After a spell cast by Grandma Faraway, the oldest son of a small family encounters the ghost of his late Grandma Maria still living in her old house, and they chat as they used to.
A look at the Hutterites, an Anabaptist religious community similar to the Amish or the Mennonites in rural Alberta.
DocuDrama about 13th century pre-Christian culture. Danish spy Lars enters the tribal lands of the Baltic peoples, where he takes part in religious rites, cruel forays, gets high during the Summer Solstice, becomes slave to the Couronians and even fights the crusaders. Who were the last pagans of Europe and how did they live? It is a unique trip into the textures of the past and into the unknown lands of the Baltic Tribes.
After years of absence, Ciro returns home to his mother's bedside. In the Colombian desert of Tatacoa, he meets those he fled and confronts the last guardians of a territory as fragile as it is enchanting.
Soyer is a young boy who despises consumption, conformity and everything related to mass culture. Some people think he's crazy, some think he's an idiot, and some think he's... a savior. After his mother is hospitalized, all responsibility for Soyer falls on his beautiful sister Gretel. One day the siblings go on a trip to the mountains. They are accompanied by Gretel's husband - an ambitious bank employee named Janek. Soyer tries to infect the travel companions with his world view. He intends to do it even against their will. All tricks are allowed. An innocent ride turns into an exciting expedition that will change all its participants irrevocably.
Presented in three acts, “Pareidolia: An Exploration of Human Nature Through Stories About Bigfoot, Presented in Three Acts” is an exploration of human nature through stories about Bigfoot.
Rosa spends her days between working at the dry cleaning shop and reminiscing about her childhood with her mother. One day, she sees on television that a woman from her neighborhood claims to have seen the Virgin Mary. From that moment, Rosa’s daily life becomes increasingly surrounded by religious symbols.
Sparked by the true story of Aya, a four-year-old Jordanian girl killed by her father because he believed her to be possessed, filmmaker Dalia Al Kury launches a fascinating investigation into a controversial and little-known aspect of Islamic culture: belief in djinn. The djinn are believed to be supernatural creatures that occupy a parallel world to ours and their emergence is associated with sexuality, political unrest, poverty and mental illness. The taboo subject of demonic possession remains broadly unresolved in the hearts and minds of some Muslims due to its complex and uncomfortable nature. Using a subjective, “undercover” style, Al Kury journeys into the obscure world of exorcists and the possessed, confronting their traditions and rituals. It makes for a telling ghost story that bares the filmmaker’s and her society’s subconscious underbelly.
Based on the play 'Magic' by G.K Chesterton. A conjurer, feeling cornered by a hostile audience, turns an evening of simple parlor magic into a night of madness by performing one last trick. How does he do it? That is the grand question.
This animated short film attempts to answer the eternal questions, What is dying? and How does it feel? Based on recent studies, case histories and some of the ancient myths, the afterlife state is portrayed as an awesome but methodical working-out of all the individual's past experiences. Film without words.
In this fascinating and unusual conversation, writer and physician Deepak Chopra talks to religion professor Robert Thurman about the connections and differences between two of India's most important philosophical beliefs: Vedanta and Buddhism. Chopra explores the foundation of Vedanta, while Thurman -- the father of actress Uma Thurman -- provides the Buddhist point of view in this meeting held in 1999 at New York City's Tibet House.
A young woman forms an unusual attachment to a stuffed toy bunny as she struggles to get her life back on track after suffering a miscarriage.
Every July, coinciding with the arrival of a beautiful woman, the town of Palomar witnesses the appearance of the headless man. Tired of the curse, Plinio Parejo is determined to defeat him, even if it means confronting the town's very own priest.
How do we live, knowing we are going to die? In search of answers, we probed the minds of atheists, Buddhists, Jews, Christians, physicians, philosophers, authors, academics, a legendary stand-up comic, and scores of random pedestrians.
Three girls live together in a big bad city – one believes in astrology and one doesn't. The third is unsure – and then several thrills later – the story unfolds.
In the midst of the condition of her family full of problems, whether problems about the father or the economic conditions in her home, Her mother cry and calling name of God loudly for help on their suffering. But Siti, the child, looked confused. At this moment she still wonders who actually is called God?
A dead cat will face an eerie rebirth after a strange encounter.