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Seven years ago,I heard that the longest heroic epic in the world is in East Tibet in China. Storytellers still exist and are making new story which is incomparable tale in the world as 'live epic'. 100 vivid mask dance is performed, no less than 1000 tradition pictures are drawn,and brave horse race are competed by shouting 'we are heroic descendant' People respected the legendary hero instead of highest priest who is not allowed worship. However, as for a heroic sacred peak retreat the glacier by climate warming, are developed gold ore, prairie is destroyed, and stock farming people are emigrated to the town. A legendary hero is alive as a hope of people of east Tibet.

In a world of smoke and mirrors, we expose the movers, shakers and key players who puppeteer the brightest talent and engineer the most exclusive events during one of the biggest film festivals in the world.

15-year-old Saeed from Afghanistan took a boat in Izmir to come to Europe. Just off the Turkish coast, Saeed strands on a Greek island called Tilos. Fleeing a traumatic past, he is catapulted into a community with only 400 inhabitants - and one bus. Saeed soon discovers that he is not the only one looking for a new home here. The passengers on THE ISLAND BUS come from over a dozen countries, and also have stories of dislocation to tell. This warm-hearted documentary adds an Aegean twist to the eternal question of how to be happy no matter what.