The Journey

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.

Yılmaz is a civil servant. There are two months until his retirement. His only dream is to build a house on his ‘little piece of land’. However, will the trouble his son Fırat who suddenly turned up without notice in the middle of the night, got himself in take away Yılmaz’s dream?

An imaginary biography of Jean Genet, poet and high priest of evil. "Revolt is something I allow myself", said Jean Genet in 1975. Born in Paris in 1910, raised and humiliated in an approved school, a pederast and thief who has been to prison 14 times and expelled from five European countries. His novels are ballads of poisonous beauty, his plays are murky rituals of oppression where each person acts out the role imposed upon him by the others.

Marcel Lozinski was born in May 1940 in Paris, and he spent part of his childhood in various children’s homes. His Jewish communist parents were members of the resistance. After the war he went with his mother to Poland, where he became a celebrated documentary maker of some 20 films. Prompted by his son Pawel, also a renowned documentarian, the pair embark on a road trip from Warsaw to Paris. Father and son point the camera at each other and themselves and take stock of one another. In the end, the two men each made their own film about this journey.

The melodies of your travels are resounding once more, Travelers! Let's return to the start of this endless journey together and relive our precious memories through music!

An intimate glimpse into the life and world of one of Tibet's most revered teachers: Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991). A writer, poet and meditation master, Khyentse Rinpoche was an inspiration to all who encountered him. His many students throughout the world included the Dalai Lama. This unique portrait tells Khyentse Rinpoche's story from birth to death... -- from his escape following China's invasion of Tibet to his determination to preserve and transmit Buddhist teachings. Along with rare photographs of Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal, this film features interviews with the Dalai Lama. Director Matthieu Ricard -- French photographer, Buddhist monk and bestselling author -- travelled with Khyentse Rinpoche for over 14 years.

A short film.

This film is a story about three native men who decide to make an adventurous journey up some of the rivers, to a land they had heard been never seen. They travel up the Tambopata and Candamo rivers, beyond their own home community named Infierno, Spanish for Hell.

When the old evil returns again, more dangerous than before, the world of Eracleon needs its deceased hero Kostya to fight in the final duel with an old enemy that has become even more dangerous..

Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Journey features the story of Kim Hurd, a woman in 11 years of long term recovery for drug alcohol addiction. The documentary strives to demonstrate the impact addiction can have on an individual while also helping to reduce the stigma and shame that prevents individuals from seeking recovery.

The famous traveler, scientist and philanthropist Frederik Paulsen, who conquered all 8 poles of our planet, plunged into the depths of the Arctic Ocean, studied the bottom of Lake Baikal and the Novosibirsk Islands, in the company of actress Agnia Ditkovskite went on a new expedition to Tuva. Their goal is to reach the top of the sacred mountain Mongun-Taiga. Tuvans believe that there, at an altitude of almost 4 thousand meters, dwells a spirit that protects the entire Tuvan land. And they don't let outsiders in there.

In December 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Four years later—the Islamic calendar's year 1362—, director Volker Koepp visited Kabul and neighboring provinces. Koepp met a cross-section of people, such as soldiers, intellectuals, kids, and nomads, and with sensitive intensity told stories of their daily lives in the turmoil of an “undeclared war.” This travelogue, which was undertaken with the GDR’s consent, took a political risk because it expresses Koepp’s doubt that conflicts can be solved through military invention.

The grey seal has always been adept at hunting fast, elusive prey. As one of Europe's largest predators, the decline of fish stocks and increase in competition, as well as legal seal hunting, has changed their entire world--and their behavior. Recent improvements in annual surveys and animal tagging have revealed precious information about where grey seals go when they leave the coast and how they spend their lives. Their name traditionally conjures up images of adorable pups and clownish behavior, but this film uncovers another side to these predators.

The Film takes its viewers into the sacred groves of the Himalayas that are still alive because of the faith of its people. It traces the struggles of the people to save their forests from being plundered, as they crumble under the pressure of countless development projects.

Makoto Kitano, one of the most famous mystery spot hunters in the entertainment world, goes into haunted places himself and introduces his experiences and fears in this horror documentary.