Diana Frankovic’s short film played at the March 2017 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival
Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?
So a couple of years ago I took a sabbatical from my job.
Actually, I’m a radio host from Berlin. I was exhausted, burned out and unhappy. I had to get away from it all, and find a way to change that, to be truly happy. So I packed my suitcase and began traveling through Asia, and finally Nepal, where I spent months meditating, exploring and visiting monasteries, and THIS is where I met Tenzin. An amazing Tibetan Buddhist monk.
Spending time together we realized we had so many things in common, like dreams and desires, like love and sex, also tenderness for friends and family. But what I was really astonished to discover was that we also share an attachment to material things!
I would have never…
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