Famous International Movies Filmed in Sri Lanka
This list includes movies,TV Series and Documentaries which most of it or some parts filmed in Sri Lanka. No Bollywood movies are added to this list.
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- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKate CapshawKe Huy QuanIn 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
- DirectorJohn DerekStarsBo DerekRichard HarrisMiles O'KeeffeWhile on an African expedition with her father, Jane Parker meets Tarzan, and the two become fascinated by each other.
- DirectorMark LinfieldAlastair FothergillStarsTina FeyLife is an adventure for a young monkey and her son, living among ancient ruins in the jungle. But when her family is forced from their home, she must lead them to safety amidst strange new creatures and surroundings.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsUrsula AndressStacy KeachClaudio CassinelliA woman and her brother fly to New Guinea to look for a lost expedition, led by her husband, which has vanished in the jungle.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsRobert KermanJanet AgrenIvan RassimovA young woman teams up with a mercenary to find her missing sister in the jungles of New Guinea where they find that a deranged leader of a religious cult has located his commune in an area inhabited by cannibals.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsFrank SinatraGina LollobrigidaPeter LawfordDuring WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma.
- DirectorJohn DerekStarsBo DerekAnthony QuinnDon MurrayElderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Katie to pick and kill a young man in order for Scott to possess his body and be with her again.
- DirectorChandran RutnamStarsBen KingsleyBen CrossPatrick RutnamA terrorist plants several bombs throughout the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsElizabeth TaylorDana AndrewsPeter FinchThe young bride of a rich planter finds herself the only white woman at Elephant Walk tea plantation, British Ceylon.
- DirectorRobert ParrishStarsGregory PeckBernard LeeWin Min ThanIn World War II Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air-raid.
- StarsKivanç TatlitugSongül ÖdenGüngör BayrakAfter the apparent death of his girlfriend, Mehmet Sadoglu is encouraged by his parents to marry Gümüs, a simple girl.
- DirectorAlan MehrezStarsDaniel BernhardtJohn Rhys-DaviesAmber Kelleher-AndrewsAfter his trainer is murdered, Alex Cardo uses his martial arts skills and takes on the one responsible.
- CreatorDan SeftonStarsAmanda RedmanDarshan JariwalaNimmi HarasgamaDoctor Ruby Walker arrives in India looking for a job and a distraction from her heartbreak. She anticipates the sunshine and picture-perfect beaches, but not the realities of work at an under-resourced hospital.
- DirectorBruce MacdonaldStarsScott EastwoodCheryl LaddPatrick LysterWhen a surfer is pronounced dead after an accident, he's faced with a choice: remain in the eternal afterlife or return and share his experience with the world.
- DirectorDee McLachlanStarsJamie WilliamsBilly CampbellRoddy McDowallThe story of Mowgli, a young boy abandoned in the wilds of India. Raised by a panther, an elephant and a bear, Mowgli must learn civilization's ways when his long-lost uncle and a circus scout from Barnum and Bailey come looking for him.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsBarbara BachClaudio CassinelliMel FerrerTourists on a tropical island anger an island god, who turns himself into a giant alligator and stalks them.
- DirectorLouis J. HorvitzRoger GoodmanStarsSteve MartinBen AffleckDebbie AllenThe 2001 Oscars hosted by Steve Martin.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsRalph RichardsonTrevor HowardRobert MorleyA man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked after he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a Captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post.
- DirectorCharles Martin SmithStarsPeter WellerRobert HaysCharles Martin SmithTwo bickering mercenaries are hired by the CIA to overthrow a South East Asian dictator.
- DirectorFabrizio CostaStarsOlivia HusseySebastiano SommaIngrid RubioMother Teresa's life is portrayed from the beginning of her ministry to her death. She seeks to serve the poor by creating a new "congregation" in the Church, establishing refuges for the dying and orphaned, and providing some comfort and food. Obstacles abound and she pushes through them to the end.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsDuran DuranSimon Le BonSheila MingDuran Duran's clip for their massive classic "Hungry Like the Wolf" presents the band traveling to Sri Lanka in some curious and strange adventures, with Simon Le Bon meeting an exotic girl and having a wild time with her while the other four band mates go through many different places trying to find him.
