When Chris Bonington and his team set out in 1975 to climb the south-west face of Mount Everest, the steepest and highest face in the world, they were attempting the ultimate mountaineering challenge that many previous expeditions had tried unsuccessfully. In August, 1975 the 18-member British expedition assisted by Sherpas and supplementary oxygen, reached the top. Bonington called the route leading through the face the “Hard Way.” People row their boats into the unknown, walk through endless snowy moors, descend into the depths of the earth. Some are attracted by the highest mountains in the world, by the hardest ways to get to the top. It is a way to find out what humans can do.

Camilo is the adopted son of an indigenous couple of the Quillasinga tribe from the Cocha lagoon, in the southwest of Colombia. He is the only black person in his community and has always felt different. For years, he has been wondering about his biological parents. The Quillasinga governor gives him ayahuasca, a sacred remedy for spiritual guidance. During this transcendent experience, Camilo has visions of his biological mother. Supported by his adoptive father, Camilo embarks on a journey to find his true identity.

A journey across both poles, After Antarctica follows legendary polar explorer Will Steger’s lifelong journey as an eyewitness to the greatest changes to the polar regions. In 1989, an international crew of six explorers and scientists led by Steger set out to be the first humans to cross Antarctica by dog-sled. Their mission: to draw attention to the rapidly changing frozen continent and convince world leaders to renew the Antarctic Treaty, in order to shield Antarctica from industrial profiteers for the next 50 years. Now, as Steger ventures out onto the ice once again, at the age of 75 and into the Arctic tundra, he recounts the historic, death-defying journey that forever changed his life and led him to where he is today. Interspersing contemporary travels with riveting vérité archival footage, After Antarctica is a wilderness thriller that immerses us in the danger, tension, and sacrifice Steger and his team faced at every turn in order to complete their historic mission. As Steger treks into one more vast expanse at the opposite end of the Earth, his reflections crystallize into a profound cinematic memoir, a meditation on mortality, and a eulogy for the ice.

A village where women, children, and elderly people reside. The men are away for nine months, working in Russia. Summer has a slow, friendly atmosphere: women do the hay, cut the grass, and can fruit and put away stores for the winter. The sun arouses a laziness, a sensual relaxation. Autumn, with its shades of red, is the season of birth and of the potato harvest. Women and men find intimacy in the coldness of winter, and so women give birth in October and November. Fathers meet their children in December. Preparations start to welcome the men, but a form of suspense and a long, tiring wait set in: whose husband will come first? The men arrive with the snow. The women are shy, they need time to be in the presence of men. But the children are happy to be close to their fathers. Spring arrives, tense. Men depart for the land of the tsars. The women, weak and sad, need to find strength to take care of the children.

Hoping her deaf five year-old daughter Radha might be able to hear and speak, Yasodha, 25, a devoted mother, visits the shaman in the nearby village. As per ritual, the shaman tells Yasodha to go to a temple in the heart of Kathmandu. Yasodha tries to convince her husband and sister to accompany her, but they refuse. So she leaves alone for the city with her daughter. Upon reaching the temple, Yasodha learns about another goddess temple, where she is told to lock away her daughter until she utters a word. Yasodha follows the ritual and locks Radha inside the temple, eagerly waiting for her to speak.

Homan Singh Shivabhakti ekes out a living farming in the hills of Sindhupalchowk district, east of Kathmandu. He loves and worships his buffalo which has brought him all the good things in his life. All is well until devastating floods ravage the area. Homan Singh’s buffalo disappears.

A film crew travels across remote villages in Western Nepal looking for the perfect kid who can play the hero in their upcoming film.

Homan Singh Shivabhakti ekes out a living farming in the hills of Sindhupalchowk district, east of Kathmandu. He loves and worships his buffalo which has brought him all the good things in his life. All is well until devastating floods ravage the area. Homan Singh’s buffalo disappears.