The Athos peninsula in Greece is one of Europe's last secrets. Over 2000 monks live on Athos - cut o...
Just outside of Paris, there is a community of Benedictine nuns. They come from diverse backgrounds ...
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...
A documentary about the oldest continuously inhabited monastery in the Netherlands.
Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a travelogue of expe...
The Sion monastery in Netherlands can hold 120 monks, but only 8 remained in 2013. Together, the rem...
Abbess Maria leads the only Orthodox women's monastery in Germany. Together with 13 sisters of inter...
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...
An evocative and unsettling journey through christian and also deeply communist Kerala. Amidst red f...
For centuries, many men and women have left everything to dedicate their lives to contemplation. LI...
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...