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In June 2015, an international trekking team of office workers from five countries went on to fulfill their dream of entering the mysterious and deep Karakoram, a restricted conflict zone near the border between Pakistan and India. They planned to cross the Gondogoro LA Pass, at a height of 5,640 mt., not far from the K2 - the second highest mountain in the world. This was the first international team to get a trekking permit from the Pakistan government since 2013. This is the first documentary about Gondogoro LA produced by a Chinese backpacker. It's about what pushes so many people to go trekking. With the participation of climbers and backpackers from ten countries. The word la (bla) literally means that which is “higher” or “above,” as in the word lama, the Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit guru (which literally means “heavy,” —heavy with good qualities, as the tradition explains). Lama Ugyen once explained lama as “one who looks down from above (la) with the love that a mother (ma) has for her children.” Official Selection, BANFF China 2016, 🇨🇳China. Official Selection, Golden Tree International Film Festival 2016, 🇩🇪Germany. Official Selection, Pokhara International Mountain Film Festival 2016, 🇳🇵Nepal. Official Selection, Pakistan Calling Film Festival 2016, 🇵🇰Pakistan. Official Selection, Llanberis Adventure & Mountain Film Festival 2017, 🇬🇧UK. Finalist, 1st Golden Ribbon TV 2017, 🇨🇳China. Official Selection, Wasatch Mountain Film 2017, 🇺🇸USA. Official Selection, LIFFT India Filmotsav 2017, 🇮🇳India.

Missione Grado is a 2015 Italian documentary film directed by Carlo Christian Spano. The film chronicles some military activities carried out by the Italian contingent in Herat and Bala Morghab, Afghanistan. The title of the movie is taken from a secret code assigned to a group of journalist, a name pronounced by a sergeant of the "San Marco" Battalion whose gaze is the protagonist of the first chapter. As seen through the sergeant eyes of the protagonist, we can absorb the very true feelings that will lead him on his return to be an enlightened person and overall all of his reality. The film features nine chapters with an ink on paper aphorism design by the Iranian artist Roham Fayazi. These enchantingly crafted phrases embody an acute observation that confronts reality with the truth of each chapter. The film take us from, “Happiness consists in the mere waiting of itself”, a sharpshooter’s experiences and emotions while he stands guard on the roof of PRT in Herat. To, “In a land filed with blind men, the man with one eye is King”, a chapter dedicates to the Persistent Ground Surveillance Systems (GPSS). “The fruit of peace is always hanging on the tree of silence”, a chapter dedicated to the life in a Combat Out Post. Using different perspectives is a perfect storyteller mechanism which integrates context and tension of the life of these nine men. Within all wonders, this non-fictional film aims to not only grab the attention of a military audience. It rather appeals to captivate us with the beauty of each crescendo of testimonies of courageous soldiers in their outstanding mission. Milano International Film Festival 2015, Italy🇮🇹 Nomination “Best Documentary” and “Best Editing” I Filmmaker International Film Festival - Marbella 2015, Spain🇪🇸 “Special Mention” Los Angeles Cine Fest, USA🇺🇸 “Official Selection” Miami Independent Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 “Official Selection” Hollywood Sky Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 “Best Documentary” Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 Winner “Documentary Feature” November Edition 12Months Film Festival, Romania🇷🇴 Winner “Best Documentary Feature” November Edition DOFIFF 2016 Depth of Field International Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 Award of "Excellence" Content/Message Delivery and "Exceptional Merit" Documentary Feature UK International Veterans’ Film Festival, UK🇬🇧 “Official Selection" Los Angeles Urban Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 “Official Selection" Spotlight Film Awards, USA🇺🇸 "Silver