The Journey

An animation film based on Latvian folk songs, significant due to its artistic style which was far removed from the social realism which was the only accepted form of artistic expression in the Soviet Union at the time, and also due to its undertones related to national identity.

A documentary that relates the story of an under-represented people who endure harsh circumstances in the hope of finding a better life on the other side of the border.

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

A documentary film based on a journey of late filmmaker Tareque Masud

An essay film that interweaves meditations on travels with stories of journeys in China across a century: A student expedition into the heart of China in the 1930s, a young traveler's visions of the melancholic landscapes of his homeland, the narratives of movements in early Chinese silent films. Through these fragments of travelogues, the film explores the nature of consciousness in motion and what it means to use archives, images, and cinema as documentations as well as vehicles for travel.

After 20 years in Paris, an inheritance brings Kostas back to his hometown Mytilini. Thats where he will meet again with a young girl who he firstly met in France, and his relatives bringing back memories of his childhood.

This story is typical of our time. There are many women who were able to make a wonderful career, but at the same time they have complete uncertainty in their personal lives. Over the years, such ladies understand that no professional success can replace family happiness. A similar moment of insight comes in the life of the heroine of the film Katerina.

During the war, lots of people left Syria towards land of refuge fearing death except Joseph and his company. Meanwhile, his grandchild, Ziyad’s dreams grew but strayed. Together, they head towards a new country and distorted identity.

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?

On the day typhoon Hato struck Macao, Kimi was still determined to come over from Zhuhai, just to bring a few little gifts to Siu Mui who is working in the city. When he finally arrives, he is caught by surprise with what he finds….

Bun-Yi is sold to a bar for her widowed mother and young sister. There, she meets Dal-Jung and through his arrangement, she gets married into the rural rich Choi family as the wife of the youngest son. She lives as if she were housemaid looking after her mentally deficient husband Young-Ku, parents-in-law, and sister-in-law, and gives birth to a precious son. But she is driven out of the house because of mother-in-law and sister-in-law's evil plot. Going around from restaurants to restaurants, she becomes a owner of a restaurant and lives helping the poor children. Later, she comes to meet Young-Ku working as a shoe shining man in Busan. Mother-in-law and sister-in-law regret their faults in past and Bun-Yi regains their old house. Thus, all of them return to their hometown and live a happy life.

A young actor wants to the tell the story of their neighbour who migrated because of homophobia – but will the rest of the company accept?

Lionel, a young Frenchman, who has just arrived in Cotonou, Benin, loses his car, airplane ticket and passport and his hopes in riots in the city.

"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.

A different film about Sohrab Shahidsaless, the late Iranian filmmaker. In this lengthy documentary, video images and unseen shots from Sohrab Shahid Salate have been used.

He’s from a place so old it’s been called the cradle of mankind. She’s led a privileged life in America without hardship or pain. Together these two unlikely friends embark upon a journey from the heights of Mt. Kilimanjaro to the depths of an AIDS ravaged village where even the smallest children become outcasts at the mere hint of the disease and malaria is an ever-present threat. As Venance and Kristen experience the ancient culture, heart-breaking poverty, and eternal spirituality of Venance’s motherland, the ability of the Tanzanian people to love, dream, and persevere in the face of overwhelming hardship triggers a life-changing transformation in Kristen—one that brings her face to face with her own mortality and will ultimately cause thousands of lives to be saved. Tanzania: A Journey Within is a dramatic, emotional, and visually stunning odyssey that will challenge and inspire you.

Alena is preparing for an important journey. Her family and co-workers do not want her to leave.

Covering over 100 years of cinema, this is a journey of discovering and exploring the magic of cinema from a personal perspective. Looking at the changes and developments of cinema Thomas explains how film has deeply affected his life as a person and a filmmaker.

Taiwanese writer and social critic Long Yingtai spent the last decade undertaking an ambitious project to record the untold stories of the Chinese Civil War that culminated in the Kuomintang's 1949 retreat to Taiwan. Based on her research as well as first-hand experiences collected through interviews, Long wrote the book "Big River Big Sea 1949," and, with the help of producer Wang Shau-di and director Huang Li-ming, also created this companion documentary. The film chronicles her yearlong journey visiting war survivors scattered throughout Taiwan, Hong Kong, and various places in mainland China, preserving a generation's precious memories in the form of a vivid oral history.