Trappist monks trace their history through 1,700 years of Western civilization. In this documentary, the reality of monastic life, as lived at Mepkin Abbey, a Trappist monastery in South Carolina, combines with fascinating images of the past to explore how the humility, contemplation, and simple life…
With God On Our Side takes a hard look at the theology and politics of Christian Zionism, which teaches that because the Jews are God’s chosen people, Israeli government policies should not be questioned, even when these policies are unjust. Critics of Christian Zionism argue that this flawed ideology…
After a twenty-year-long career, the contemporary art group BGL (Jasmin Bilodeau, Sébastien Giguère and Nicolas Laverdière) are offered a wonderful and colossal challenge. In a short period of time, they are to create and oversee two monumental public art pieces – one in Montréal…
The year 2011 marked the 400th anniversary of the creation of the King James Bible, arguably the greatest piece of English Literature ever produced. King James had an uncanny love of beautiful things, including language to stir the soul. With several inferior English translations in use across the Kingdom,…
The Way of the Cross is a devotional exercise which uses prayers performed before representations of various incidents that occurred during Christ's journey to the Cross on Calvary. These stations in St. Patrick Church in Erie, PA, are beautiful life-size images made of carved stone or wood, mosaic,…
At 46 years of age Maha Al Musa gave birth to her 3rd child - it was a natural conception and then a natural home water lotus birth! Maha shares her birthing journey in her inspiring documentary style film, From the Womb to the Water, I Danced Out of My Mum. The film begins with Maha in early labour…
The film originates years ago in my childhood home in rural Denmark when I did a dreadful act, that still reverberates within me. My father hang a painting of Jesus above my bed to protect me. Every evening before closing my eyes I begged the man on the cross to look after my family. When my family collapsed…
This is the story of a tiny country that made a decision to do something that no other country had ever done -- it decided to abolish its army and declare peace to the world. And this is the story of a young boy who grew up in that country, and how he ended up challenging -- and sometimes even convincing…
Three gravediggers lovingly maintain the peaceful cemetery in the center of the Chilean capital of Santiago. At the same time, however, they carry a dark secret: after the coup in 1973, they had to surreptitiously bury the bodies of thousands of political prisoners. A demonstration calling for justice…
You don´t have to be a football fanatic to appreciate The Way Back – True Blue 2. The legendary football team Malmö FF has been kicked out of the Swedish Premier League for the first time in 64 years. The camera captures the despair in the faces of the players and leaders afterwards…
A film about a father who suffered from vertigo. About a son who, in his father´s folder of negatives, finds love, despair and reconciliation with a painful memory. The father´s suicide and the great emptiness that followed. In the film Erik Bäfving finds his Boogie Woogie Daddy again.…
The film originates years ago in my childhood home in rural Denmark when I did a dreadful act, that still reverberates within me. My father hang a painting of Jesus above my bed to protect me. Every evening before closing my eyes I begged the man on the cross to look after my family. When my family collapsed…