- DirectorDavid KeithStarsDavid KeithKathy ShowerBrant von HoffmanA drunken, down-on-his-luck adventurer is hired by a wealthy man and his beautiful wife to take them on a hunting expedition in the jungle. After a while, though, the guide begins to suspect that there's more to the expedition than just hunting.
- DirectorEric WestonStarsBeau BridgesHaing S. NgorLiem WhatleyAn American soldier and a Viet Cong guerrilla find common ground and become allies during the Vietnam war.
- DirectorPeter GimbelJames LipscombStarsTom ChapinPhil ClarksonStuart CodyDocumentary focusing on great white sharks.
- DirectorGiles WalkerStarsRyan ReynoldsGlenne HeadlyDavid FoxThe misadventures of a boy sent to live with his aunt in Canada, where he and a group of unlikely heroes take a stand against the ski resort infringing upon his new home.
- DirectorMuriel BoxStarsGlynis JohnsRobert NewtonDonald SindenIn the Indian Ocean, the new British Resident of the Welcome Islands tangles with loneliness, angry natives, a drunken troublemaker and a sudden outbreak of cholera.
- DirectorAlison ThompsonStarsA.P. DarmedesaBruce FrenchOscar GubernatiFour volunteers travel to Peraliya, Sri Lanka after the devastating 2004 tsunami, and their planned two-week trip becomes a year of heartbreak and rebirth.
- DirectorBerengar PfahlStarsSibel KekilliKen DukenFelicitas WollWhen their ship is sunk in the first world war, in the Indian ocean, 50 men have to cross infinite stretches of sea and desert, avoid enemies, find allies and finally make it home to Germany. A breathtaking real-live odyssey.
- DirectorBasil WrightStarsLionel WendtA short film which documents the lives of the Sinhalese people.
- StarsNicol WilliamsonJanet SuzmanIan RichardsonThe Story of the last viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsClaudette ColbertJack HawkinsAnthony SteelDuring the 1950s, in British-controlled Malaya, rubber-tree planters face many difficulties and dangers, including bandit attacks and nationalist guerrilla ambushes.
- DirectorMark LinfieldKeith ScholeyStarsDaveed DiggsTravel to the wildest corners of the planet as five courageous animals tackle the very first challenges of their young lives. With a little guidance from sage family members, each must figure out how to find food and recognize danger.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsGeraldine ChaplinKeene CurtisHelena CarrollA story of Mother Teresa, beginning in Calcutta, India, where she faces adversity from every direction and where she lays the foundation for her crusade to help the poorest of the poor.
- DirectorAntony ThomasStarsBrian KerwinAlice KrigeRobert LoggiaSpies from different nationalities stationed in a small Asian island work out a plot to create an international incident taking profit from it. Defrauding CIA through fake reports and running a front company using operating funds, they control the island and use the skills acquired in the service of their countries to pursue their personal dreams of wealth and happiness.
- DirectorJames F. CollierStarsJohn ShepherdAmerjit DeuAlex Tetteh-LarteyTim Devon was born out of wedlock and his mother never told his father about him. Overwhelmed, Tim leaves Los Angeles in search of his father--armed with only a name and the city of Amsterdam as clues. When funds run out, Tim begins the downward spiral into a life of crime and drug use until he is encountered by one caring person.
- DirectorRay J. MartenstynStarsKate LeinsterUdana FonsekaBrenden CarsonIn 2010, An unidentifiable life form began to appear in the central region of America. This phenomenon was soon linked to a NASA probe that was reportedly crashed somewhere in the Western Hemisphere. By 2018 what appeared as an unidentifiable life form had transformed into a devastating catastrophe. Many effected regions in the world got quarantined as "Contaminated Areas". Most of these areas are bordered by extremely large containment walls and explosive mines are placed on all patrolled waterways and bridges, Civilians are banned from entering these areas. The local and coalition military forces still struggle to wipe out the creatures around the world. The human civilization is facing extinction! 2018: Sri Lanka was among the first in Asia to face this situation. The local military has quarantined a region as an Infected Zone in Sri Lanka. A British Genetic-engineer (Kathy) arrives in Sri Lanka with intentions to re-enter the Contaminated Area to retrieve specimens of the species which she believes that will expose evidence to a cover-up the US is responsible for. The local government refuses to grant permission for Kathy to enter the Contaminated Area stating that it is too dangerous. After many attempts to convince the officials she decides to go on her own. While traveling through rural and shattered villages and towns, Kathy decides to rest in a little town very near to a Contaminated Area. She meets a young man (Gamunu) where she soon discovers that Gamunu is what the locals call "a monster slinger" who used to guide tourists illegally. Kathy convinces Gamunu to guide her through the difficult and hazardous expedition into the core of now whats known as "Contaminated Area".
