The River from Heaven

4.0

It tells about the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, the highest major river in the world. Based on human geography and historical origins, it reveals the magnificent natural scenery and unique ethnic customs of the…

Kampai! For the Love of Sake

Documentary conveying the profundity of Japanese sake through three outsiders involved in the world of sake. Philip Harper is the first foreigner to become a sake brewer and spends his days in Kyoto Prefecture devoted…

Songs from the North

7.0

Interweaving footage from the director's three visits to North Korea with songs, spectacle, popular cinema and archival footage, Songs from the North takes a different look at this enigmatic country typically seen…

Under the Cherry Tree

A documentary set in the municipal apartment complex of Kawasaki City which has become host to elderly people living alone and depicts their indomitable existence in the face of loneliness. 79-year-old Sekiguchi Kotoji…

Afternoon

5.2

"The afternoon" is a collection of conversations between Cai Mingliang and Li Kangsheng in a ruin, showing the friendship between the two for more than 20 years.

Aragane

Miners in a Bosnian coal mine. The camera silently watches over the miners working tirelessly amidst endless noise and the flickering light of lanterns. ~~ Co-production with Bosnia & Herzegovina. ~~ Release Dates:…

Trace of Breath

Documentary about Sato Teiichi's daily life spent doing everything by hand at his seed shop in Rikuzentakata City, which was devastated by the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. Sato's home-cum-shop was swept…

A Voiceless Cry

A documentary that retraces the experiences of 79-year-old farmer-cum-poet Kimura Michio, who lives in Tohoku. Kimura was born to a family of sharecroppers in a tiny farming village. He published 16 poetry collections…

The Down

7.7

A well-known Thai writer/publisher Nong Wongthanong travelled to Italy last year. During the trip he saw several people with Down syndrome living a normal life, mingling with “ordinary” people in society. He looks…

Himalaya Ladder to Paradise

6.7

A Tibet mountaineering school recruits qualified residents from the two counties at the foot of Mount Everest only, and trains them to be mountain guide of the Everest.