Nuruzzaman Khan

The Balkans cradles Europe's last wild rivers and supports abundant wildlife and healthy, intact ecosystems. These rivers are "The Undamaged" – clean, pristine, and undammed. With over 2,700 small and large hydro power plants planned or under construction in the Balkans, corruption and greed are destroying the last free-flowing rivers of Europe. Follow the Balkan Rivers Tour, a rowdy crew of whitewater kayakers, filmers, photographers and friends who decided to stand up for the rivers, travelling from Slovenia to Albania for 36 days, kayaking 23 rivers in 6 countries to protest the dams and show the world the secret wild rivers of the Balkans. The film honours everyday people and local activists who are fighting to defend rivers and aims to spread the word of the plight of these rivers, showing a new style of nature conservation that is fun, energetic and effective.

There is a story circulating among Zen Buddhist monks about two types of monks. First ones are settled and spend all their life in a monastery, they are identified with the blue mountains, while others are like white clouds – constantly traveling from one place to another. In the film, the filmmaker and Won Bo Sunim, a Lithuanian woman who decided to go to South Korea more than 20 years ago and become a Zen monk, embark on a journey in the mountains of South Korea.

He filmed her. They dreamt of living together between Bangladesh and Lithuania, making films together, opening a five-course restaurant and adopting orphans. Now he looks back on his life and his broken love affair.

Dr. Tawhid is a paediatrician in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 2017, he visited the Rohingya refugee camp as a volunteer medic, where he met Osman, a 14-year-old boy. “I want to study. I want to become a doctor like you,” Osman reminded Tawhid himself as a kid. Tawhid promised Osman to fight for his future, and he becomes Osman’s only portal to a better life. At this point, Tawhid finally starts to worry about giving Osman a false dream because he cannot be the answer to Osman’s life…

The new face of Europe is encapsulated by the struggles of two Bangladeshi men who hoped that migrating to Portugal would set themselves on the path to a better life. Their reality is a road paved with more obstacles than anticipated.