Anguish
Category: Documentaries
A dance short about the anguish of air travel.

Virtual Freedom
Category: World Cinema
For an exile the Internet is more than a mere resource, it is a lifeline to his or her homeland. For Maung Maung Aye, an ex-Burmese freedom fighter now living in Australia, and the co-director of this short exploration, it means even more.

Black Rider
Category: World Cinema
Pepe Danquart's Academy Award® winning short film captures the dignity of a man confronted with a problem many of us may have faced in a foreign culture.

So Beautiful
Category: World Cinema
Sonia, an elderly lady, treats herself to a day at the beach in this CINEMONDO short film. After being asked to watch a young woman's bag, she starts longing for her younger days.

Trails from the East Episode 13: The Balkans - Watch Online!
Category: Documentaries
From Turkey through the war-torn Balkans, the European dream is alive everywhere. Travellers converse about migration, and the insecurity about joining the European Union.

CINEMONDO: Cairo Station
Category: World Cinema
In this beautiful classic film directed by Youssef Chahine, Cairo's main railroad station is used to represent all of Egyptian society - a place brimming with sexuality, repression, madness and violence among society's most marginalized.

Trails from the East Episode 1: Vietnam - Watch Online!
Category: Documentaries
Journey on the "Reunification Express" from Hanoi to Saigon, exploring Vietnam's extraordinary culture and landscape in this premiere episode of the Trails from the East series.

Trails from the East Episode 2: Cambodia - Watch Online!
Category: Documentaries
Voyage through Cambodia by train, a "country of scars" that lost a quarter of its population under Pol Pot's regime. On the train there are discussions about daily survival and the difficult task of coming to terms with the past.

Trails from the East Episode 3: Thailand - Watch Online!
Category: Documentaries
The cities of Thailand beckon in the next episode of Trails from the East. Train travellers speak about the pain of leaving the village and their children, and their hope for a better future.

Trails from the East Episode 4: Malaysia - Watch Online!
Category: Documentaries
After traveling through Bangkok, where we meet a transsexual coping with modernity, the train travels south through a region full of Muslim separatists, and on to Malaysia.

Trails from the East Episode 5: Myanmar and Bangladesh - Watch Online!
Category: Documentaries
This episode chronicles the journey from Yangoon, Myanmar (Burma) to Benapole, the border between Bangladesh and India, shedding light on the closed societies of Burma and Bangladesh.

Trails from the East Episode 6: India, Part 1 - Watch Online!
Category: Documentaries
In this episode, the train journeys through India from the border of Bangladesh to the border with Sri Lanka in the south, profiling a fast-changing society trying to keep its cultural identity.

Trails from the East Episode 7: India, Part 2 - Watch Online!
Category: Documentaries
As the "Friendship Express" rolls towards Pakistan, this episode discusses India's religious conflicts in the modern era, and how Hindus and Muslims can live side by side after bloody conflicts.

Trails from the East Episode 8: Pakistan and Afghanistan - Watch Online!
Category: Documentaries
Join us aboard the "Friendship Express" - a train connecting two age-old enemies, Pakistan and India. Talk on the train turns to the future of this tumultuous region.

Trails from the East Episode 9: Iran - Watch Online!
Category: Documentaries
In the "Land of the Ayatollahs", young Iranians speak out about their relationship with the regime. When we move on to Istanbul, veils and burkas disappear as soon as the Iranian train crosses the Turkish border.