- StarsGary BuseyJohnny DelgadoRoy AlvarezHusband-and-wife journalists watch events leading to the overthrow of the Marcos government in 1986 Philippines.
- DirectorGerardine WurzburgStarsLarry BissonnetteTracy ThresherIn 'Wretches & Jabberers and Stories from the Road', two men with autism embark on a global quest to change prevailing attitudes about disability and intelligence. With limited speech, Tracy Thresher, 42, and Larry Bissonnette, 52, both faced lives of mute isolation in mental institutions or adult disability centers. When they learned as adults to communicate by typing, their lives changed dramatically. Their world tour message is that the same possibility exists for others like themselves. At each stop, they dissect public attitudes about autism and issue a hopeful challenge to reconsider competency and the future. Along the way, they reunite with old friends from the USA, expand the isolated world of a talented young painter and make new allies in their cause.
- DirectorDon BoydStarsJohn HurtJeremy KempJudi BowkerIn 1948, a new British Governor takes over a Far Eastern colony after his predecessor is murdered by terrorists.
- DirectorVelcrow RipperStarsKrishna AratnaJoan BaezSera BeakCaptures the exciting movement of Spiritual Activism that is exploding around the planet, and the powerful personalities who are igniting it.
- DirectorRudolf ZehetgruberGianfranco ParoliniStarsTony KendallBrad HarrisAnn Smyrner(1967) Tony Kendall, Brad Harris. Two Yanks are hired to protect a rich lady from a sinister underworld group. Lots of jungle thrills, martial arts, ancient temples, huge explosions, & even sci-fi elements. Watch for Harris' great karate fight inside a crumbling temple, surrounded by masked members of an ancient sect. A cross between James Bond and Indiana Jones. 16mm.
- DirectorOtto LangStarsRobert MerrillJames S. ParkerLowell Thomas"Join Lowell Thomas and follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo" in this new, digital restoration of SEARCH FOR PARADISE, the fourth of the original, three-panel Cinerama travelogues. Released in 1957, the motion picture takes you to the "Roof of the World," the Himalayas and Karakoram mountains of Central Asia, the highest region in the world. You'll become part of the adventure as explorer Lowell Thomas searches for paradise in the ancient cities, wild waters and lush gardens of the mountaintops. Your first stop is the Forbidden Kingdom of Hunza, a hidden valley bordered by China, Russia, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, home to a legendary warrior tribe. Next, you'll challenge the rapids of the Mighty Indus River, fed from a fantastic galaxy of great glaciers draining from some of the greatest heights known to man. From there, find respite in the romantic Shalimar Gardens in the Vale of Kashmir, then fly to Katmandu for the coronation ceremony of King Mahendra of Nepal. The adventure concludes with a trip to a U.S. Air Force base, where Thunderbird jet planes cut across the sapphire blue sky overhead at supersonic speed. The film captures the imagination and paradise would be, beauty or adventure or peace.
- DirectorGavin MillarStarsJudi DenchIan HolmRachel GurneyEustace (Sir Ian Holm) and Dorrie Edgehill (Dame Judi Dench) have decided to leave Samola, a British protectorate in the Pacific. After the failure of his latest harebrained scheme no one is likely to give Eustace a job now. Or are they?
- DirectorZefrey ThrowellJosephine DeckerStarsJosephine DeckerZefrey ThrowellHollis WitherspoonA real romance filmed over five years. Josephine and Zefrey simmer in the white hot apocalypse of first love until the throw of a dart finds them on a spontaneous trip to the Maldives and cracks open the question -- is their love true or just a performance?
