Paradise Filmworks International

Films to stimulate the mind and spirit

The Dark Hobby

The Hawaiian Islands host many exotic fish species. Many are now on the verge of extinction. The Dark Hobby reveals the truth about the aquarium trade.

Official Selection - IV Amazonia del Plata 2022
Winner - Amelia Island Film Festival
Official Selection - Blue Water Film Festival 2022
Official Selection - BC Environmental Film Festival 2021
Winner - International Film Festival of Andaman & Nicobar 2021
Winner - Italia Green Film Festival 2022
Official Selection - Florence Film Awards 2021
Official Selection - Environmental Film Festival 2021
Winner - Best Feature Film - Environmental Film Festival 2021
Official Selection - Maui Film Festival 2021
Official Selection - International Underwater Film Festival Belgrade 2021
Official Selection - London Movie Awards 2022
Official Selection - Oceanside Iternational Film Festival 2022
Official Selection - Ocean City Film Festival 2022
Honorable Mention - New York Movie Awards 2021
Exceptional Merit - Nature Without Borders International Film Festival 2022
2021 Best Film - Animal Advocacy Feature - International Vegan Film Festival
Rome International Movie Awards Winner
Winner - Port Blair International Film Festival 2021
Official Selection - Paris Film Awards 2022
Winner - Vietnam Independent Film Festival 2021

No Asylum

The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank’s Story

Anne Frank’s father, Otto struggles to obtain visas to save his family from the Holocaust. This unknown chapter of Anne’s life reveals how the world turned its back on the Franks.

Official Selection - American Documentary and Animation Film Festival and Film Fund 2017
Official Selection - Global Peace Film Festival 2016
Outstanding Excellence - Docs Without Borders Film Festival
Nominated Best Feature Documentary - Berlin Filmmaker International Festival 2018
Official Selection - American Documentary Film Festival 2017
Official Selection - LA Femme International Film Festival 2016
JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival - Official Selection 2017
Official Selection - International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema 2018
Official Selection - 12 Festival of Tolerance - JFF Zagreb 2018
2016 Nominated Best Documentary - Palm Beach International Film Festival
2016 Official Selection - Palm Beach International Film Festival

Naked in Ashes

The bearers of a 5,000 year old legacy, the Yogis give up everything to seek self realization. A young boy undergoes a secret initiation. On pilgrimage through the Himalayas, he journeys to the holiest festival on earth.

Official Selection - Atlanta Indo-American Film Festival
Official Selection - South Asian International Film Festival - SAIFF
Official Selection - Maui Film Festival
Official Selection - Himalayan Film Festival
Official Selection - Bangkok Film Festival
Official Selection - Tel Aviv Spirits Film Festival

Not In God’s Name

Making Sense of Religious Conflict

Trapped in religious riots in Delhi, filmmaker Paula Fouce follows the Dalai Lama on a journey to understand religious intolerance. Not In God’s Name shows how the world is ravaged by extreme divisions between religions.

Gold Award Winner - Conscious Life Film Festival
Official Selection - Buddhist Film Festival
Official Selection - South Asian International Film Festival - SAIFF
Official Selection - Sedona International Film Festival
Finalist - Moondance International Film Festival
Official Selection - La Femme Film Festival
Official Selection - Tartu Film Festival Estonia

Origins of Yoga

Quest for the Spiritual

In the West people practice a mere fragment of an ageless tradition having much in common with the great faiths of the world. Featuring Georg Feuerstein, Ph.,D. and the Yogis of India.

Song of the Dunes

Search for the Original Gypsies

Near the India – Pakistan border live Untouchable musicians, trapped at the bottom of the caste system. Battling life’s struggles, they keep their spirit alive through music. A millennium ago some left and traveled in caravans to the far ends of the earth. They are the original Gypsies. Prejudice and persecution still dog them.