An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in th...
The Athos peninsula in Greece is one of Europe's last secrets. Over 2000 monks live on Athos - cut o...
Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a travelogue of expe...
A documentary about the oldest continuously inhabited monastery in the Netherlands.
50 years ago Jørgen Lauersen Vig bought Hesbjerg Castle, situated in the Danish country side, with t...
For centuries, many men and women have left everything to dedicate their lives to contemplation. LI...
Abbess Maria leads the only Orthodox women's monastery in Germany. Together with 13 sisters of inter...
This short documentary tells the story of a cheese—the famous Oka—and of the monks who make it. The ...
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...
An evocative and unsettling journey through christian and also deeply communist Kerala. Amidst red f...
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...
Just outside of Paris, there is a community of Benedictine nuns. They come from diverse backgrounds ...
Against the backdrop of historical events, from the time of Kyivan Rus' until the arrival of the Ecu...