The Odd Monk is a personal journey through modern day Buddhism. German first time Filmmaker Jesco Puluj travels around the world, meeting a variety of monks and nuns to discover the essence of Buddhism.

On a summer day, from his balcony, the filmmaker observes two women diligently cutting grass for the...

Sangduen Chailert, or Lek, as she is generally known, has already rescued over 200 elephants. She ha...

A look at global sex tourism, focusing on the situation in Venezuela and Thailand.

American high school students from the privileged Silicon Valley travel to Manang, Nepal in this doc...

Buddhist monks open up about the joys and challenges of living out the precepts of the Buddha as a f...

The film tells the story of 25-year-old Urmila Chaudary from Nepal. At the age of six she was sold b...

Documentary about Nepal and its path into the 20th century.
Blind climber Erik Weihenmayer and his team's highly successful ascent of Mount Everest along with f...

In 1981, a Buddhist monk teaching at the University of Madison, Wisconsin, made the bold request of ...
Street art, creativity and revolution collide in this beautifully shot film about art’s ability to c...

Following in the footsteps of his father, Folco Felzani embarks on an epic journey on foot in search...

A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday...

Brilliant Moon chronicles the life of the writer, poet, and meditation master Khyentse Rinpoche, one...

High up on the Tibetan plateau. Amongst unexplored and inaccessible valleys lies one of the last san...
After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pur...

Ningwasum follows two time travellers Miksam and Mingsoma, played by Subin Limbu and Shanta Nepali r...

In the last fifty years the culture of Zen has spread far beyond Japan. Zen centers and zen retreats...

A year of zen practice at Antaiji Temple in Japan. Many non-Japanese gather at this Soto school zen ...