- DirectorGerd OswaldGiovanni RoccardiStarsLex BarkerAnn SmyrnerMagali NoëlThe action takes place in India where the Maharanee is in big trouble: her husband died and nobody knows where his last wills are hidden. Lex Barker and two raiders want to double-cross the wicked Maharanee.
- DirectorFranz Josef GottliebStarsBirte BergSerge FalckAlbert FortellKuma Cunningham and Jane Lindström are a couple in love. By chance they find a strange stone. Kuma asks Jane to throw away this stone, the stone would be bad luck.
- StarsRachel WardMichael WoodsArt MalikDramatisation of the story of notorious Indian serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who preyed on Western tourists throughout South East Asia during the 1970s.
- DirectorFrançois JouffaStarsSylvie MattonBernard VerleyOlga ValéryLa bonzesse is a light soft porn erotic film, directed by Francois Jouffa and staring the gifted French film writer Sylvie Matton, who with her husband Charles Matton, wrote the excellent film "La lumiere des etoiles morteszzzz'. Filmed in Paris and Sri Lanka, the movie has a pleasant look that enhances the faux seriousness parodied. The highlight of the movie is Matton, then known as Sylvie Meyer playing a young woman on "a spiritual journey from sexual bohemia to Buddhist nun.
- DirectorArmand DenisStarsFrank BuckA sequel to Frank Buck's 1932 "Bring 'em Back Alive", has Buck capturing just about one of everything that moves (homo-sapiens excepted) in the jungles of Malaya, with details of the techniques and methods used by Buck to bring them back alive to the zoos of the United States.
- DirectorFrançois VilliersStarsAyesha DharkerJulian SandsStéphane AudranA young girl who lives in an Indian fishing village believes that she has lived before, and a teacher helps her find out the truth.
- CreatorKara CooneyNeil CrawfordStarsKara CooneyToday's city dwellers may think of urban living as an improvement over the existence of our hunting and gathering ancestors. But Egyptologist Dr. Kara Cooney explains that our modern tendency to live in cities isn't the result of an inevitable march towards progress. Beginning roughly 12,000 years ago, a sudden change in human behavior determined the very nature of modern civilization. And archaeological evidence from some of the world's first cities - like Jericho in the West Bank of Palestine, Catal Huyuk in Turkey, and even early prehistoric settlements in Egypt - suggests that living in cities may bring just as many problems as it solves.
- DirectorDean ChamberlainLol CremeNick EganStarsWarren CuccurulloPaul GambacciniSimon Le BonA collection of Duran Duran's greatest hits on CD along with a DVD of their most popular music videos
- DirectorFranz Josef GottliebStarsRoy BlackZienia MertonAngelica OttFlight captain Schneider and his crew are given the assignment in Munich to take over a repaired aircraft in Bangkok, Thailand, and fly back to Germany.
- DirectorVeit HarlanStarsKristina SöderbaumWilly BirgelAdrian HovenFascinated by her beauty, the Maharajah Gowan kidnaps the Swedish circus rider Yrida to his palace. Once there, she wakes up from heavy feverish dreams of terrible events from her past.
- 2001– 1h 29mTV-PG7.8 (61)TV EpisodeStarsPhil KeoghanKris BuehlerJon BuehlerSome teams begin lashing out at each other as the stress of reaching the end of the race begins to weigh on their minds.
- StarsJames A. FitzPatrickIn this travelogue of Ceylon, the first stop is Colombo, the capital and chief seaport of this island nation. A lighthouse at the end of the main street is the chief landmark. The port is filled with a mixture of modern vessels and traditional man propelled vessels. A short train ride from Colombo is Mount Lavinia, one of the country's most popular pleasure resorts. The next stop is the Peradeniya Gardens, the highlight of which is a magnificent avenue of majestic royal palms. Another botanical item of interest in Ceylon is the manufacture of rubber and the abundance of rubber trees in cultivation. The final stop is the city of Kandy. Its primary attraction is the Temple of the Tooth. Traditional island ways dominate life in this city, including the sight of bathing elephants after their afternoon work shift.
