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- A father and son argue over whether they should kill a snow leopard that broke into their home and killed 9 sheep.
- A spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. Samsara is a quest; one man's struggle to find spiritual Enlightenment by renouncing the world. And one woman's struggle to keep her enlightened love and life in the world. But their destiny turns, twists and comes to a surprise ending...
- In a Himalayan polyandrous village, pregnant PEMA faces scrutiny as her husband vanishes. With her monk brother-in-law, her de facto spouse, she seeks him in the wild, unraveling her own self-discovery along the journey
- An aging chief's last stand, lessons for the new, and the education of a young chief-to-be played against harsh Nature in Nepal's Dolpo. When his son dies returning from Tibet's salt lakes, Tinle blames Karma, his son's friend, refuses to give Karma his blessing as the new chief, and organizes a rival caravan to take the salt to lower Nepal to trade for grain. He, a few old men, his son's widow, his grandson, and his second son, a monk, set out on the arduous journey. Fearing storms, Karma has led his caravan out of the village before the auspicious day ordained by the lamas. Tinle's group catches Karma's before the final pass; the two stubborn men lock wills with Tinle's grandson watching.
- When a series of visions send a skeptical entrepreneur to seek spiritual advice, an eccentric Buddhist monk predicts his imminent death, unless he can locate an elusive lady with fangs.
- Milarepa is a tale of greed and vengeance - demons, magic, murder and redemption. It is the story of the man who became Tibet's greatest mystic.
- Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind mountain-climber Erik Weihenmayer.
- A family on the Himalayan plains discovers their dog is worth a fortune, but selling it comes at a terrible price.
- On an isolated road passing through the vast barren plains of Tibet, a truck driver who has accidentally run over a sheep chances upon a young man who is hitching a ride. As they drive and chat, the truck driver notices that his new friend has a silver dagger strapped to his leg. He comes to understand that his man is out to kill someone who wronged him earlier in life. As he drops the hitch-hiker off at a fork in the road, little does the truck driver realize their short time together has changed everything, and that their destinies are inexorably intertwined.
- With the high development of human civilization there is less and less pure land on the earth. The conflict between humans and nature keeps intensifying. Many primitive cultures and beliefs are gradually disappearing. "The Soul of Himalaya" is a story of the Lhoba people's legends and customs. The film portrays a warrior's journey to save an ancient tribe whose way of life is threatened.
- A group of Tibetans make a 1200 kilometer pilgrimage to Lasa.
- The Sherpa family break a taboo and take part in the Himalayan expedition to Kumbhakarna,the holiest of mountains, to earn money for their son's school and cut him from their tradition. They accompany the leading world class alpinists.
- This is the story of Kunsang Wangmo, a 100-year-old Buddhist nun exiled from Tibet in 1959 to escape the Chinese occupation. Mola entered a monastery at six years old, the beginning of a life-long dedication to prayer and daily observance of Buddhist teachings and rituals. While in Tibet, she married a monk and gave birth to two girls. The Chinese invaded Tibet in 1950, and after a decade of war and oppression, the family escaped - crossing inhospitable mountains on foot. Mola and her family ended up in India enduring the dangers and intense difficulties of life as refugees. There she lost one of her daughters, as well as her husband and was left only with her remaining daughter, Sonam Dolma. Slowly, their situation improved, and in 1972, Sonam fell in love with Martin Brauen, a Swiss anthropology student studying in India. They married, and Mola and Sonam both moved with Martin to Switzerland. When the film begins, they have lived together in Bern for 45 years, with Mola continuing her daily Buddhist rituals and prayers. Mola is very energetic and spirited for her age, and we get to see her humorous and feisty approach to life. Still, she is an old woman and needs complete, selfless care from Sonam. We get glimpses of Mola's backstory in evocative "dreams" of her time in the monastery and as a refugee. When Mola celebrates her 100th birthday, she reveals to Sonam that she wants to die "in the religious paradise of Tibet". After caring for Mola for all these years, the prospect of having her return to Tibet for this important phase in her life has a very emotional impact on Sonam. Despite their misgivings, Martin and Sonam begin the challenging months-long process of acquiring a visa from the Chinese embassy. As they navigate this frustrating bureaucracy, life goes on in their household. Mola continues her devotion to her Buddhist rituals while mother and daughter navigate the prospect of their separation and the end of Mola's life. Eventually, Mola is allowed to travel to Tibet, and Sonam and Martin adapt to life alone while watching videos of Mola enjoying life with her relatives. But in a surprising turn of events, after 6 months, Mola's visa is not extended and she is forced to fly back to Switzerland. When Mola returns, it is clear that she has aged and become much more frail. With the reality of Mola's mortality becoming clear, the beauty of this mother/daughter relationship comes to a powerful resolution. This film is the story of a devout and charismatic woman who, like millions of others, ends up displaced due to political upheaval, creating a life of dignity and meaning far from home. It is also the intimate and universal story of a mother and daughter, with all the love and challenges of an entire life together.
