NOVA: Mysteries of Sleep Like virtually every other animal, humans need sleep to survive. But why? What do we gain from spending nearly a third of our lives in such a defenseless state? And what's at stake if we sleep poorly? The functions of sleep have long been something of a mystery. But now scientists are peering deep into the brain to see what happens while we snooze. One study reveals that well-timed bursts of pink noise can nudge a person's brain waves, extending periods of slow-wave, or deep, sleep. And toddlers learning new words show that taking even a short nap after learning something new can help the information stick. And when it comes to sleeping poorly, it may turn out that having interrupted sleep can be just as harmful as missing sleep altogether. As scientists come to understand the powerful role that sleep -- or lack of it -- plays in everything from memory to trauma to emotion regulation, one thing is clear: This biological function is as crucial as it is complex.

　　《北极》是一部IMAX3D 纪录片，由IMAX公司、迈克沃瑞·弗里曼巨幕电影公司、华纳兄弟影片公司联合制作。影片由美国著名纪录片导演格雷戈·迈吉里弗雷执导，奥斯卡影后梅里尔·斯特里普为其叙述旁白，奥斯卡金像奖保罗·麦卡特尼为其操刀配乐，制作阵容可谓十分强大。　　在超过4年的时间里，导演格雷戈·迈吉里弗雷带领着他的电影制作小组分7次来到了北极，共计用了8个月的时间不断地挖掘和拍摄了大量来自于冰面和海洋的故事。导演格雷戈·迈吉里弗雷用3D摄像机捕捉到了那些在别人看来根本就不可能实现的内容或主题，将那些人力不可及的自然环境全部以栩栩如生的方式展现在观众面前，把北极广阔的冰河、雄伟的冰川、宏伟壮观的瀑布、庄严肃穆的雪山还有北极熊母子之间的深切爱意展露无遗，呈现给观众惊心动魄的极地影像奇观。　　在IMAX3D影像呈现下，观众可以释放全身的感官去张开想象力的翅膀，近距离地观察北极熊艰苦求生的生命史诗，一起领略北极震撼的自然风光。观众可以和海狮一起站在苍茫的雪原上吹凛冽的寒风，和北极熊妈妈一起在幽蓝的海水中潜游，和海鸟一起翱翔在雄伟的雪山之巅，和熊宝宝一起在巨大的冰川上看绚丽无比的北极光……一切都如身临其境。

　　2013年票房大卖的流浪动物电影续篇。

　　Film about Swedish artist and feminist Silvana Imam.

　　'Walk With Me' follows a community of Zen Buddhist monks and nuns who have dedicated their lives to mastering the art of mindfulness with their world-famous teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. Filmed over three years in France and the USA, this intimate and meditative film travels deep inside a world that seems far from our everyday, and reveals how the monastics transform suffering in themselves and in others through their deep enquiry into the nature of existence, suffering, and their true selves.　　《正念的奇跡》拍攝了一群禪修出家人的社群。他們畢生致力于追隨國際知名的老師一行禪師掌握正念的藝術。拍攝時間前後歷時超過三年，橫跨法國、美國。這部親切又發人深思的電影，進入了一個遠離我們日常生活的世界，並且揭示了僧侶們如何通過深入探尋存在的本質、煩惱的由來和各自真實的自己轉化自己和他人的煩惱。

　　此片为1977年香港小姐季军余绮霞生前最后一部电影作品，她在影片中做回自己，以访问嘉宾的形式真实讲叙了遭遇车祸之后的生活和感悟。

　　影片讲述两个20岁刚出头，跟中国有些渊源的年轻人重走长征路的故事。男孩名叫Benedict Short，他是中英混血，母亲是中国人，父亲是英国作家Philip Short, 曾写过《毛泽东传》。女孩名叫Margaux De Wilde，她的母亲是加拿大人，父亲是法国人。她读小学时，身为外交官的父母被派往北京，她的童年时光是在中国度过的。　　两位主人公在北京同一所大学学习中文，他们在这里相识、相爱。在一堂“中国近代史”课上，两人第一次听到老师讲中国长征的历史；他们被那些当年参加红军长征的战士和历经磨难的红军故事所震撼。于是，他们决定骑着摩托车沿着当年红军长征的足迹，亲自去参观那些故事的发生地。然而，他们的决定在最开始，受到了男孩母亲的反对，但是最终还是被男孩说服了，于是在他们临行前，男孩母亲给两位主人公讲述了他们家庭和长征的故事，并给了一些当年的信物，于是两人出发了。　　两人从长征的起点江西省瑞金出发，沿途经过湖南、广西、贵州、云南、四川等省。他们专程拜访当年参加过长征的老红军和在长征中牺牲的红军战士的后代，听他们讲过去的故事，在当年红军长征经过的地方，他们遇到更多的是跟自己同龄的年轻人，有艺术家、舞蹈家、手工匠人、运动员等。除了遇到这些可爱的人，他们还走过城市、山间、雪山、草地，无数次被中国壮美的山河美景吸引。他们被红军精神和现在人的美好生活所感染，看到了新中国是如何诞生，感受到新中国是如何成为世界第二大经济体的。　　本片于第八届北京国际电影节纪录片单元获得“特别推荐奖”。

