Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India

Dust for desires

In the beat of an eyelid their desires are cast into the glittering light. They are suspended in the air like paint upon a canvas. Beneath the surface of chaos is an underlying joy and brotherhood. You can almost pluck it from the air, as flecks of bright dust that rub colour between your fingers. At the Holi Festival, you set aside your passions for the attainment of Krishna and the well being of society.

Soundtrack: Salomon Ligthelm.

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Detroit, Michigan

The Packard Plant resident

Allan Hill lives in the world's largest abandoned building. He shares his home with birds, raccoons and the creep of nature through the plant's windows; they lie agape as if still in shock from abandonment.
"In 20 years people won't even know this place. Young people will say, 'Well, what's a Packard? What's a Chevrolet? What's a Honda?' I guess that's all done in the name of progress. Sometimes I look at myself and look at this place here... and it looks like a perfect marriage."

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Bekoji, Ethiopia

The town possessed by itchy feet

As dawn rises in Bekoji, the farms are quiet, save for the scrape of dust from a rooster's claws and the footsteps of hundreds of runners. Everyone in Bekoji is obsessed with running. In any other town, it would be madness. A story of survival and obsession that drives people from mudhuts and subsistence farming all the way to eight Olympic gold medals, ten world records and 32 world championship wins. Directed by Jerry Rothwell.

More on: www.townofrunners.com.

Buenos Aires & Capilla del Señor, Argentina

Streets paved with the old

This film captures snippets of decay and the divine, peering through the bleary lens of an old man's eyes. It has been suggested that the imaginative creations of Jorge Luis Borges, born in Buenos Aires, were inspired in part by his progressive blindness. The footage at the end of the film shows Borges talking about “the task of art.” It comes from the 1998 documentary, 'Buenos Aires, meine Geschichte' by German Kral.

Music: 'Gustavo Santaolalla - 21' from the Motorcycle Diaries Soundtrack.