Fátima (2017)

A filmmaker's insight into the biggest gathering on earth -the Kumbh Mela.

Internationally acclaimed ventriloquist Nina Conti takes the bereaved puppets of her mentor and erstwhile lover Ken Campbell on a pilgrimage to "Venthaven" the resting place for puppets of dead ventriloquists. She gets to know her latex and wooden travelling partners along the way, and with them deconstructs herself and her lost love in this ventriloquial docu-mockumentary requiem. Ken Campbell was a hugely respected maverick of the British theatre, an eccentric genius who would snort out forgotten artforms. Nina was his protégé in ventriloquism and has been said to have reinvented the artform. This film is truly unique in genre and style. No one has seen ventriloquism like this before.

An openly gay filmmaker goes on a conservative religious pilgrimage to Haifa, Israel with his family.

TANNHÄUSER UND DER SÄNGERKRIEG AUF WARTBURG is a grand opera by Richard Wagner in three acts. After experiencing boundless sensuality and freedom with the fun-loving Venus (soprano), the singer Tannhäuser (Tenor) finds it impossible to conform to the cultured setting of his betrothed Elizabeth (soprano), who loves him. During a singing contest, Tannhäuser describes the affair with Venus as the ultimate love experience and because of that, he is cast out from the established society. Thanks to Elizabeth's intervention, he is allowed to undertake a pilgrimage to the Pope to ask for the Holy Father's pardon. If the Pope accepts to forgive him, he would be allowed to take back his place in society. Tannhäuser accepts. But fate will not allow him to meet with his beloved Elizabeth again in this life. This is a recording of the legendary staging by Götz Friedrich for the 1978 Bayreuth Festival conducted by Sir Colin Davis.

Abu, a poor perfume seller, lives with his wife. The couple strives hard to make an honest attempt to go for the Hajj pilgrimage.

Three tales of life on the Nile River reveal love and vengeance, religion and deception. Each atmospheric vignette offers an eye-opening take on the culture, attitudes and religion of the Middle East. First, a knife thrower's affair threatens his mistress. Then, the plague tests a band of pilgrims journeying to Mecca. Finally, two con men learn a lesson at a Coptic church.

February 2013, Allahabad, India. Over the next 55 days, nearly a hundred million people will come here, to the Great Kumbh Mela. This incredible and awe-inspiring celebration of the world's oldest religion happens every 12 years at the place where Hindus believe two sacred rivers meet. For many Hindus this is their most important pilgrimage, and it happens at one of the most holy sites in India. Hindus come to cleanse themselves in the sacred waters of the river Ganges, to pray and emerge purified and renewed. This follows British pilgrims as they embark on a once-in-a-lifetime spiritual journey. A journey that will take them into the heart of Hinduism - its philosophy, its beliefs and its traditions. A journey that will culminate in the largest ever gathering of humans in one place.

Welcome to the largest human gathering ever in this one-hour special, World’s Biggest Festival: Kumbh Mela. Imagine a crowd so massive, it is visible from space. A crowd, likely 100 million strong, intent on just one thing: bathing in a sacred river to wash away sins and gain a chance at a new beginning. In the World’s Biggest Festival: Kumbh Mela, experience the dazzling spectacle of spiritual fervour and collective diversity as Hindus from across the globe converge on the Maha Kumbh Mela. Not only is it the world’s largest religious festival, but it is also believed to be the largest gathering of humans in one place, at one time on Earth.

Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.

Three siblings who detest each other and hiking must complete together a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in order to be eligible to inherit their mother's wealth.

말콤X(덴젤 워싱턴)는 젊은 시절에는 말콤 리틀이라는 본명을 가진 그저 그런 뒷골목 흑인 건달이었다. 약물을 이용해 곱슬거리는 머리를 펴고 백인처럼 굴고 싶어하던 말콤은 돈을 위해 마약 밀매에 관여하다 경찰에 체포된다. 말콤은 감옥 안에서 비로소 이슬람교의 교리와 흑인 인권 사상을 접하고 스스로 이름을 말콤 X로 바꾼다. 흑인의 잃어버린 뿌리를 찾을 때까지 성을 'X'라고 정한 것이다. 마틴 루터 킹 목사와 달리 보다 급진적인 흑인 인권 운동을 주장하던 말콤 X는 차츰 적이 늘어나고 결국 연단에서 암살당한다.

