Journey To The East

The drama of a young man who wants to emigrate in the west, but in order to do that he has to sell a kidney.

On the crowded train, the workers entertain each other by telling stories.

Fishing has become an inseparable part of a peculiar inhabitant of Macao. He travels around the world every year and insists on fishing with lures. This year, this film’s protagonist took up a challenge at the Spratly Islands, an archipelago where he is returning with the mission to fish a 30kg Dogtooth Tuna. Will his dream come true?

"Never Ending Journey" is a documentary film about the Barcelona Olympic Games, which tells the story about the significance of Olympic Games, for the birth of independent Lithuania and the consolidation of the country in the eyes of the world. The history of the Barcelona Olympic Games begins with Sąjūdis. In 1992, 46 athletes represented Lithuania, 13 of them – the basketball team and the discus thrower Romas Ubartas – were presented with medals. The Barcelona Olympic Games will become famous news to the world and will draw the attention of the international community to the newly reborn Lithuania. And it will be never ending journey.

Back in her family home, Wenqian Zhang settles in with her camera. A Long Journey Home tells the story of this cohabitation via a relational and temporal journey that stirs up emotions while challenging contemporary China’s “making a family” from the inside. This is a brilliant quest for emancipation seeking a place among one’s own people.

Adrian was suddenly challenged by his father to find the best noodles in East Jakarta. If he succeeds, he will get his father's car which he has always asked for. He then asked Dinda to help him find the best noodles in East Jakarta.

Former gang member Ricardo tries to keep his son Joel off of the streets, but his legacy proves stronger than his intentions. Joel ascends through the gang’s hierarchy when he defeats fellow gang member Chivo, but things soon spiral out of control resulting in tragedy, heartbreak, and violence.

A photographer has drawn his world by populating it with clandestine images. Photography allowed him years ago the excuse to try to escape from the family nucleus. And so, lightly packed, he boarded the first and only train.

A beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving herself to another. She dedicates herself to her work, designing and creating plaited cords for kimono.

The veneration for Tonantzin-Guadalupe has been an essential Mexican theme underlying Mexican cultural and political values since the 16th century. Guided by the testimonies of Indigenous people, Mexicans of mixed heritage and Chicanos about this complex subject matter, we can understand why. The film was shot in 16mm and produced between July 1987 and February 1996.

Includes all new footage which captures the WP&YR experience and history from Skagway, Alaska to Fraser, B.C. and from Fraser, B.C. to Carcross, Yukon. Fully narrated with insights and historical context.

Journey to Kwan Shan. A Taiwan-HK film by CMPC.

A documentary feature by Jun Geng. Poet Zhang Rare once studied at the Beijing Qingmei Academy. Due to pressure he felt living in the city, he feelings of depression, he returned to his hometown and taught middle school. But his depression got worse and he was diagnosed with schizophrenia; he his job and, stayed home, and began to focus on writing his poetry.

In 2012-2015, recruited Kazakhstanis most often left for Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Syria. It’s impossible to calculate the exact number of people that left. They often had no documents and when they left the country, they ended up falling into the hands of the extremist groups. Our documentary is about Ganibet, a woman that wanted to find her nephews in Syria and referred to Erlan Karin, an expert on matters related to terrorism, for help. How did the story end?

“My best friend, Anna, asked me if I would mind taking her fifteen-year-old son Itvan to Berlin with me. I accepted immediately.” An elegant, refined man in his forties sets off with Itvan on a long, enjoyable journey, his Winter Journey. They cross snowbound Germany by car. As the man drives the boy through cities and countryside, Itvan discovers the past and the vast job of reunification now underway. Poetry and culture are also part of the journey, which is accompanied by classical German music. When their paths cross with the man's former lovers or the journey provides unexpected encounters, Itvan also gets to know more about the man's own life. When they finally arrive in Berlin, their ways must part. Itvan watches the man leave, taking the melancholy of his existence with him. However their journey together has created an unbreakable tie between the two men. Itvan will never be the same again.