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Arnaud Desjardins was one of the first Westerners to discover some of the great spiritual traditions that were unfamiliar to Europeans, such us Hinduism, Tibetan and Zen Buddhism and Islamic mystical Sufism from Afghanistan, and to share his discoveries by means of documentary films. In Darshan, Desjardins interviews some of the great figures of Hinduism, including Swami Sivananda, Swami Ramdas, Mataji Krishnabai and Ma Anandamayi.

Al-Husayn, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad and the son of the first Shiite imam, Alî, was slaughtered alongside many members of his family in the desert in 680. This memory is torture to me. But, basically, one can say this memory is torture to me of every memory, since each reminiscence envelops at some level the memory of the origin of memory, the torture that had to be inflicted on humans in order to make them remember (Nietzsche). The memory that the yearly commemoration of "Âshûrâ" is trying to maintain is not only or mainly that of the past, but the memory of the future, namely the promise of the Parousia of the twelfth imam, the long-awaited Mahdî not with standing the passage of a millennium since his occultation as well as the corresponding promise of Duodeciman Shiites to wait for him. "Âshûrâ": a condition of possibility of an unconditional promise.

Asmara – capital of the East African nation of Eritrea – is recognized as an architectural gem. In this film, Asmarinos from different walks of life guide us through the streets of their city: As they introduce us to places that are meaningful to them and tell us about “their” Asmara, each person positions their own memories in public spaces, investing the urban environment with personal meanings. Their stories – a chorus of experiences embodying the nation – bring the country's history, from colonialism to independence, to life.

Dust in the machine, analog noise slowly becoming background latency.

'atlantis' shows a nocturnal landscape being scanned by a lightbeam. The searchlight of a boat on the Chinese Yangtze river explores the banks of the Three Gorges Reservoir, which came into existance due to the construction of the controversial Three Gorges Dam. Just before it would flood up to its final level of 175m this lightbeam reveals what soon is going to disappear below water level. Referring to the concentrated lightbeams in typical images of underwater discoveries and explorations, this video seems to explore a sunken universe, a land of which people seem to have left, with demolished and abandoned buildings, desolate forests and ghost ships.

Is the tiny island country of Tuvalu doomed to vanish beneath the waves? As the sea slowly rises in a warming world, the coral atolls that residents have called home for 2000 years are being threatened by creeping tides, erosion, shifting storm patterns, and salt-water intrusion into their traditional crops. And a rising tide of Westernization is taking a toll on the atolls, too. Environmental problems are growing from increasing amounts of imports and trash; damage still lingers from the American presence here during World War II; overpopulation on the capital island is putting pressure on natural resources; changing diets are contributing to soaring diabetes rates; and the country's recent deal to license its .tv internet extension has led to unexpected consequences ... And now some people in Tuvalu are starting to leave their islands behind, making a bid through a new immigration program to start over in New Zealand. Although laced with humor and local color, ultimately this is a cautionary tale—because the fragile island environment serves a canary in the coal mine for what could be in store for us all on our own island, the Earth. Journey into the heart of Polynesia with ATLANTIS APPROACHING, for a new look at global environmental issues of climate change and sustainability, through the colorful (and sometimes quirky) lens of an island microcosm. Al Gore talked about the plight of Pacific islanders in AN INCOVENIENT TRUTH. Meet them up close in ATLANTIS APPROACHING.