Award Winner" Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards, USA🇺🇸 "Winner" Documentary Feature Foreign TheModCon London Film Festival, UK🇬🇧 “Best Foreign Documentary" Nominee The Impact DOCS Awards, USA🇺🇸 Winner "Award of Excellence" Magwill International Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 “Best Documentary Film" Grant Award Headline International Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 "Award of Merit” Singapore World International Film Festival, Singapore🇸🇬 “Official Selection” North American Film Awards (NAFA), USA🇺🇸 “Nomination“ Coral Coast Film Festival, Italy🇮🇹 “Official Selection” New York Film Week, USA🇺🇸 “Official Selection” The Indie Fest Film Awards, USA🇺🇸 Winner "Award of Merit - Special Mention" Wolves Independent International Film Awards, Lithuania🇱🇹 “Official Selection” iHolly The Next Generation Indipendent Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 “Official Selection” International Independent Film Awards IIFA, USA🇺🇸 Winner "Platinum Award" FAME'US International Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 Winner "Silver Award" Accolade Global Film Competition, USA🇺🇸 Winner "Award of Excellence" GOLDEN CAMERA, Kazakistan🇰🇿 “Official Selection” TORONTO Film Week, Canada🇨🇦 “Official Selection” Hollywood Verge Film Awards, USA🇺🇸 Winner “Best Documentary Feature - International ” Star Doc Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 Winner "Best Military Documentary” The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards, UK🇬🇧 “Official Selection” Hollywood Cosmopolitan Independant Film Awards, USA🇺🇸 “Official Selection” Indie Hype, Australia🇦🇺 “Best Documentary” Nominee Near Nazareth Festival, Israel🇮🇱 “Official Selection” EURO FEST European International Film Festival, Russia🇷🇺 “Official Selection” Amarcord Arthouse Television & Video Fest, USA🇺🇸 “Official Selection” Finalist Ekurhuleni International Film Festival, South Africa🇿🇦 “Official Selection” Barcelona Film Festival, Spain🇪🇸 Special Jury Prize Documentary OIFF International Open Film Festival, Bangladesh🇧🇩 Semifinalist Toronto World International Film Festival, Canada🇨🇦 “Official Selection” Swedish International Film Festival True, Sweden🇸🇪 “Official Selection” TrueDoc Documentary Festival, Ukraina 🇺🇦 “Official Selection” The World's Independent Film Festival San Francisco, USA🇺🇸 “Official Selection” Hudson Valley International Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 “Best Documentary Feature” Foreign Hong Kong World International Film Festival, China🇨🇳 “Official Selection” VeteransFilm Festival, Australia🇦🇺 “Official Selection” Tryon International Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 “Official Selection” Laughlin International Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 “Best International Documentary” Great Lakes International Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 “Official Selection” Royal Starr Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 “Official Selection” Meliorist International Film Festival, India🇮🇳 “Official Selection” Yosemite International Film Festival, USA🇺🇸 “Best Foreign Feature" Oregon International Film Awards, USA🇺🇸 "Grand Jury Award" Films Infest, Spain🇪🇸 “Official Selection” Accolade Global Film Competition, USA🇺🇸 "Outstanding Achievement" for Humanitarian Award 2016

An experienced Silicon Valley engineer who has dedicated his life to Artificial Intelligence (AI) for over a decade felt confused and concerned about his future after realizing the rapid evolution of AI. Therefore, in order to find his potential in nature, he joined an international trekking expedition through the mysterious Caucasus region. Being inspired and protected by Natural Intelligence, he started a new AI journey exploring China, UK and the US. 一位在美国硅谷从事人工智能（AI）的工程师，发现了AI的快速进化，这让他对自己和家人的未来充满了迷茫和忧虑。于是，他走进神秘的外高加索无人区，希望在大自然中寻找自我潜在的力量。