- 2001– 44mTV-PG7.7 (64)TV EpisodeStarsPhil KeoghanKris BuehlerJon BuehlerIn an Olympic-style relay to receive the next clue, one racer smokes the competition. Also, tensions continue to rise for one team as a stroke of bad luck brings one member to the brink of quitting the race; and a fear of heights plagues one racer who breaks into tears during the Detour challenge.
- DirectorVeit HarlanStarsKristina SöderbaumWilly BirgelAdrian HovenThe Swedish Princess Yrida enchants the spectators of Germany with attractions of the Circus Busch and is discovered by Maharaja Gowan, who gives the circus an engagement in India in order to be closer to her.
- DirectorBertram van MunsterStarsPhil KeoghanDavid O'LearyConnor O'LearyThe teams are in Sri Lanka, where an exhausting Roadblock drains the racers of all their strength. Also, an epic race through the countryside ends with a footrace to the Pit Stop.
- DirectorBertram van MunsterStarsPhil KeoghanDavid O'LearyConnor O'LearyTeams race to Rome, Italy, where Racers and Roman gladiators square off in a medieval Detour. Plus, three teams strike a deal in order to try to avoid elimination.
- DirectorChristopher SykesStarsJaromir AstlJeremy BernsteinArthur C. ClarkeTop scientists want to build a nuclear bomb-powered spaceship to visit Mars and the planets.
- DirectorJude RatnamSri Lanka 1983, Jude Ratman is five years old. On a red train, he flees the massacre of the Tamils instigated by the liberal majoritarian government. Now a filmmaker, he takes the same train from South to North. As he advances, the traces of the violence of the 26-year-old war and the one which turned the Tamil's fight for freedom into a self-destructive terrorism pass before his eyes. Reminiscing the hidden souvenirs of fighters and Tamil Tigers, he unveils the repressed memories of his compatriots, opening the door to a new era and making peace possible again.
- DirectorBertram van MunsterStarsPhil KeoghanJet McCoyCord McCoyThe Race continues in Sri Lanka where teams struggle to get a bite when fishing for their next clue.
- StarsEsrom JayasingheUwe FriedrichsenIsobel BlackThe story of 12 year old, Toumai, his younger brother Ranjit, and their great friend the elephant Kala Nag.
- DirectorBeate ArnestadMorten DaaeDeep in guerrilla territory two female Black Tigers train for the ultimate mission. Condemned as terrorists by the world, they regard themselves as their people's last hope against a superior oppressor. "Front Toward Enemy" are the words imprinted on the Claymore mine they will strap on their bodies if they are sent on the final mission.
- DirectorOtto RetzerStarsChristian KohlundSaskia ValenciaBernhard BettermannMarkus Winter visits his chain's Sri Lanka hotel, just when socialite multimillionaire Gregor Pohlmann makes his typically dashing entry, the start of lots of flirtation and generosity, yet without actually laying down the cash. Leon Groß, who gave up his German business career to start an orphanage for wild elephants, is Markus's pick to help a grieving widow pick up her life. A botanist with butterfingers is granted a gardener's job so she can afford her own investigation.
- DirectorVeit HarlanStarsKristina SöderbaumWilly BirgelAdrian HovenMaharaj Gowan is in love with the blonde circus rider Yrida. However, the son of the Maharaj also have strong feelings for her.
- DirectorJohn StaintonStarsWes MannionSteve IrwinSteve Irwin travels to Sri Lanka to help laborers contend with some of the most venomous snakes in the world. And, for the first time in his life, he goes head-to-head with a man-eating Mugger crocodile.
- DirectorTom RowsellA personal journey into the history of tea and the British Empire's involvement with Sri Lanka. Tom Rowsell traces his own ancestry to the days of the British Empire, when his family were planters in Ceylon. The British Empire is viewed in the context of civilizational cycles and author John Still's theory of the Jungle Tide and the jungle gods that are still worshiped in Sri Lanka.
- DirectorCarl StreckerStarsDavid CaoBob ConnollyKushil GunasekeraAn inspiring true story of tsunami relief, filmed on location in Sri Lanka.
