Journey Of

The search for planets beyond our solar system has brought an historic discovery: a planet slightly larger than Earth orbiting a star called Proxima Centauri. At just over 40 trillion kilometers from the Sun, Proxima Centauri is our closest stellar neighbor. Does its planet have a climate, or even life?

This special will lift the curtain to showcase the work of both onscreen and offscreen talent behind the Star+ original series, “Santa Evita.” Exclusive interviews and footage will transport viewers backstage as they learn how the directors, writers, actors and actresses, and the production team brought Tomás Eloy Martínez’s novel to the small screen.

Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy’s six-minute short pitch to Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar & Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar, which blossomed into an acclaimed feature film ‘Aachar & Co.’, a delightful blend of nostalgia, humor & drama.

Filmmaker Karina Duffy travels the globe to explore the spectrum of the human condition through intimate stories and diverse cultural traditions.

How does a binaural microphone differ from a bionic one, what sound effects can you experience if you sit on a fire escape for a long time at night, and what is psychoacoustics? Where do the illusions that we can hear come from, and what wonders of technology do people come up with to record them? Musician and composer Tigran Paravyan, who faced these questions while studying at the Faculty of Sound Research at New York University, studies the possibilities and features of non-standard microphones and acoustics of different spaces. In the film, he travels to unusual places in Armenia, from medieval monasteries to abandoned concert halls, sings and captures songs and sounds of places using experimental sound recording methods.

Their dream was to have a child. Three couples who have wasted their money, time and energy on failed fertility treatments try to rebuild themselves. After so many years of obsession, they will attempt to bury their goals while secretly waiting for a miracle.

Joined by his camera, Jonathan accompanies his grandparents as they venture off to explore Bhutan for their 60th anniversary; a journey in which he’ll witness the delicate intricacies of their relationship begin to slowly unfold.

A dream island is home to a family of small rodents, the Agoutis. Untouched by humans, the community of beings are organized harmoniously along the cycle of seasons. Gouti, the eldest of the siblings, is learning about life next to his experienced grandpa. But Gouti is absent-minded. He keeps dreaming of travels, of places beyond. When an exceptional winter storm hits and devastates their island, Gouti and his family are forced to leave. A journey leading to discover other worlds, other species, and above all to self-discovery.

Documentary hommage to Sergey Parajanov on the occasion of his 100 anniversary. Witness the blend of unique archive material with surrealistic puppetry scenes, seamlessly blurring the lines between imagination and reality.

The head of the household, Jess Gonzalez (Edward James Olmos), is your average father who is forced to fight everyday troubles, following the death of his loving wife Berta (Sônia Braga). Their beloved daughter Nina (Constance Marie) has recently graduated from law school and decides to work for Legal Services on behalf of immigrant rights, although Jess does not agree with her decision. The rest of the Gonzalez family just tries to go with the flow, but they find their own problems down the road.

A documentary about the J-pop / folk rock singer Cocco.

A journey by camera through Berlin.

Over 350,000 tons of highly radioactive waste and spent fuel rods are in temporary storage on site at nuclear power complexes and at intermediate storage sites all over the world. More than 10,000 additional tons join them every year. It is the most dangerous waste man has ever produced. Waste that requires storage in a safe final repository for hundreds of thousands of years. Out of reach of humanity and other living creatures. The question is, where? Together with Swiss-British nuclear physicist Charles McCombie, who has been searching for a safe final storage site for highly radioactive nuclear waste for thirty-five years, director Edgar Hagen investigates the limitations and contradictions involved in this project of global significance. Supporters and opponents of nuclear energy struggle for solutions whilst dogmatic worldviews are assailed by doubt

Hikaru is given a phone call asking him to appear in the Japan/China/Korea Junior's Tournament but he finds out he will have to take part in a preliminary tournament to choose Japan's three contestants. Upon discussing this with Akira, he discovers that Akira has already been chosen for the tournament and will not be taking place in the preliminaries. Hikaru then decides not to visit Akira's Go Salon until he takes his place on the team with Akira. That may be tougher than originally planned...

Actors Yui Natsukawa and Tetta Sugimoto travel Europe.

We go on a one month backpacking adventure around Japan. In this 2 part documentary series we travel to Japan for the very first time. Travelling there for one month, starting in Tokyo and then using the Japan Rail Pass to explore the country.

A short drama

A non-fiction film about three friends seeking traces of an old "gringo" who went to die in the jungle of Guatemala. Starting out from the guesthouse in Mexico City where he was seen for the last time, we follow his journey south. New characters appear along the way, people he could have known who share their visions of life and death. The search takes on a life of its own, and leads us deeper into the unknown...