　　这是一个跟踪拍摄12年的故事，主人公从5岁儿童长成17岁青年。这是中国加入WTO后出生、成长的一代人。　　2006年，北京一所幼儿园。"孩子王"池亦洋天天带领一群男孩演习打仗，有时也会打人，被家长集体要求开除；"小公主"柔柔是一位文艺童年，一心沉浸在童话里，遭到群体排斥。升入小学，池亦洋因为成绩不好，成为老师眼中的问题孩子，天天挨批，人生陷入绝望；柔柔进入家庭学校，自由自在，但父母为她的未来升学之路发生争论。中学来了，突然遭遇的橄榄球带给池亦洋人生新方向，他恢复自信，赛场上努力拼搏，生活中却连连受挫：早恋被批，申请美国学校遭拒；柔柔远赴美国求学，成绩连续拿A，但一再被寄宿家庭要求搬离。2016年暑假，池亦洋入选国家队，代表中国出征世界橄榄球青年锦标赛，开幕式上他庄严地唱起国歌--这是他5岁时一度天天带领男孩们唱的歌；暑假柔柔回国，重返幼儿园做义工，认识到世界不是围着你转的，立志做一个对社会有用的人……

　　在春天的佛罗里达海滩上，诞生了一只小海龟（菲比 饰）。她生来就没有母亲照顾，也几乎没有防御能力，但却有一股强劲的求生意志。努力爬越过数十公尺远的沙滩后，小海龟终于纵身跃入了海里，自此展开一趟已持续了数百万年的生命之旅。　　彷彿天生就装了罗盘和地图，小海龟果决地一路朝向目的地──非洲的亚速尔群岛前进。幼小又胆小的她，却只敢和小鱼群窝在海草里，她想藉着墨西哥湾洋流，载她前往梦幻的国度－大西洋。没想到这路上诸多坎坷：她曾因过度饥饿，误食了飘浮的塑料袋，也一度遭到加拿大巨浪卷走，她更遇见过凶猛的大青鲨，所幸大青鲨并没攻击她，两人并深信未来将会有重逢的一天。　　在遨游了七千公里后，小海龟也渐渐长大了。六岁的她，不但如愿来到了亚速尔群岛海域，也认识了许多新朋友，更意外和已怀孕、变得温柔了许多的大青鲨重逢，使她的旅行变得更丰收。悠游了十多年后，小海龟却决定要重新游回她的出生地－佛罗里达海滩。总计费时25年游遍整个大西洋的她，为什么一定要回游呢？她又背负着什么样的神圣使命呢？而这趟总长有一万多公里的旅行，在最后的四千公里中，又会发生哪些不可思议的事呢？《在海里飞翔》将告诉你一个从不为人知、却充满了无限勇气和传奇的感人故事…

　　In Greek mythology, ancient Greece's most powerful god wages an epic struggle against his father for control of the universe. It's the ultimate power struggle as the Olympians challenge the Titans in mythology's greatest showdown. This is a pivotal battle that experts believe may have been ancient code for a real world event--one of the greatest natural disasters the Earth ever experienced..

　　For thousands of years, humans have believed that there were once flying monsters. But did they really exist beyond our nightmares? 220 million years ago dinosaurs were beginning their domination of Earth. But another group of reptiles was about to make an extraordinary leap: pterosaurs were taking control of the skies. The story of how and why these mysterious creatures took to the air is more fantastical than any fiction. In Flying Monsters, David Attenborough the worlds leading naturalist, sets out to uncover the truth about the enigmatic pterosaurs, whose wingspans of up to 40 feet were equal to that of a modern day jet plane. Attenborough works with scientists to understand the incredible story of the evolution of the pterosaurs, a story that unfolds in such stunning locations as New Mexico, the Jurassic Coast of Lyme Regis in Britain, an ancient pterosaur landing site in Southern France and a fossil pit in Germany where near perfect pterosaur specimens have been found. The central question and one of the greatest mysteries in palaeontology is: how and why did pterosaurs fly? How did lizards the size of giraffes defy gravity and soar through prehistoric skies? Driven by the information he finds as he attempts to answer these questions, Attenborough starts to unravel one of sciences more enduring mysteries, discovering that the marvel of pterosaur flight has evolutionary echoes that resonate even today. Flying Monsters is a groundbreaking film that uses cutting-edge 3D technology and CGI to bring the story of giant flying monsters and their prehistoric world to life. Audiences of all ages will be in awe as they enter the world and experience, as never before, REAL Flying Monsters in HD.

　　摘录自女人的日记和战后几十年男人拍摄的精美影像，编织出迷人的故事。