- DirectorHerbert AchternbuschStarsHerbert AchternbuschFranz BaumgartnerAnnamirl BierbichlerAchternbusch's tragic comedy begins with the figure of the Comanche (Achternbusch) lying comatose in a large country sanatorium, where he is the last surviving patient. Refusing to wake up to a loveless world, the Comanche prefers his own dreams-filled with images of tropical Sri Lankan landscapes, elephants roaming the jungles, and smiling native girls-to life's sad realities. His doctor manages to extract these dream images from his patient with a video unit, which the Comanche's wife records and sells to television. After awakening, Achternbusch's obstinate protagonist shifts (in a punning transformation) from comatose to Comanche and wanders Munich in full Indian regalia until, at last, the real world beckons him back onto the soccer field of the Olympic Stadium.
- StarsFranjo KuharMiro BrankovicMario AndusBy filming on the actual locations traversed by Marco Polo, the series brings to life the authenticity of the local peoples from the standpoints of ethnology, historiography, culture and economics. We follow the exact route depicted in his book, Il million, documenting the peoples, customs and cultures along the way to bring into sharp relief the cultural differences within the Asian mainland. Viewers are introduced to their development, becoming familiar with three completely different and, to us, relatively unknown spheres of civilisation and religion - Arabic Islam, Indian Hinduism and Oriental Buddhism. The host takes us through regions and cultures that may seem exotic - and, at times, dreamlike - in our search for the evidence of Marco Polo's passage. Interviews with common folk bring to light amazing facts and tales of unfamiliar customs, beliefs, crafts, attitudes and value systems that have developed in Asia over the millenia. The series' depiction of these faraway lands is based on contrast. Magnificent edifices like temples or palaces are juxtaposed with the details from a masterfully crafted vase. The war tactics of the Mongolian army, the greatest military force of its time, are contrasted with the life of today's Mongols in their quaint yurts. The closed Burma (Myanmar) is compared with the opening of China. Each episode forms a whole connected by the thread of Marco Polo, with the entire miniseries linking not only Polo's travels, but the world's largest circles of civilisation (European, Arabic, Indian and Oriental). Finally, the series explores the sensations of wonder and magic, which have changed little in the seven centuries since Marco Polo's time - which might be stronger than ever, especially for us Europeans.
- DirectorTim HetheringtonStarsTim HetheringtonAs a photojournalist reporting worldwide on sociopolitical upheaval and conflict, I've never reported on what it feels like to be in Time Square one moment, to being shot at in Afghanistan the next. 'Diary' is a highly personal essay that attempts to express the subjective experience of my work. It's a kaleidoscope of images that dramatically challenges how we view the world by linking our reality to the seemingly distant worlds we see on the nightly news.
- DirectorAndre DupuisStarsJustin LukachScott WilsonTravelling to Sri Lanka at the tail end of the 25-year civil war, the guys expect to visit a war-torn country, yet discover a different land. From exploring the wonders of Sigiriya, an ancient rock fortress and palace ruin, to visiting Sri Lanka's indigenous inhabitants, the Veddas tribe, and joining the pilgrimage up Adam's Peak, the guys experience a beautiful and culturally rich country. They get to Sri Lanka's capital city, Colombo, just in time to see the Navam Perahera - a spectacular parade made up of thousands of dancers and acrobats, and over a hundred decorated elephants.
- DirectorPeter OtsStarsFifi BoxAnthony CalleaScott CamFor the first time ever, all three of Australia's commercial TV networks unite to simulcast this historic telethon and concert. All proceeds from the telethon go to World Vision Australia and aid of the 2004 Southern Asia Tsunami disaster. Includes a mammoth lineup of Aussie and international stars and personalities.
- StarsWilliam HoldenJack HawkinsSam SpiegelA behind-the-scenes look at the building of the bridge in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and the preparations for its destruction.