Reda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly - as he preparing for his baccalaureat and, even more important, has a secret love relationship. The trip across Europe in a broken-down car is also the departure of his father: upon arrival in Mecca, both Reda and his father are not the characters they were at the start of the movie. Avoiding the hackneyed theme of the return to the homeland, the film uses the departure to renew a connection between two generation.

Four men from a nomadic Tibetan tribe undertake their annual, ritualistic pilgrimage to a sacred salt lake. Salt gathered in this traditional fashion will be sold to provide the economic livelihood of the tribe for the coming year. The journey, necessary for the group's survival, also incorporates a number of rituals necessary for their culture to survive in the modern world.

여행중 사망한 아들의 유해를 안고 아버지는 산티아고의 길(El camino de Santiago) 순례에 오른다.

티베트 작은 마을의 니이마는 '신들의 땅' 이라 불리는 성지 라싸와 성산 카일라스산으로 순례를 떠나는 것이 평생의 꿈이다. 그리하여, 죽기 전에 순례를 떠나고 싶다는 노인, 살생을 너무 많이 했다는 소 백정, 출산을 앞둔 임산부와 어린 소녀에 이르기까지 각자 다른 이야기와 희망을 품은 세 가족, 총 11인이 모여 순례에 나선다. 1년 동안 2,500km에 달하는 거리를 향해 삼보일배를 시작하는 순례단. 육체적 고통을 극복하고 지친 영혼을 달래며 평안을 기도하는 험난하고 숭고한 긴 여정을 함께하게 되는데··· 5월, 평범한 이들만이 만들 수 있는 위대한 여정이 시작된다!

길 잃은 신들의 쉼터이자 순례자들의 천국이라 불리는 곳, 케다르나스. 그곳에서 짐꾼으로 일하는 무슬림 청년 ‘만수르’(서샨트 싱 라즈풋)는 힌두교의 가장 높은 계급에 속하는 브라만 자제 ‘무쿠’(사라 알리 칸)와 우연히 마주친다. 티격태격했던 첫 만남 이후, 서로의 꾸밈없는 모습에 이끌린 두 사람은 종교와 신분의 차이를 뛰어넘어 운명적 사랑에 빠지게 된다. 하지만 ‘무쿠’는 이 사실을 알게 된 아버지로 인해 다른 사람과 정략결혼을 하게 되고, ‘만수르’ 역시 다시 돌아오겠다는 약속만을 남긴 채 마을에서 쫓겨난다. 그리고 ‘만수르’가 마을을 벗어나는 순간, 전대미문의 대홍수가 케다르나스를 집어삼키고 ‘만수르’는 ‘무쿠’와의 약속을 지키기 위해 위험에 빠진 마을로 발길을 돌리는데...

Luzía visits the eight stages of the 'pilgrimage' that the intellectuals Otero Pedrayo, Vicente Risco and Ben-Cho-Shey hiked from Ourense to San Andrés de Teixido in 1927; the story of the journey was published in the book ‘Pelerinaxes I’ (Pilgrimages I). She carries out this journey in order to finish up an audiovisual project about Otero Pedrayo’s book started at the University, together with a colleague who passed away in an accident.

A girl travels to India to discover dharma.

The Athos peninsula in Greece is one of Europe's last secrets. Over 2000 monks live on Athos - cut off from the outside world. Access is denied to women, tourists are not welcome. Only workers and pilgrims can obtain a visa. The "Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain" attracts people who feel like they are missing something from their modern lives. With the help of three Athos monks, "Athos - A Taste of Heaven" tells the story of the island and its inhabitants in a unique filmed diary style. The film's guiding theme is the path we as people have to find and follow - each and everyone for themselves. "First we must heal our own souls, only then we can help others", is one of Father Galaktions core messages. He lives as a hermit on the holy mountain. Not all monks, however, live as secluded and demure as Father Galaktion. The film team is also received by Father Epiphanios - a gifted and poetic cook who certainly does not disdain the pleasures of life.