Shamans of the Blind Country is an epic documentary on faith healing in a remote region of North West Nepal. Over a period of eighteen months the film follows the basic traits of a local religious practice, kindred in spirit to the many variations of the great inner-Asian tradition of shamanism characteristic for the Siberian part of Northern Asia and(...)

Celibidache was a man of extremes – or rather: his human nature was extreme. He hated nothing more than indifference, lukewarmness and mediocrity – in himself most of all. He could have an entire auditorium rolling with laughter, while he regaled them for hours with anecdotes recounted with huge comedic flair. Or he could descend into bouts of(...)