Author Spotlight

Gaetano Kazuo Maida

Gaetano Kazuo Maida is a filmmaker and serves as executive director of the nonprofit Buddhist Film Foundation, which produces the International Buddhist Film Festival and Buddhist Film Channel. He was a founding director of the U.S. Buddhist quarterly Tricycle.

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Cinema as a Buddhist Practice: A Conversation with Khyentse Norbu

The Bhutanese director and leading Tibetan Buddhist teacher talks about his wide range of aesthetic influences, his experience working with Bernardo Bertolucci, and film’s connection to meditation.

By Gaetano Kazuo Maida

Interviews— Sep 30, 2026