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After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.
Following the tragic death of a spouse, six old friends re-unite for a backpacking trip deep into the woods, hoping to mend the pain and bring back balance. The Answer is a sometimes-comedic 2nd-coming-of-age drama about the oft-neglected relationships between men, and the friendships that lead the way to coping with life’s difficulties.
Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.
A modern-day reimagining of Alice-in-Wonderland with the beloved creatures turned into human characters and follows Alicia on a wildly magical trip into the Wonderland that is Budapest. Having recently lost her beloved mother, Alicia backpacks through Europe to fulfill her mother's last wish. A chance encounter with a strange girl forces Alicia on a mind-bending overnight adventure, where she meets not only a mysterious young man, but a whole menagerie of individuals that take her on an odyssey that will open her heart and mind.
After suffering a terrible injury while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Irving must find a way to escape the woods alive and confront her inner demons with the help of a stranger.
Unaided and inexperienced, a crew of four venture through the most rural and inaccessible natural areas of Chile.
"Six Million Steps" is a documentary film that chronicles the lives of hikers during their adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail, which spans 2,650 miles, the length of the U.S. Pacific coast.
Kintaro Walks Japan is a documentary film produced and directed by Tyler MacNiven. It is an account of MacNiven's journey walking and backpacking the entire length of Japan from Kyūshū to Hokkaidō, more than 2000 miles in 145 days.
Some people think John Muir was a hero. Others: not so much. The Adventure Brothers hike the famous John Muir Trail (a.k.a. Nüümü Poyo) to investigate the conservationist's controversial legacy.
One Couch at a Time follows 'CouchSurfing evangelist' Alexandra Liss across 6 continents, 21 countries, CouchSurfing for 7 months in the first full-length feature ever to document the CouchSurfing movement and this emerging 'age of sharing' we are entering.
Katerina and Alkis live with Grandpa. Their parents have gone to Alaska to seek their fortune. When Grandpa falls and does not get up, things become difficult. Fortunately, there is always dancing.
As Sonia walks home from a social dinner, a young man returns her purse after it is snatched by a thief. With her knee injured in the robbery, the charming man takes Sonia back to her house and tends to her. As he persists in nursing her back to health, she begins to question whether his kindness has a price.
Mother and Son attend the exhumation of Husband/Father. The painful process holds an unexpected surprise.
A young man who travels around the world with a camera in his hand finds the circus a fascinating subject. The huge tents and life-threatening acrobatics were filled with dreams, laughter, and excitement. From that moment on, his destiny changes. While living in the circus, the young man becomes fascinated by the art of performing, trains hard, and makes his debut on the big stage. He puts all of his youth into his quest to become a clown, the flower of the circus and the origin of laughter.
While awaiting the results of his mother’s visa renewal request, a teenage boy living in Texas is confronted by memories he left behind in Uganda.
Who are the people who clean the roads of the world? Why are the majority of them women and immigrants? The well-traveled show “Clean City” of the Onassis Foundation Stegi becomes a hybrid film. Four separate directors follow the tour of the show to four cities - Skopje, Sarajevo, Montpellier, Istanbul. Immigrant cleaners, stars of the show but also of their real lives, talk about their experiences, touch on the subject of racism in terms of what is “pure”, the danger of fascism, female immigration and sexual abuse. An anthology film somewhere between documentary and fiction, having as its starting point the filmed theatre play by Anestis Azas and Prodromos Tsinikoris.
Yui, a high school girl, abandoned all emotions after her unfortunate upbringing. Yui wanders around the city every day looking for a companion. Miho who happened to meet such Yui. She also grew up without knowing the love of her family. The work of a painter's model that Miho found. However, a mother's boy who does not know a woman was waiting there.
Hurt by the world, a man locks himself away in attempt to hide from it.
In the snow-covered geography of Anatolia, in the Burmadere village of Ardahan, a 70-year-old woman is found dead in her home. While Fuad is examining this suspicious death, another death news comes. This news causes doctor Cemre and the prosecutor to come to Burmadere village. The trio, whose paths intersect with these events, are stuck around the incessant suspicious deaths and their struggle turns to face their own consciences and reckoning.