produced in Bhutan; Vara: A Blessing (2013), and Hema Hema: Sing Me A Song While I Wait (2016). He appears in the 2009 documentary Tulku, where he discusses Buddhism and his views on the tulku phenomenon. Vara: The Blessing (2013) opened South Korea's famed Busan International Film Festival. It was the first time that the South Korean festival has not opened with either a local Korean or a Chinese film. Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait, premiered at the Locarno Festival in 2016, and received an honourable mention from the Platform Prize jury at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The movie depicts a mysterious ritual in the forest where all participants are masked, was praised by critics for "its portrayal of complex Buddhist themes like transgression, by juxtaposing them on to modern topics like anonymity on the Internet.His latest film, Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache (2019), tells the story of a skeptical entrepreneur seeking spiritual advice consults an eccentric Buddhist monk who predicts the man's imminent death, unless he can locate an elusive lady with fangs. Selected publications Poison is Medicine (2021) Living Is Dying: How to Prepare for Death, Dying and Beyond (2020) Best Foot Forward: A Pilgrim's Guide to the Sacred Sites of the Buddha (2018) The Guru Drinks Bourbon (2016) Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices (2012) Teachings on Ngöndro What Makes You Not a Buddhist (2008) What to do at India's Buddhist Holy Sites Buddha Nature Introduction to the Middle Way References External links The Activities of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (links to web sites of various projects) Gentle Voice (online newsletter of Siddhartha's Intent) Deer Park Institute (India) Interview (originally appeared in Shambhala Sun'') "To see the truth is most important" (summary by Sonam Pelden of remarks by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche) 1961 births 20th-century lamas 21st-century lamas Bhutanese film directors Bhutanese film producers Living people Khyentse incarnations Nyingma lamas Tibetan Buddhism writers Tibetan Buddhists from Bhutan Alumni of SOAS University of London