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The plot of the film unfolds in the ancient monastery of Dokhiar on the west coast of Mount Athos, on the Aegean peninsula. This peninsula is given...

After the death of his grandfather, Koen Shirakawa (Atsushi Ito) quits his job at a bookstore and goes to a temple to become a monk.

This documentary focuses on the journey of Merton, a bohemian who went from communism to Catholicism before finding his calling as a monk cloistered...

Schaedler's film tells the fascinating story of Tibetan monk Gendun Choephel whose robes ultimately proved to be too constricting for his imagination...

Nepal 1950. A mysterious, unexplored country. The Swiss geologist Toni Hagen, was the first European to pass through the "forbidden" kingdom. He...

Thich Nhat Hanh, monk, zen teacher, writer and peace activist, born in Vietnam in 1926, was the organiser of a non-violent resistance movement after...

A drifter is picked up by police in connection with the disappearance of a young couple on a remote, windswept island months before. But the drifter...

In the last fifty years the culture of Zen has spread far beyond Japan. Zen centers and zen retreats have sprung up throughout America and Europe. ...

Chan, a senior monk, tells a story about his past how a group of bandits robbed his house and raped his wife so he decided to become an outlaw...

A young lad delves into the local folk tale of a murderous monk for an upcoming exhibition. While out taking stills for the project, he disappears...

A haiku film poem. the early morning waiting for the monks. the voices. the fire. the wat drum.

Two gay men, one of whom is a monk, meet and develop a romantic relationship. The relationship however cannot last and the men break up. One of the...

The Cistercian monks of Austria are holy men who rise at 4:30 a.m., pray for more than four hours a day and have devoted their lives to God. They're...

A group of friends get trapped in a haunted abbey with no easy way of escaping.

In contact with the Boa Gym, an exalted young monk rediscovers the power of his carnal envelope and undertakes a radical transformation to save his...

When a young monk gets creative in the scriptorium, things take an unexpected turn as his doodles come to life!

What does it mean to follow one’s calling into an abbey and a brewery? Inspired by the growth of the American craft beer movement, a group of...

A young boy enters the Shaolin Temple and undergoes rigorous training in traditional martial arts. The film focuses on discipline, endurance, and...