India Collection: Beyond Borders

This section explores cinema that focuses on India's neighbors -- Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Tibet and Afghanistan.

Silent Waters This gorgeously shot feature chronicles the lives of a mother and her teenage son in a rural Pakistani village…   more  The Clay Bird The young student Anu (Nurul Islam Bablu) is torn between the worlds of Hindu and Muslim religions in this…   more  Himalaya It is caravan time in Dolpo, high in the Himalayas of Nepal. The villagers must trek for days across the mountains…   more    Kandahar Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf presents this partially fictionalized documentary that illustrates the…   more  Osama The first Afghan film to be made since the end of the Taliban regime, OSAMA is a poetic portrayal of the struggle…   more  The Terrorist American actor John Malkovich was so impressed by Santosh Sivan's striking directorial debut that he personally…   more    The Knowledge of Healing Drawing from Tibetan medical teachings, KNOWLEDGE OF HEALING aims to widen viewers' knowledge of non-western…   more  Travellers & Magicians Writer-director Khyentse Norbu, who scored an international hit with the 1999 drama THE CUP (PHORPA), about…   more  Free Tibet: The Motion Picture In 1996, twenty artists as diverse as KRS-1, John Lee Hooker, and Noel Gallagher gathered for a benefit concert…   more    The Saltmen of Tibet THE SALTMEN OF TIBET is a film documenting the traditions and rituals of a small Tibetan group of nomads in…   more  Windhorse Academy Award winning filmmaker Paul Wagner's courageous exploration of the political and cultural oppression…   more  Hidden Treasure - Download Winner of the NY Film Festival's 2004 Feature Film Genre Award, HIDDEN TREASURE is the debut from Nepalese…   more    Beauty Academy of Kabul After a new beauty shop was set up in Kabul following the overthrow of the Taliban, a documentary crew travelled…   more  Motherland Afghanistan In this moving documentary, Afghan-American director Sedika Mojadidi follows her OB/GYN father as he returns…   more  My Architect: A Son's Journey Fast-motion footage of clouds passing and daylight shifting over architect Louis I. Kahn's most famous buildings…   more