Japó, 1929. Chiyo, una nena de nou anys, és venuda pels seus pares per treballar a la casa de Geishas de Nitta Okiya. La seva germana major Satsu no és acceptada i és enviada a un prostíbul. A la casa Chiyo coneix Pumpkin, una altra nena que serà instruïda per ser geisha, així com les famoses geishes Hatsumomo i el seu rival Mameha. Els començaments de Chiyo són durs, però una trobada amb què serà l'amor de la seva vida, el President, farà que des d'aquell moment només vulgui convertir-se en una famosa geisha per estar més a prop seu.

An otherwise rejected or ignored boy creates a fantasy pal from his martial arts movie hero.

Conductivity is a film about creative leadership told through the story of three young conductors at the prestigious Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland; I-Han Fu (Taiwan), Emilia Hoving (Finland) and James Kahane (France). When stepping on the podium, they are put under a magnifying glass. Conductor training, in essence, is leadership training. The film gives a unique viewpoint to follow the students, as this is the first film about conductor training at the Sibelius Academy.

In Nepal, a venerable monk, Geshe Lama Konchog, dies and one of his disciples, a youthful monk named Tenzin Zopa, searches for his master's reincarnation. The film follows his search to the Tsum Valley where he finds a young boy of the right age who uncannily responds to Konchog's possessions. Is this the reincarnation of the master? After the boy passes several tests, Tenzin takes him to meet the Dali Lama. Will the parents agree to let the boy go to the monastery, and, if so, how will the child respond? Central to the film is the relationship the child develops with Tenzin.