Tukdam – Between Worlds

Tukdam – Between Worlds (2022)

September 30th, 20221h 31min

Documentary, Mystery
80%

Overview

Most of us think of death as something clear-cut, and that medical science has it neatly figured out. This feature documentary explodes such assumptions through its exploration of a phenomenon that blurs life and death to an unprecedented degree. In what Tibetan Buddhists call tukdam, advanced meditators die in a consciously controlled manner. Though dead according to our biomedical standards, they often stay sitting upright in meditation; remarkably, their bodies remain fresh and lifelike, without signs of decay for days, sometimes weeks after clinical death. Following ground-breaking scientific research into tukdam and taking us into intimate death stories of Tibetan meditators, the film juxtaposes scientific and Tibetan perspectives as it tries to unravel the mystery of tukdam.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Monkey on a Stick

Monkey on a Stick


Released on: 2024-10-18
Documentary, Crime

The story of the Hare Krishna movement in the West, contrasting the spiritual exploration of its dev...

Code Name Lucy: Spies Against Nazis

Code Name Lucy: Spies Against Nazis


Released on:
Documentary, War, TV Movie

The greatest secret of the Second World War has remained a mystery for the last 80 years: a Jewish C...

L'Enfer de la bataille de Normandie

L'Enfer de la bataille de Normandie


Released on: 2019-05-31
Documentary, History, War

Jean Marais par Jean Marais

Jean Marais par Jean Marais


Released on: 1995-01-01
Documentary

Leningrad. Stimmen einer belagerten Stadt

Leningrad. Stimmen einer belagerten Stadt


Released on: 2024-01-09
Documentary, History, War, Drama

It was one of the great crimes of the Second World War: from 1941 to 1944, a total of 872 days, the ...

Diana, 7 Days

Diana, 7 Days


Released on: 2017-08-27
Documentary

In August 1997, the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales, stunned her family and catapulted the ...

Mariem

Mariem


Released on: 2023-03-10
Documentary

Mariem Hassan, Sahrawi refugee, composer and Western Sahara's most emblematic singer, died of cancer...

The Simpsons: America's First Family

The Simpsons: America's First Family


Released on: 2000-07-23
Documentary, Animation, TV Movie

The Simpsons: America's First Family is a 50 minute program which features the production of The Sim...

Tunnel to Freedom

Tunnel to Freedom


Released on: 2021-07-22
Documentary, History, TV Movie

13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape t...

Black Flag: TV Party Target Video

Black Flag: TV Party Target Video


Released on: 1983-01-01
Documentary, Music

TV Party Music Video - (Live @ Target SF 1981) Rise Above - Thirsty & Miserable -Depression - Ameri...

George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy

George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy


Released on: 1997-02-28
Documentary, Comedy, TV Movie

George Carlin celebrates 40 years of comedy and here, he presents 2 new standup bits, comedian Jon S...

So Help Me God

So Help Me God


Released on: 2018-02-07
Documentary, Thriller, Crime

Some 20 years ago, two sex workers were murdered in an upper-class Brussels neighborhood. Celebrated...

Il Kapitano: Una dedica a Francesco Silvestre

Il Kapitano: Una dedica a Francesco Silvestre


Released on: 2025-06-12
Documentary, Music, History, Drama, Family

Modà is one of the most famous Italian bands of all time, especially thanks to their amazing leader ...

Bon Jovi | When We Were Beautiful

Bon Jovi | When We Were Beautiful


Released on: 2009-10-24
Documentary, Music

A documentary filmed behind the scenes of the Bon Jovi's Lost Highway tour in 2008.

My Memory Is Full of Ghosts

My Memory Is Full of Ghosts


Released on: 2024-10-10
Documentary

Like a visual elegy, My Memory Is Full of Ghosts explores a reality caught between past, present and...

The Greatest Night in Pop

The Greatest Night in Pop


Released on: 2024-01-19
Documentary, Music

On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This docume...

Citizen B

Citizen B


Released on: 2025-01-17
Documentary

Documentary on Ciby 2000, the French film production company founded by Francis Bouygues in 1990.

Understanding Lennon/McCartney

Understanding Lennon/McCartney


Released on: 2018-12-11
Documentary

This 5-part series is the most intimate, comprehensive biography ever made on John and Paul. Told al...

The Believers

The Believers


Released on: 1987-06-09
Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laco...

Cannibal Corpse: Live Cannibalism

Cannibal Corpse: Live Cannibalism


Released on: 2000-09-19
Music, Documentary

Live show filmed during the Death Metal Massacre tour on February 16, 2000 at the Rave in Milwaukee,...