受大自然启发后，他踏上一段深入探寻AI的旅程… Un ingegnere della Silicon Valley, dopo aver dedicato più di dieci anni della propria vita alla Intelligenza Artificiale (AI), cede mentalmente di fronte alle preoccupazioni dovute al rapido sviluppo della AI in relazione al futuro del proprio figlio. Questa consapevolezza lo spinge a trovare il proprio potenziale in natura decidendo così di partecipare ad un trekking attraverso la catena montuosa del Samegrelo nel Caucaso. Ispirato e protetto dalle energie della natura con le quali viene in contatto, decide in seguito di intraprende un nuovo viaggio che lo porta a confrontarsi con alcuni esperti di AI nel Regno Unito, Cina e Stati Uniti. The word la (bla) literally means that which is “higher” or “above,” as in the word lama, the Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit guru (which literally means “heavy,” —heavy with good qualities, as the tradition explains). Lama Ugyen once explained lama as “one who looks down from above (la) with the love that a mother (ma) has for her children.” AWARD OF MERIT, 4th The Impact DOCS Awards 2021, 🇺🇸USA. FINALIST, 2nd ACA-Asian Cinematography AWARDS 2021, 🇵🇭Philipphines. Official Selection, 2nd AFF-Asian Film Festival 2020, Los Angeles Hollywood, 🇺🇸USA. SEMI-FINALIST, 5th Reykjavik Independent Film Festival-Visions 2020, 🇮🇸 Iceland. FINALIST, Sweden Film Awards September 2020, 🇸🇪 Sweden. Official Selection, 6th Austria International Film Festival 2020, 🇦🇹Austria. Official Selection, 5th SVIFF-Silicon Valley International Film Festival 2020, 🇺🇸USA. WINNER “Best Producer”, 4th The Buddha International Film Festival 2020, 🇮🇳 India. Official Selection, 4th LIFFT INDIA FILMOTSAV - World Cine Fest 2020, 🇮🇳 India. WINNER Best Editing and Best Message, Nominee Best Documentary Feature and Best Music, TOP INDIE Film Awards Winter Edition 2020, 🇺🇸USA. WINNER “Best AI Doc”, 12th New Media Film Festival 2021, 🇺🇸USA. Official Selection, 10th Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2021, 🇬🇧UK. WINNER “OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD”in the 23rd season of the 2nd Druk International Film Festival (DIFF) 2021, 🇧🇹Buthan. SEMI-FINALIST, 25th Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021, 🇺🇸USA. QUARTER-FINALIST, 11th Social World Film Festival 2021, 🇮🇹Italy. SEMI-FINALIST, NatureTrack Film Festival 2021, 🇺🇸USA. WINNER Artificial Intelligence Category, Cosmo Genetics Film Festival 2021, 🇷🇺 Russia. Official Selection, 7th Tryon International Film Festival 2021, 🇺🇸USA. Official Selection, 6th Golden Tree International Documentary Festival 2021, 🇩🇪Germany. SEMI-FINALIST, 8th Sofia Biting Docs 2021, 🇧🇬Bulgaria. Official Selection, 3rd Serbest International Film Festival SIFF 2021, 🇲🇩Moldova. WINNER “Best Documentary Feature”, 3rd Innovation International Film Festival 2021, 🇨🇭Switzerland. Official Selection, 20th Dhaka International Film Festival, 🇧🇩Bangladesh. FINALIST, Croatia Tourism Film Festival 2021, 🇭🇷Croatia. WINNER “Global & Humanity Impact”, New Generation Film Festival NGFF 2021, 🇷🇸Serbia. Official Selection, Chicago International Indie Film Festival 2021, 🇺🇸USA. FINALIST, Filmysea International Film Festival 2022, 🇮🇳 India. Official Selection, AI International Film Festival 2022, 🇺🇸USA. Official Selection, Chelovek Truda International Film Festival 2022, 🇷🇺Russia. Winner Special Award, OTB - Only The Best Film Awards 2022, 🇺🇸USA. NOMINEE “Best Documentary Film”, Bayelsa International Film Festival 2022, 🇳🇬Nigeria. Official Selection, ECOCUP Green Documentary Film Festival 2022, 🇷🇺 Russia. FINALIST, LANE DOC Fest 2022, 🇺🇸USA. FINALIST, FriCine - Festival Internacional de Cinema Socioambiental de Nova Friburgo 2022, 🇧🇷 Brasil. Awarded at 2020 BOAO Culture & Creativity Week, Hainan, China.🇨🇳 “Committee's Choice Award”, 2020 Beijing Culture & Creativity Competition, China.🇨🇳 HICOOL 2021 GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION, Cultural Creativity field global Top 40 and China Top 8, China.🇨🇳 China International Fair and Trade in Services (CIFTIS) 2022 Culture & Tourism Services, China.🇨🇳

