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

For the first time, cloistered sisters agree to be filmed for one year in all aspects of their lives...

The Sion monastery in Netherlands can hold 120 monks, but only 8 remained in 2013. Together, the rem...

Just outside of Paris, there is a community of Benedictine nuns. They come from diverse backgrounds ...

Essene is about daily life in a Benedictine monastery and the resolution of conflict between persona...

For centuries, many men and women have left everything to dedicate their lives to contemplation. LI...

Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a travelogue of expe...

Nepal 1950. A mysterious, unexplored country. The Swiss geologist Toni Hagen, was the first European...

The Athos peninsula in Greece is one of Europe's last secrets. Over 2000 monks live on Athos - cut o...

A documentary about the oldest continuously inhabited monastery in the Netherlands.

The oldest Quebecois Benedictine convent open its gates to a documentary filmmaker for the first tim...
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 ...

Against the backdrop of historical events, from the time of Kyivan Rus' until the arrival of the Ecu...