DECHEN

Insurance

FRASER & HOYT INSURANCE – DON SINCLAIR

Travel Arrangements for Bhutan

WIND HORSE TOURS – KINLEY NAMGAY

Bhutanese Magicians

CHAMBULA DORJE
GUP HOPOLA
LAMA NINGPOLA
THINLEY TOBGAY DORJI
WANDI TSHERING
KARMA YANKI

German Magicians

SUZANNE GREEVEN
DAVID LUECKING
BARBARA MEINON
ANDREAS SCHULZ
ANDREAS SCHRIBER

Attorneys

SLONE & MUNRO
ROB ASKE

Sound Editor

ALEX SALTER

Post Production

SALTER STREET DIGITAL

Re-recording Mixer

ALLAN SCARTH

Online Editor

DOUG WOODS

Assistant Online Editor

CHRIS FOST

Film transfer

DIGITAL FILM GROUP

Production Stills

KENT NASON
LESLEY ANN PATTEN
ALEX SALTER

Photographs used with permission of

DZONGSAR KHYENTSE RINPOCHE

Additional footage supplied by

BBC
DZONGSAR KHYENTSE RINPOCHE
PAOLO BRUNATTO
HANWAY FILMS
MERIDIAN TRUST
SHAMBHALA ARCHIVES
WARNER BROTHERS

A Thousand Years

written by Kipper/ Sting Performed by Sting Courtesy of Mercury Records Limited under license from Universal Music Canada Inc. Published by Magnetic Publishing Ltd. Administered by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. All rights reserved

Beautiful

written by Tony Rabalao used with the permission of I Ain’t Askin’ Music & Joydrop Inc. All rights reserved

Cheek to Cheek

written by Irving Berlin Performed by Eva Cassidy Courtesy of Blixstreet Records Published by Irving Berlin Music Company All rights reserved

Chenrezi

written by U.Man.Tek used with the permission of U.Man.Tek All rights reserved

Dreaming of Bodies

written by Gary Diggins & Laur Fugère used with the permission of Gary Diggins & Laur Fugère All rights reserved

Fanfare

written by Gordski used with the permission of Goodnight Musics All rights reserved

Filter

written by Gordski used with the permission of Goodnight Musics All rights reserved

Khyema Mimin

Written by Steve Tibbetts used with the permission of Steve Tibbetts All rights reserved

Monkey Motion Shuffle

written by Goods used with the permission of Goodnight Musics All rights reserved

Ninety Miles Per Hour

written by John Wesley Chisholm used with the permission of John Wesley Chisholm All rights reserved

Rootbeer & Licorice

written by John Wesley Chisholm used with the permission of John Wesley Chisholm All rights reserved

Spune, Spune Mos Batrin

written by Taraf de Haidouks used courtesy of Warner Music Canada Ltd published by Strictly Confidential & Warner Chappell All rights reserved

Things of Beauty

written by Kunga219 used with the permission of Goodnight Musics All rights reserved

This is Not Real

written by Tom McKay used with the permission of I Ain’t Askin’ Music & Joydrop Inc. All rights reserved

Tree Scratches

written by Kunga219 used with the permission of Goodnight Musics All rights reserved

Traditional Bhutanese Folk Tunes

Performed Jigme Drukpa used by permission of Jigme Drukpa

Traditional folk song

Performed by Los Flamencos used with the permission of El Viento Flamenco

Traditional Serbian tune

Courtesy of Steven Naylor

Trapped By Love

written by Manu Chao used with the permission of EMI Music Canada & Strictly Confidential All rights reserved

Produced in association with

VISION TV, RADIO-CANADA, THE INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL CANADA INCORPORATED

Produced with the Participation of

the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian cable industry CTF: License Fee Program Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation Rogers Telefund

Produced with the financial participation of

Rogers Documentary fund

Produced with the assistance of

the Nova Scotia Film Industry Tax Credit Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit

Training provided with the assistance of the Canada/Nova Scotia COOPERATION Agreement on Economic Diversification

Dedicated to

ALL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS MAY COMPASSION AND WISDOM FLOURISH !

Produced by

ZIJI Film and Television in co-production with

the National Film Board of Canada

Writer’s Guild

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