1. Land of the Taj Mahal
A brief but colorful travelogue of India's biggest cities following the partition of the country in 1947 at the end of the British Raj.
2. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.
It has an average vote of 6.86 on TMDB.
3. Ganges
A journey that follows the Ganges from its source deep within the Himalayas through to the fertile Bengal delta, exploring the natural and spiritual worlds of this sacred river.
4. The Leopard Rocks
The documentary “The Leopard Rocks” accompanies Neelam, a female leopard, as she fights for the lives of her offspring, and provides a fascinating insight into the lives and adventures of one of the world's most interesting big cat species in a unique, unusual environment.
It has an average vote of 8.2 on TMDB.
5. PilotsEYE.tv San Francisco A340 (PilotsEYE.tv San Francisco A340)
Lufthansa Captain Juergen Raps greets all viewers interested in experiencing an entire flight in the cockpit. Since 9/11, PilotsEYE.tv is the only possibility to enjoy this experience. The authorities... With all the exhilarating and wonderful moments such as the preparations for takeoff on runway 26R at Munich Airport. After a perfect westerly takeoff, the plane banks right heading north, which - as chance would have it - takes us directly over Captain Raps' home town. Susanne Parusel - on her maiden flight as Senior First Officer - enthuses about being a pilot. Laid-back, humorous, but always in full control, she assists the Captain in his every duty. English subtitles are provided for all parts of the german conversation.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
6. The Shepherdess of the Glaciers
She is one of the last shepherdesses who still lives with her flock in the heights of the Gya-Miru valley in Ladakh. At the age of 50, Tsering is the youngest in her village to drive her 350 goats and sheep at the expense of transhumance in this region of the Himalayas, located between 4000 and 6000 meters above sea level. A harsh and precarious life, often solitary, mishandled by difficult climatic conditions and a sometimes hostile nature, which does not prevent this tiny bit of woman to sing, laugh and ... philosophize.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
7. The Last Days of the Raj
Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in India in March 1947 as Britain's Last Viceroy. He is committed to transfer administrative and authoritative power to an independent and sovereign India. Six months later India indeed was set free, but it had also been partitioned and overwhelmed by an orgy of sectarian violence involving Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.
8. If Not For You
A tribute film on Bob Dylan, depicting Calcutta's affinity with Dylan through cityscape and interviews of notable Indian musicians who were inspired by him. The film also draws parallels between Dylan's body of work and the Baul tradition of Bengal.
9. The KFC
Five Kiwis take on a paragliding adventure in Tanzania, with the ultimate aim to fly from the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
10. Between the Lines: India's Third Gender
Repping best view to date into the world of the Indian eunuch, “Between the Lines: India’s Third Gender” may not answer all the questions it poses, but helmer Thomas Wartmann provides an intimate glimpse at a community whose members are considered pariahs and conduits of supernatural force. Following shutterbug Anita Khemka in her quest to discover why these castrated men fascinate and repel, docu concentrates on three personalities and uses them as guides to their highly stratified world. Under its nautch skirts, film has strong enough legs to step out into international arthouses.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
11. A Punjab Village
Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
12. Procession of Elephants with Howdahs - India
An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.
13. Procession at Gangtok
Traditional games, dancing and music among the people of Sikkim - in vivid colour.
14. The Quetta Earthquake
Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.
15. Lahore - Refugees from India
Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.
16. Delhi Durbar
A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911.
17. Boys' Home in Ahmednagar
What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?
18. An Indian Day
Director S. Sukhdev traveled the length of India to gather footage for his impressionistic portrait of the country in the year 1967. The film produces the same effect on the viewers as a month-long visit to India, a sense of having seen everything and a sense of having seen nothing, both at the same time.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
19. Guru, A Hijra Family (Guru, une famille Hijra)
Set in a small town in the region of Tamil Nadu, in southern India, the film follows the days and works of a hijra family. Silky, Mahima, Trisha, Durga, Kuyili, Priyanka, Vasundhara and Yamuna, under the firm protection of their guru Lakshmi Ma, deliver snippets of their marginal but sovereign existence. From a millenia-old sacred tradition to getting by every second, "Guru" composes with them a poem of intertwined voices in which the world is a tough playground, where the third gender is primarily the resistance force of a life shared.
20. Flights and Fights: Inside the Low Cost Airlines
Documentary telling the inside story of low-cost airlines - a tale of big characters and big money. Ryanair's Michael O'Leary and EasyJet's Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou opened up new frontiers in the aviation industry as their airlines offered cheap flights to a vast range of popular and alternative destinations. The programme follows O'Leary as he flies to Poland, takes an EasyJet flight to Moscow and a joins a group of lads travelling to Riga to sample the low-cost airline experience. As the cost of flying keeps increasing, how much further can these companies grow? Stelios, EasyJet's biggest shareholder, is trying to halt its expansion, while O'Leary has just placed a massive order for new planes.