- DirectorHans AlbinPaolo BianchiniStarsGeorge NaderGordon MitchellCarl MöhnerSteve Weston, cercatore di diamanti a Ceylon, viene derubato delle sue preziose pietre. Rimasto senza denaro si fa assumere in una miniera dove ritrova nelle vesti dello spietato sorvegliante proprio Alfred, l'uomo che gli ha sottratto i diamanti. Costui, riconosciuta la sua vittima, cerca di liberarsene incolpandola a sua volta di furto. Sventato il tentativo, Steve organizza con la complicità di altri bianchi e l'aiuto di una guardia, che ha con lui un debito di gratitudine, la fuga dalla miniera. Avvertito da una spia, Alfred reagisce deportando Steve e gli altri in una piccola isola dalla quale è molto difficile evadere. Impadronitosi di alcuni candelotti di dinamite, Weston e gli altri minatori si sollevano contro i sorveglianti, costringendo Alfred a un precipitoso ritorno a Ceylon. Steve, che nella rivolta ha perduto tutti i suoi amici, lo raggiunge e ingaggia una furiosa lotta con lui durante la quale Alfred sta per avere la meglio. L'intervento di un'indigena, però, pone fine per sempre alla sua esistenza.
- DirectorMike HillStarsM.R. RajagopalExtraordinary global health leader and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Dr MR Rajagopal is a small man with a big dream: a pain-free India. His mission is to bring ethical practice to modern medicine in the world's most populous democratic country. To achieve this he must move mountains and rediscover the first principals of medicine - the Hippocratic Oath.
- StarsJames A. FitzPatrickA visit to the island of Java when it was part of the Dutch East Indies, and Sri Lanka when it was still called Ceylon.
- StarsJames A. FitzPatrickA Traveltalk visit to the island nation when it was still a British crown colony and the name Sri Lanka was 40 years in the future.
- DirectorSantiago PosadaStarsJonstan Baratha WijesooriyaRailway Redemption tells the story of a seventy year-old busker's final journey home. After hearing the news that his brother is dying, Vijay decides to face up to his past and confront his family, with whom he has had no contact for twenty-five years.
- DirectorDhruv DhawanFilmed in Sri Lanka FROM DUST is a cinematic expose that takes an incisive look at a government's response to a natural disaster. Shot in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami this documentary brings us into close contact with three people and questions why survivors in Sri Lanka weren't allowed to rebuild their homes along Sri Lanka's coastline. This critically acclaimed film follows two survivors and an aid worker over the course of a year in Sri Lanka after the tsunami: Ravi is a young entrepreneur who lived near the coast in the city of Galle. He lost his father and sister in the tsunami and now has to support his remaining family. As he tries to rebuild his home, the Sri Lankan government declares a ban on building within 100 meters of the coastline. Ravi and his neighbors are promised new land on which to rebuild and from the confines of a tent, they begin to wait. Cyril saved his wife and child in the tsunami and now shelters them in a tent. He is a fisherman who lost his boat and now fishes from a wooden stilt wedged in the ocean. His home was within 100 meters of the ocean and he is told that he cannot rebuild but will be relocated to flats 10km away up in the hills. He tries to move on with life but contemplates the future. Cameron is an acupuncturist from Australia, who flew to Sri Lanka 2 weeks after the tsunami. Amidst treating people and trying to help them rebuild, he soon discovers that aid workers are also being prevented from rebuilding homes. Cameron begins to question the Sri Lankan government's response to this disaster and soon discovers the ulterior motives behind the 100 meter rule. Following a span of major natural disasters in 2005, this film reveals life in tents and ulterior motives that are stalling the rebuilding effort in Sri Lanka - revealing an untold story about a "100 meter rule" and the opportunities that arise in the wake of a natural disaster.
- DirectorNeil HollanderHarald MertesStarsOrson Welles
- 20064h 15mNot Rated8.2 (20)VideoDirectorKaushik RayStarsThe Dalai LamaTai Situ RimpocheNagagspa KarmaPractices of Tibetan Buddhist monks, from meditation to diet, are presented in this 5-part special featuring the Dalai Lama and other renowned spiritual leaders.
- DirectorErling BorgenTom HeinemannStarsTisra BasantiParthima BiviRitt BjerregaardPoor rewards and toxic work conditions plague worldwide tea production despite fair trade brands and good intentions.
- StarsKiefer SutherlandDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (National Geographic): A series with exclusive access to the international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders, who told their remarkable and dramatic stories.
- DirectorPeter SempelStarsBlixa BargeldNina HagenTanya KhabarowaAbout Kazuo Ohno a legendary Japanese Butoh dancer.
