At the heart of all Buddhist teachings is the promise that we each have the potential to achieve enlightenment by “knowing and seeing” the true nature of existence. Out of compassion for humanity, the Buddha outlined a very clear, systematic, and practical course of training that can be followed…
As humans, we are innately interested in the external beauty of nature and the intricate laws governing the whole cosmos, as well as the internal questions about who we are and why we are here. Most of us do not have enough time, energy, and training to practice both scientific research and spiritual…
Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the New York/Avignon Film Festival, A Model for Matisse is a warm and richly painted portrait of the little known and tender relationship between one of the twentieth century's greatest artists, Henri Matisse, and Sister Jacques-Marie, the woman who inspired…
Synopsis: In the summer, Spanish musician Jorge Martí Aguas tours with his band La Habitación Roja in sunny Spain and Latin America. But as soon as the winter starts, he goes back home in the middle of the Norwegian fjords, where he lives with his wife Ingrid, seriously affected by a chronic…
Aztec, Pyramids of War, a two part series, will document the rise and fall of one of the most remarkable civilizations. How did a small nomadic tribe from the deserts north of the valley of Mexico, come to establish themselves as the supreme power over twelve million people and transform Tenochtitlan,…
Bassel was a successful open source developer and hacker in Damascus. Paolo was a well-known priest based in Mar Musa monastery. Both men were active in the 2011 Syrian revolution, and witnesses to crimes before they were forcibly disappeared. This film follows these two high-profile figures of the Syrian…
Colin a 9 ans. C'est un petit citadin comme les autres. Le métier de ses grands parents, cinéastes animaliers, l'intrigue. Qu'il neige ou qu'il vente, ils sont là-haut pour pister les animaux de montagne : chamois, lièvres variables, tétras-lyres,…
Avec son faciès de carnaval, son œil diabolique et son envergure de géant, le Gypaète barbu, avait tout pour rentrer dans la légende. Ce vautour casseur d'os, exterminé dans les Alpes au début du vingtième siècle, survole à nouveau…
Consider the fact that 1/3rd of all women and girls worldwide are assaulted during their lifetime, and most of them didn't fight back. Why is this, when females of other species would? BEAUTY BITES BEAST sets out to answer this question. It flips ideas about female helplessness as women undertake…
Entre 1929 et 1934, Hollywood a vu une série de films tournés dits Pré-Code, qui révélèrent toutes les futures grandes stars des années 30 et 40 : de Bette Davis à Joan Crawford, de Clark Gable à James Cagney. Ils abordaient sans détour…
The Oak Park Story recounts the journeys of three families--from Cambodia, Mexico, and California--who band together at a run-down slum in Oakland CA and win a landmark settlement against their landlord.
This film portrays an unexpected encounter between an old Tzotzil man, who is going blind, and his granddaughter, who does not remember her childhood well. The granddaughter, having grown up in the city estranged from her grandparents, returns to visit her grandfather’s village. While he weaves…