- 20111h 26mNot Rated7.0 (210)48MetascoreCrazy Wisdom is the long-awaited feature documentary to explore the life, teachings, and "crazy wisdom" of Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, a pivotal figure in bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the West. Called a genius, rascal, and social visionary; 'one of the greatest spiritual teachers of the 20th century,' and 'the bad boy of Buddhism,' Trungpa defied categorization. Raised and trained in the rigorous Tibetan monastic tradition, Trungpa came to the West and shattered our preconceived notions about how an enlightened teacher should behave - he openly smoked, drank, and had intimate relations with students - yet his teachings are recognized as authentic, vast, and influential. Twenty years after his death, with unprecedented access and exclusive archival material, Crazy Wisdom looks at the man and the myths about him, and attempts to set the record straight.
- Set in a beautiful Himalayan valley, it's a journey of a neglected and abandoned mute boy, who loses his mother at birth and is furiously neglected by his father. When his father goes behind bars, the boy stares at a lonely and deserted life ahead. His relationship with an elderly Buddhist monk helps him to detach from his voiceless suffering and to explore the bond that each creation shares with nature. With nowhere to go, he joins a Budhist monastery even as he fights an inner battle of unrequited love.
- An adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in ancient Tibet.
- At the age of eight, Dolkar fled her home with her father to escape Chinese armed forces, and faced an arduous journey across the Himalayas. Now 26, she lives in a Tibetan refugee colony in Delhi, where an unexpected encounter with a man from her past awakens long-suppressed memories, propelling Dolkar on an obsessive search for the truth.
- Kong, who comes to Tibet for the first time as a government official, is in desperate need of a translator, and finds Jigme.
- A married couple lives happily in Singapore but than someone try to come between them.
- A young Tibetan monk go back home for the New Year's celebrations. Fascinated by television, he wants to bring his family's television to the monastery to show it to his master.
- A killer is entrusted with a sacred mission.
- A work of visual awe and matter-of-fact spiritual inquiry, Dark Red Forest is a majestic documentary portrait that details the annual retreat of thousands of Tibetan nuns to small wooden houses on the vast Tibetan Plateau. With extraordinary intimacy, the camera nestles in with the women of the Yarchen Monastery, who, during the 100 coldest days of the year, learn about-and in some cases experience-profound matters of life and death, suffering and healing, karma and consequence. A document of the experiences of a group of increasingly politically embattled people, Jin Huaqing's film is also a clarifying work of faith and philosophical inquiry, set against a forbidding landscape.
- A documentary film interviewing some of the most famous Buddhist luminaries, such as His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje and Sogyal Rinpoche, author of the best-selling book called "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying", Ani Pema Chodron, the author of such highly acclaimed and successful books as "The Wisdom of No Escape" and "Start Where You Are". Ideally suited for Western viewers interested in knowing more about Milarepa's significance for Buddhism as a whole, these teachings also show how we can incorporate Milarepa's determination, honesty, clarity and compassion into our lives. Some of the best known Buddhist luminaries give commentaries and insights about the life of one of the best known historical Buddhist figures, Milarepa, Tibet's greatest yogi and spiritual warrior.
- In the remote mountains of Tibet, a teenage girl must choose between supporting her family after her father's political imprisonment or joining a group of oppressed nuns on their journey to freedom.
- A filmmaker searches the Himalayas for an actor and actress to play the lead roles in his Tibetan opera.