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A teacher, in search of inspiration, travels to the most remote school in the world, where he ends up realizing how important his job is and appreciating the value of yak dung.
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019)
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An American travels to Bhutan searching for a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.
The Monk and the Gun (2023)
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The film consists of a series of animations on a beach containing two beach huts and a diving board. Two characters play at diving into the water from the diving board and then appear on the beach. The woman begins to play with a small dog and is then joined by a gentleman. The two play around on the beach before getting changed into bathing costumes and going into the water. They bob up and down in the water before swimming out of the scene. Once the couple have gone a man sails out in a boat.
Around a Cabin (1894)
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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.
Travellers and Magicians (2003)
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The dazzling new film from Bhutanese lama and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu (The Cup, Travellers and Magicians) chronicles a sacred jungle ritual whose masked, anonymous participants seek after complete self-knowledge — or descend into thievery, violation, and murder.
Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait (2016)
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As the Internet finally arrives in tiny Bhutan, documentarian Thomas Balmès is there to witness its transformative impact on a young Buddhist monk whose initial trepidation gives way to profound engagement with the technology.
Sing Me a Song (2020)
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Sangai, a teenage girl living with her father in a village of inland Bhutan, is not happy with her father, who makes wooden phalluses, believed to have mysterious power, and playing a festival clown with a red mask at a local festival. She reluctantly delivers the phalluses to neighbors but she is followed by dozens of men with red masks and costumes when walking through the hill. Conflict and tension grows between the father, who has concerns about his successor, and Sangai, who has a clandestine relationship with a married man.
The Red Phallus (2019)
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Brother and sister Gyembo and Tashi are normal teenagers. They love soccer and their phones. In their Himalayan village, their father oversees a Buddhist temple that has been in the family for generations. He hopes his son will one day take over his duties. He would prefer that Gyembo leave his modern English-language school in favor of a monk school. In this thoughtful and tender portrait of a Bhutanese family, the generation gap is as large as their love for one another. Celibacy doesn't offer an enticing future to an adolescent boy, which Gyembo's father understands. Nonetheless, he still tries to convince his son that being a monk offers many advantages. Meanwhile, Tashi feels more like a boy than a girl, and dreams of a life as a pro soccer player. She wants to attend a soccer camp that would be the first step in being selected for the national team. Unfortunately, though happiness is high on the political agenda in Bhutan, not all wishes come true.
The Next Guardian (2018)
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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".
Honeygiver Among the Dogs (2018)
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The documentary team follows two happiness agents in their forties who spend a month and a half on the road twice a year, going door-to-door with their questionnaires in isolated villages in the Himalayas. The filmmakers undertake to provide an intimate insight into the daily lives and desires of Bhutanese people, and also seek the answer to the universal question of whether happiness can really be measured. Gross National Happiness promises a heart-warming journey into a mysterious, fairytale-like world, which is the exact opposite of the social order dominated by consumption and desires.
Agent of Happiness (2024)
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A girl with a weird birth mark on her face joins the Miss Bhutan contest.
Miss Bhutan (?)
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A house-warming weekend reunites four friends after a major fallout only to discover that they still have a lot of pain and anger to deal with if their friendship needs to be saved.
Gangnam Girls (2021)
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“Birds in Cages" is a poignant tale centered around Dechen and Pema, two close friends who endure numerous hardships. Pema's mother's early death led her to be raised by her father, who later marries her off to an elderly man due to financial struggles. Despite her efforts, her life spirals into prostitution. Dechen, also trapped in an unhappy marriage, longs for her childhood friend Jamyang. Pema's abusive husband causes her tragic death during her pregnancy. Distraught, Dechen seeks justice for her friend and transforms her life, standing against her oppressive father and embracing a new path with Jamyang. The story culminates in a hopeful journey where Dechen, Jamyang, her mother, and daughter embark on a honeymoon trip, symbolizing newfound freedom and happiness.
Birds in Cages (2011)
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Yes Daddy (2024)
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In the village of Kingaling, the vengeful spirit of Jaza Dhuem is unleashed, leaving terror in its wake. Only Karchangma, a young woman bound by prophecy, has the power to stop her if she can uncover the truth before it’s too late.
Jaza Lhamo (2024)
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Sonam Drugyel, a loyal Boedgarp, is torn between love and duty. While entangled in a love triangle with Phuntsho Choden and Lhachoe, he uncovers a plot to murder the Dzongpon. As he rushes to save his leader, he learns shocking truths about Phuntsho Choden’s role in past betrayals.
Boed Garp Sonam Drugyel (2023)
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Aum Penjor is a transgender singer in a queer club, and a sort of local celebrity. One rainy night, while another one-night-stand is slipping away, she hears crying and finds an abandoned baby amongst the cartons. When she takes the baby home, she begins to develop feelings she never imagined having. Aum Penjor suddenly discovers she has maternal instincts that lead her to a whole new type of journey.
Aum Penjor (2024)
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In Bhutan, a country of 700,000 people, everyone knows everyone else. Nima, a schoolteacher, faces trouble when an explicit intimate video surfaces online, featuring a woman who looks exactly like her. Determined to calm her students’ outraged parents, Nima embarks on a quest to find her naughty lookalike. But her doppelganger, Meto, has disappeared without a trace. The locals, struck by Nima’s uncanny resemblance to Meto, begin to believe she is Meto’s long-lost ghost. The village elders suggest singing Aum Tshomo’s sacred song to unravel the mystery. Now, Nima must open her heart and sing to rebuild her shattered life.
I, the Song (2024)
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Horror film.
SHEinDREY (?)
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A good hearted man works to woo his boss upon the insistence of his wife in order to further comfort his life. Cold and hard, malicious whispers of the boss's life follows her but all is not as it seems.
My Sugar Mommy (?)
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