The Sion monastery in Netherlands can hold 120 monks, but only 8 remained in 2013. Together, the remaining group bands together to help build their community back up. Their journey leads the monks to the Island of the Grey Monks.
The Athos peninsula in Greece is one of Europe's last secrets. Over 2000 monks live on Athos - cut o...
An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in th...
Against the backdrop of historical events, from the time of Kyivan Rus' until the arrival of the Ecu...
50 years ago Jørgen Lauersen Vig bought Hesbjerg Castle, situated in the Danish country side, with t...
Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a travelogue of expe...
The oldest Quebecois Benedictine convent open its gates to a documentary filmmaker for the first tim...
For the first time, cloistered sisters agree to be filmed for one year in all aspects of their lives...
Nepal 1950. A mysterious, unexplored country. The Swiss geologist Toni Hagen, was the first European...
Abbess Maria leads the only Orthodox women's monastery in Germany. Together with 13 sisters of inter...
A documentary about the oldest continuously inhabited monastery in the Netherlands.
Essene is about daily life in a Benedictine monastery and the resolution of conflict between persona...
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei R...
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find...
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob...
Four hardened crooks break out of prison. Hunted down, with nowhere to run, they seek refuge in the ...
Francis, the result of a clandestine marriage between the Duke of Chatsfield and a peasant girl, aft...
A young girl sent to an orphanage run by nuns gets confronted with the cruel and outdated methods us...