A documentary approaching to monks who tackle the 1000 Day Circumambulation training for seven years at Mt. Hiei in Kyoto.

A documentary of people who are responsible for French custom bike culture.

A man working at a scrapped car recycling facility in New York, which is being redeveloped into a new city center consisting of multiple dwellings and offices, talks about the lost immigrant community and culture.

A portrait of a man and his family running a mobile amusement park.

A documentary film that shoots dogs that draw a sled in the snow in northern Canada.

There’s a small stretch of soil north of the Rio Grande river that’s still part of the United States, but exists below the Mexican border wall. The Atlantic went inside this no-man’s-land to uncover what life is like in a place that feels like not-quite America, but not-quite Mexico.

A fighter known as The Afghan Bruce Lee, Abbas Alizada talks about his life.

A documentary of wooden bucket indispensable for making Shodoshima’s soy sauce and those who keep the technology.

A short documentary of Mark Mahoney, owner of Los Angeles legendary tattoo shop “Shamrock Social Club”.

A documentary covering Japanese people affected by the lifestyle of the Chicano, Mexican-American.

Process of repairing the Volkswagen T1 panel van that had been left in the French Alps in the mountain for 40 years.

An impressionistic portrait of life in Hawaii, where waves of humanity create a mash-up and clash of ideas, between those who have deep roots there and those who came later on.

Living in San Francisco, Ethan felt the need to get out and confront himself to the mountains. Impressively brave and graceful, he scales the legendary Yosemite cliffs in California with his bare hands. Inherent in his conquest of new routes is a desire to reach a higher physical and spiritual level.

In August 2012, a photographer in Aleppo where became a battlefield filmed the emerging civil war outside seen from the window of his house for 9 days.

A video essay focusing on how Christmas is drawn in movies.

A documentary on human stories from the frontlines of the European Refugee Crisis, focused on humanity and hope.

Short documentary on a man who turns his small Northern California home into a beautiful, towering Christmas display people travel across the country to see.

The New York Times reports the airport parking lot in Los Angeles has become an improvised village of airline workers.

A beautiful movie chasing the nomads living in Mongolia.

Drawn to the Basque country, Arthur gave up his job in Paris to build his life in majestic landscapes, between mountains and sea. He is dedicated to safeguarding the age-old traditions of “Force Basque,” a set of highly physical challenges (wood chopping, stone lifting, etc.) that he performs to push his limits and share his passion.

This short film by Adam Loften and Mary Fowles tells the story of Mohammed Alsaleh, a young Syrian refugee granted asylum in Canada in 2014. After fleeing torture and imprisonment by the Assad regime, he is rebuilding his life. Mohammed counsels newly-arrived Syrian refugee families with the same Vancouver-based NGO that aided him during his own resettlement process.

A window into the lives of three characters whose professions supply the blood to Istanbul’s heartbeat. Seldom truly ‘seen’ we follow them in their daily lives to portray a more authentic and candid view of the city and its people.
Dedicated to Döndü
Directed & Produced by: Mikael Nakkas (mikaelnakkas.com/)
DoP: Sebastian Cort (sebastiancort.com/)
Production Services: AZ Celtic Films, Istanbul (azcelticfilms.com/)
Researcher: Yagmur Araz
Sound Recordist: Roy Forberg
Sound Design: Oriol Campi
Editor: Flaura Atkinson at The Quarry (the-quarry.co.uk/editor/flaura-atkinson/)
Edit Producer: Charlie Morris at The Quarry
Grade: Toby Tomkins at CHEAT (cheatit.co/)
Original Music by: Baha Yetkin
Thanks to:
Binnaz Gül Yeter
Gabi & Margaret Nakkas
Chloë Hayward
Dave Samuels at The Quarry
Jamie & Hannah Clark at My Accomplice
Jen Corcoran
Melodika Istanbul
Peter Bryant at Ice Film

Son of an Austrian family, raised in Argentina, Jakob left the life his parents had planned for him, to trace his own path, one among horses. Deep in the heart of the breathtaking Patagonian landscape, he followed the path of his childhood heroes, and now serves as a guide to those seeking to discover this way of life.