Professor Albus Dumbledore ved, at den mægtige, mørke troldmand Gellert Grindelwald er på vej til at få kontrol over den magiske verden. Da han ikke kan stoppe ham alene, lader han magizoologen Newt Scamander lede et ængsteligt hold af troldmænd, hekse og en enkelt Muggle-bager på en farlig mission, hvor de møder gamle og nye skabninger og krydser klinger med Grindelwalds voksende legioner af følgere. Men med så meget på spil, hvor længe kan Dumbledore forblive på sidelinjen?
Retired cop James Lasombra is asked by a friend to investigate the disappearance of her daughter, who seemingly packed in the night and left an ominous message on the bathroom mirror - "The Empty Man Made Me Do It." As he investigates this mysterious figure further, James begins to see and hear strange things, and is forced to come to terms with his past and what it means for his future.
Den unge bhutanske skolelærer Ugyen udstationeres i en skole i landsbyen Lunana. Byen ligger langt væk fra den moderne civilisation, og her oplever Ugyen et helt andet Bhutan end det, han kender. Men hvad Lunana mangler i komfort, har byens befolkning i taknemmelighed, og langsomt bløder den vrangvillige Ugyen op. Blandt bjerge, floder og yakokser lærer Ugyen fra sig, mens han også selv lærer et og andet om verden uden for egen navle.
A young government official, named Dondup, who is smitten with America (he even has a denim gho) dreams of escaping there while stuck in a beautiful but isolated village. He hopes to connect in the U.S. with a visa out of the country. He misses the one bus out of town to Thimphu, however, and is forced to hitchhike and walk along the Lateral Road to the west, accompanied by an apple seller, a Buddhist monk with his ornate, dragon-headed dramyin, a drunk, a widowed rice paper maker, and his beautiful daughter, Sonam.
Bhutan is known as the last Himalayan Buddhist Kingdom and one of the happiest places on earth. 'Crossing Bhutan' tells the story of four veteran athletes and their journey to explore Bhutan’s enigmatic policy of Gross National Happiness by making the first 485-mile, border-to-border crossing of this isolated kingdom entirely by foot and bike.
In the remote Bhutan, an undercover detective investigates the case of a missing Buddhist nun and falls into a risky alliance with his only suspect, an alluring young woman known as the village "demoness".
Four monks, a royal scholar, and their American guru are fighting to save Bhutan's sacred arts while learning the art of letting go.
Peyangki is a dreamy and solitary eight-year-old monk living in Laya, a Bhutanese village perched high in the Himalayas. Soon the world will come to him: the village is about to be connected to electricity, and the first television will flicker on before Peyangki's eyes.
A documentary video about the Kingdom of Bhutan.
The Dragon House portrays the confrontation between tradition and modernity which the Kingdom of Bhutan is currently experiencing. This is done by means of two Bhutanese characters: a young Buddhist monk, heir to the local tradition, and the first disc jockey to dare to play House and Techno music in the small Himalayan kingdom.
After a tragic accident kills her parents and brother, teenager Samaya is sent far away to study abroad by her wealthy grandfather, her only surviving family. After she returns home a well-educated, beautiful young woman she resumes friendship with her two childhood friends- Sonam and Mindu. As Samaya and Sonam’s feelings for each other develop further, Mindu becomes increasingly envious and frustrated.