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.
50 years ago Jørgen Lauersen Vig bought Hesbjerg Castle, situated in the Danish country side, with t...
An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in th...
Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a travelogue of expe...
The Athos peninsula in Greece is one of Europe's last secrets. Over 2000 monks live on Athos - cut o...
Nepal 1950. A mysterious, unexplored country. The Swiss geologist Toni Hagen, was the first European...
Essene is about daily life in a Benedictine monastery and the resolution of conflict between persona...
For the first time, cloistered sisters agree to be filmed for one year in all aspects of their lives...
The oldest Quebecois Benedictine convent open its gates to a documentary filmmaker for the first tim...
Against the backdrop of historical events, from the time of Kyivan Rus' until the arrival of the Ecu...
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.
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei R...
A kindly English botanist and a gruff American promoter lead an expedition to the Himalayas in searc...
In the dark middle ages, young unruly Goldmund is sent to a monastery by his father to atone for the...
In the Seventeenth Century, while Hungary is fighting the Turks, the population of a small village i...
The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his generals, who installs himself as emperor in the East Cap...