We are excited to announce Samsara was awarded Best Documentary at this year's Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. Thank you to the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival and Dublin Critics Circle for this honor.
Producer Mark Magidson will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. Tickets available here: http://jdiff.ticketsolve.com/shows/126522551/events
"Easily one of the highlights of my moviegoing experiences. You get what you liked from BARAKA, but bigger and better."
In this clip, producer Mark Magidson discusses some of the differences between Baraka and Samsara as well as what Samsara offers viewers.
Some details for those of you planning on attending the Santa Barbara film festival screening:
SBIFF isn't selling individual tickets to Samsara, but any ticket from the SBIFF "Minipak" packages will get you into the screening.
Purchase minipaks here: http://shop.sbiff.org/category-s/1820.htm and keep in mind that, for example, if you get the 4 ticket Minipak, that can also get 4 people into one film (as opposed to getting one person into four films).
We are looking forward to the US premiere of Samsara, and hope to see a lot of you there. Producer Mark Magidson will be doing a Q&A after the film.
More about Lisa: A founding member of the seminal band Dead Can Dance, Lisa contributed a piece of music to the Baraka soundtrack entitled "Host of the Seraphim." It remains one of Dead Can Dance's best loved songs.
Over the last two decades, she has composed for or contributed music to nearly 100 films. She won a Golden Globe Award for her scored contributions to the film Gladiator. Lisa's efforts on the Baraka soundtrack represented her first work in film.
Lisa's work on Samsara proved to be a kind of homecoming. She and Mark Magidson, producer of both Baraka and Samsara, struck up a close friendship while working on the earlier film. In 1995, Mark directed and produced the Dead Can Dance concert film Toward the Within. Michael Stearns, the musical director of Samsara, also worked with Lisa on Baraka.
In this video, Michael Stearns, musical director for both Baraka and Samsara, talks about how watching a non-verbal film is about surrendering to the experience of the film. He compares the experience of non-verbal film to a visit to a sacred temple.
We hope you are enjoying these interviews - we'll be adding more soon.
See the announcement on the SBIFF site for more information.
Visit the screenings page for all dates, and visit the Santa Barbara Film Festival site for tickets.