- DirectorMalgorzata DobrowolskaStarsDhammananda BhikkuniBhikkhuni GautamiBhikkhuni KusumaIt is a documentary film about the revival of women's ordination in Theravada Buddhism. Shortly after Enlightenment, the Buddha said: "I shall not come to my final passing away, until my bhikkhus and bhikkhunis, laymen and laywomen, have come to be true disciples - " Even though the Buddha established the bhikkhuni monastery, the line of female ordination in the Theravada tradition died out in the 11th century. Since then, it is believed that nuns can no longer be ordained. The documentary, "Bhikkhuni - Buddhism, Sri Lanka, Revolution", presents the story of women, who in order to implement the Buddha's teachings, however against the opinion of the monks' Sangha, have become fully ordained bhikkhunis - Buddhist nuns in the Theravada tradition. The film's protagonists are Bhikkhuni Kusuma (ordained in 1996), Bhikkhuni Dhammananda (ordained in 2003) and Bhikkhuni Gautami (ordained in 2016) - the first women in their countries' modern history to become fully ordained nuns.
- StarsArt GilmoreAn exploitation pot-boiler, posing as an anthropology art-film, and supposedly filmed by seventeen different cameraman in Africa, Malaya, India, Ceylon, Bali, New Guinea and New Hebrides. It probably was over about that many different years, as it is stock-and-archive footage from front-to back, including the New Hebrides segment, where the males have to leap from tall trees (and towers) with a vine attached to their ankles that stops them just short of a grand splattering on hard New Hebrides ground. An early-day version of bungee-jumping that is a macho-virility proving exercise that delights the village maidens. The art-house aspects and come-on was that it depicted strange love-rites in strange lands, even if some of them were re-enactments in color, in places of the black-and-white stock footage that had been serving in several reincarnations over the years. Highlights include "The Dance of the Fertility Tree" and "The Peek-A-Boo Betrothal." A few National Geographic-type scenes of nudity, and that's the closest it gets to even PG movies. The keywords must have been added by the DVD distributors.
- DirectorEddie GranemannStarsCliff HowellTeetoMintaCeylonese natives are forced to flee into the dangerous jungle after an attack by swarms of vicious vampire bats.
- DirectorRobert Lewis KnechtStarsArthur C. ClarkeCarl FismerRobert HogeThe true-life story of the discovery and history of the Taj Mahal Sunken Treasure, recovered by Arthur C. Clarke before he wrote '2001: A Space Odyssey.'
- DirectorLengaigne FrederiqueFrederique LengaigneKlaus ReisingerTwo former photojournalists bring a large format camera to South-East Asia to portray Asian elephants living in captivity and to record their biographies.
- DirectorPatricia PlattnerStarsJean-François BalmerValeria Bruni TedeschiDouglas RanasingheJohn Billeter, known as JB, an internationally renowned expert in Oriental civilizations, has agreed to return to Sri Lanka at the request of the UNESCO to decode a Book of Crystal, a treatise on memory that Buddha dictated in his old age.
- DirectorMichael McKayStarsGrant BowlerAnastasia DrimousisChris PselletesThe four teams travel from Jerusalem, Israel to Colombo, Sri Lanka. A decision about which class carriage to ride in during a train trip could prove costly for one team. They all struggle with their history, but a masked street parade gives them the opportunity to make up for lost time. A sewing challenge turns into a disaster for all of the teams at the Road Block.
- DirectorMartin SmekalChoose Your Wave is not just about surfing but also about finding the way in life, finding relationship with nature and this planet.
- StarsJeff CorwinJeff cruises around the globe, seeking out the planet's most awesome adventures. In Australia, Jeff climbs high above Sydney for a sweeping view of its famous harbor. Then, he sails to Japan to explore the world of the Samurai. Jeff's adventure continues in Sri Lanka exploring a mighty waterfall, and in Dominica discovering volcanic activity beneath the Caribbean Sea. Finally, Jeff navigates a virtual cruise ship at an officer training center.
- DirectorKent BloxsonJavan HamiltonStarsJude FalconJavan HamiltonGodric JohnsonBlerdcon; Taste of Fort Worth; Jude Falcon in Sri Lanka; the band Amoramora.