Through the lens of a dedicated shamshal player, Seven Zagros Symphonies dives into the philosophy behind the seven mus…
This is a heartfelt documentary following a husband and son's mission to preserve the legacy of Carol Wall, a late auth…
This is an intimate film, that explores the Italian maestro Riccardo Chailly's life, revealing his unique approach to m…
Trapped in a gray and monotonous country, a girl dares to think of crossing the wall that separates her from what is ou…
Metanoia means to expand and change the way one sees. In this documentary, conductor Simone Menezes travels across Ital…
Have you ever heard of cumbia music? This exciting road movie follows a group of filmmakers and musicians as they trave…
Photographs, travel videos, a female voice-over. Filmmaker Nora Särak creates a colorful and fresh collage to talk abou…
When a European man lands on a tropical island in Tanzania, we hear his reflective voice through the letters he sends t…
This gripping film follows the last log floater on the river Tara in Montenegro, a wild and very dangerous river.
Inspired by the writings of Finnish diplomat G. J. Ramstedt, this documentary is a journey to Japan and Mongolia to ref…
Through a collage of images taken by tourists in exotic territories, this documentary questions the "tourist eye" as a …
Father and son travel a long distance from the Czech Republic to a Russian city. So close together but so far away at t…
To dig into her family tree, a Kenyan woman in exile embarks on a journey to three countries to construct the figure of…
An Artist, a Musician, and a Dreamer leave their comfortable life in Great Britain to create a home in the picturesque …
Looking for the meaning of life, a filmmaker travels to Tokyo and discovers 63-year-old Yamada-San, an irreverent chara…
A filmmaker is stranded at the airport in Dakkar, Senegal. In this short film, she launches images of this journey spun…
When her parents are assigned to China, seven-year-old Rebeka embarks on an unforgettable journey to Guangzhou. This is…
Prolific musician Petra Nachtmanova embarks on a journey from Berlin, through the Caucasus and Turkey, to Iran, in sear…
A group of adventurous cyclists set out on an almost impossible quest: to ride more than 1,200 kilometers across Japan …
Welcome to the Explorer. By playing this documentary you will become a silent crew member of this container ship on its…
In the style of a travel video diary, a traveler (the director), documents the steps he takes in Tokyo on the eve of hi…
A collection of super8 films takes Joachim Michaud to the New York where Emilienne, an adventurous woman who could be h…
Seen from an European point of view, this ethnographic documentary is an educational and exciting journey through the i…
After learning of his mother's cancer, filmmaker Filippo Filliger sets out in search of answers on a lonely and unpredi…
Through still pictures and textual resources, a short story unfolds: the encounter between a western explorer and a Nig…
In this documentary short we accompany the musicians of the Unterbiberger Hofmusik, a band that mixes traditional Bavar…
Brazilian filmmaker Octavio Cury travels to Syria and obtains a book written by his great-grandfather, an icon of Arab …
Shot in different countries, between antipodes like South Africa and Colombia, this short documentary is a visual essay…
Benin, West Africa. Three tourists are being photographed by local photographers, wearing extravagant masks of their ch…
In this emotional and sensory journey, we accompany filmmaker Khoa Lê to Vietnam. Here he reunites with his roots amid …
Rolf and Renata leave their home and embark with their young children to live with indigenous communities in various pa…
For the protagonists of this film, life on land is on hold. On board a cruise ship, normality has other rules. This sho…
When a piece of clothing gets stolen from her at a hotel on the island of Samoa, an anthropology student begins an odys…
A woman returns to meet her mother in her hometown, in Portugal. During her trip, we discover the history of her family…
A filmmaker discovers what happened to the dream of who was his next-door neighbor 16 years ago, a man who built an oce…
When a select group of artists gather in an exclusive residence on the seashore, many things can emerge from creation. …
Conceived as a kind of documentary tragicomedy, this film takes us into the microcosm of a private resort in the Domini…
In the beautiful Vietnamese bay of Ha Long, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a family faces its imminent separation when t…
A dark tunnel at the end of the light. In this documentary, this unfolded metaphor reveals the paradox between capitali…
Airports, the summits of modern society. In this captivating animated documentary we become travelers immersed in the v…
Mother and daughter embark on a trip to Brazil in search of the healer “Joh of God”. But not everything goes as planned…
For many years, the mountain has been moved between two countries, Brazil and China. Romulo, an ex-mineworker, heads in…
A collection of amateur films about people going to the beach on holidays allows director Ermanno Cavazzoni to reflect …
A girl of a Russian mother and an Azerbaijani father travels from Moscow to a small town in Azerbaijan to meet her pate…
Director Olga Delane goes back to her roots in a small Siberian town, where she is confronted with traditional views of…
Framing the Other is a documentary about a tourist whose comfortable ideas about taking photos of exotic tribal people …
Confronted with the idea of getting married after several years of being a couple, two intrepid travelers visit four ma…
The film takes us into the third class wagons of the Moscow-Vladivostok train, which crosses Russia on the most extensi…
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