Shangri La is based on a true story of a Chinese white-collar living in Beijing. After reading the fantasy novel "Lost horizon", he begins an extraordinary journey with a backpack in order to find his "Shangri-La". After getting advises from a philosophy professor from "Normal Beijing University", his quest to find his "Shangri-La status" turned so intense that he crosses 6 provinces and 12 cities passing through Shangri-La and the Tibetan region. On his way he meets many travelers such as a Tibetan Thangka master, a Wudang Kong Fu master and an hundred years old Daoist priest. Once he understands their advises, he keeps following his own feelings and finally realizes that he was guided to a mysterious place. The word la (bla) literally means that which is “higher” or “above,” as in the word lama, the Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit guru (which literally means “heavy,” —heavy with good qualities, as the tradition explains). Lama Ugyen once explained lama as “one who looks down from above (la) with the love that a mother (ma) has for her children.” Winner "Best Narrative Feature", Omichka International Film Festival 2017, Russia🇷🇺. Semi-Finalist, LA Cinefest 2017, USA🇺🇸. Finalist, Echo Film Festival BRICS 2017, Russia🇷🇺. Official Selection, LIFFT INDIA Filmotsav 2017, India🇮🇳. Official Selection, The 4th Asia Rainbow TV Awards 2017, China🇨🇳. Official Selection, Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival 2017, Pakistan🇵🇰. Semi Finalist, LAIFFA Los Angeles Indipendent Film Festival Award 2017, USA🇺🇸. Official Selection, Travel Film 2017, Russia🇷🇺. Finalist at CAADF China Academy Awards for Documentary Cinema 2017, China🇨🇳. Official Selection-December Edition, Miami Indipendendent Film Festival 2017, USA🇺🇸. Official Selection-December Edition, Roma Cinema DOC 2017, Italy🇮🇹 . Winner Best Documentary Short, Nomination as “Best original” and “Best Editing”, Top Indie Film Awards 2017, USA🇺🇸. Official Selection, Largo Film Awards 2018, Switzerland🇨🇭. Official Selection, International Festival Of Winter Cinema 2018, Canada🇨🇦. Winner Environmental / Mountain Culture Competition, Mountain Film Festival 2018,🇺🇸USA. Official Selection, Grecanica International Film Festival 2018, Ital 🇮🇹 . Semifinalist, Hollywood Verge Film Awards 2018, 🇺🇸USA. Official Selection, Hollywood Forever Film Festival 2018, 🇺🇸USA. Winner AWARD of MERIT-Special Mention, IMPACT DOCS Awards 2018, 🇺🇸USA. Official Selection, TWIFF The World's Independent Film Festival 2018, 🇺🇸USA. Official Selection, Balkan Can Kino 2018, 🇬🇷Greece. Official Selection, Great Lakes International Film Festival, 🇺🇸USA. Official Selection, Guangzhou International Film Festival 2018, China🇨🇳. Winner PLATINUM AWARD-Foreign Short Doc, Oregon Film Awards 2019, 🇺🇸USA. Semifinalist, HIMPFF-Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival 2019, 🇺🇸USA. Winner AWARD OF EXCELLENCE-Best Cultural Short, Semifinalist as “Best foreign doc short”, HIIDA-Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards 2019, 🇺🇸USA. Official Selection, Kino-Duel International Film Festival 2019, 🇧🇾Belarus. Silver Remi Award, WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival 2019, 🇺🇸USA. Maple Leaf Award 2019, Vancouver Chinese Film Festival, Canada🇨🇦. Official Selection, VIVA Film Festival 2019, Bosnia Herzegovina🇧🇦. Official Selection, LIMPA London International Motion Pictures Awards 2019, UK🇬🇧. “Best Story”, 573 Festival 2019l, 🇺🇸USA. Nomination “Best Documentary” & “Best International Film”, BFF Birmingham Film Festival 2019, UK🇬🇧. Finalist, AIFF Australia Indipendent Film Festival 2019, Australia🇦🇺. Official Selection, The Lift-Off Sessions 2019, 🇺🇸USA . Official Selection, Tulum World Environmental Film Festival 2019, 🇲🇽Mexico. Official Selection, Woodengate Film Festival 2019, 🇺🇸USA. Semi-Finalist, jelly Fest Season 4-2019, 🇺🇸USA. BEST TRAVEL FILM, BEST EDITING, CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD, Druk International Film Festival 2019, 🇧🇹Buthan. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY OF A DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM, BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT, ACA-Asian Cinematography AWARDS 2019, 🇵🇭Philipphines. Semi-Finalist, Dumbo Film Festival 2019, 🇺🇸USA. Official Selection, SRIFF-Silk Road International Film Festival 2020, Ireland🇮🇪. Official Selection, Ontario International Film Festival 2020, Canada🇨🇦. Official Selection, AFF-Asian Film Festival 2020, Los Angeles Hollywood, 🇺🇸USA. Official Selection, Karnavati International Film Festival 2021, 🇮🇳India.