50 years ago Jørgen Lauersen Vig bought Hesbjerg Castle, situated in the Danish country side, with the purpose of turning it into a monastery. Now, many years later, he is about to realize his old dream. A group of Russian Orthodox nuns are on their way, and thus Mr. Vigs life-long dream is about to come true. But, nuns have plans and wills of their own, and Mr. Vig must realize that the road to fulfilling his dream is very different than what he imagined.

For three decades now, Qatar, this small desert kingdom, has not stopped being talked about; because...

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in th...

When Danish filmmaker Lea Glob first portrayed Apolonia Sokol in 2009, she appeared to be leading a ...

Director Dominique Leclerc spent years depending on medical devices for her survival. Then, looking ...

An on-the-scene documentary following the events of September 11, 2001 from an insider's view, throu...

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having...

A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwi...

Discover the untold stories of D-Day from the men, women and children who lived through German occup...

A view of the religious tensions between Muslims and Buddhist through the portrait of the Buddhist m...

A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make p...

In 1984, eleven miners entrenched themselves underground to protest for better working conditions in...

In a quiet forest, a sign warns of radiation hazard. “Is this the past or the future?” muses the mas...

RiverBlue chronicles an unprecedented around-the-world river adventure, led by renowned paddler and ...

Cruelty, psychological and sexual violence, humiliations: reality television seems to have gone mad....

Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together whi...

A documentary about a 15-day river-rafting trip on the Colorado River aimed at highlighting water co...

A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that...

Why did the Roman Empire, which dominated Europe and the Mediterranean for five centuries, inexorabl...

Nominated for an Emmy® Award in 2021 for best non fiction special. Winner of 35 grand jury awards. ...