Documentary films of excellence & full service media production
Ten Thousand Films is an international documentary film and media production company started in 2007 in the United Kingdom and the United States that produces original contemporary media works across platforms.
We create documentary films at the intersection of East & West, spirituality & meaning, and tradition & modernity. We make films exploring meaning at a time of multiple crises of meaning: cultural, spiritual, philosophical, political, environmental, and economic.
MUSTAFA GOUVERNEUR, CEO/Producer-Director · CLAY L. MORTON, CTO/Producer · MOHAMED F. HAMAM, A.C.I.B, CFO, Producer/Finance coordinator · AHMED S. MOUNEIMENE, Producer/Music supervisor
As well as many feature length documentary films we have produced 100s of high-end art & music films, promotional films, social media shorts, mini-docs and episodic web series. Our clients are from all around the world from large non-profits to universities, private companies and individuals.
We are content developers, providers and deliverers. Creatives who can make projects happen.
We think deeply about things…first. True act follows true thought.
High-end fixers who know how to make things.
We have the larger view but are used to being in the trenches.
We have a wide experience around the world and have a broad flexible skillset and network.
We run as an independent production entity and are experienced in making films of excellence.
Strategic PR, Social Media & Marketing
GETTING RESULTS. We also do marketing. Whether you need to drive sales, build awareness or manage your reputation, our Integrated Media approach will help you reach and engage the audiences that matter most.
CONNECT WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Communicate what you do clearly.
EXPAND YOUR IMPACT Broadcast your message to your audience.
GROW REVENUE Increase sales through effective messaging.
Strategic PR
Who do you need to reach and why? We’ll work with you to develop an intelligent, ongoing media strategy, generating PR and marketing activity that’s focused and effective.
Social Media Stress Test
Turn online media content into engaging communication, with a bespoke online analysis. We will assess your current impact and make recommendations that take you to the next level.
Media Campaigns
From successful, short-term product launches to long-term perception changes, Ten Thousand Films plan, manage and evaluate targeted Media PR and marketing activity.
Tsoknyi Rinpoche III & Mustafa Gouverneur, CEO, Ten Thousand Films
In the northern desert of Jordan filming (and sleeping) ‘The Blessed tree’ project
Uncovering Bethany beyond the Jordan, Feature Documentary 2007
The Blessed Tree, Feature Documentary 2010 (Trailer)
Pope Benedict XVI & Mustafa Gouverneur during the filming of ‘A Common Word’ at the Vatican in Rome.
‘Loouavull Lip‘ Lance Newman II, Short Film 2016
Uncovering Bethany beyond the Jordan, Feature Documentary 2007 (Chapter 7)
"My dream-like form
appears to dream-like beings
to show them dream-like path
that leads to dream-like enlightenment"
-The Buddha
The Ten Thousand Films logo is based on a Tong Dynasty painting of the Daoist immortal Lü Dongbin (796 CE-1016 CE) crossing Lake Dongting.
A depiction of the Daoist immortal Lü Chunyang, also known as Lü Dongbin by Zhang Lu (1464–1538)
The Dream of the Yellow Millet
Lü Dongbin 呂洞賓
“The legend has it that one night when Lü Yan was in Chang’an or Handan, he dozed off as his yellow millet was cooking in a hotel. He dreamed that he took the imperial exam and excelled, and thus was awarded a prestigious office and soon promoted to the position of vice minister (侍郎 shìláng). He then married the daughter of a prosperous household and had a son and a daughter. He was promoted again and again, and finally became the prime minister. However, his success and luck attracted jealousy of others, so he was accused of crimes that caused him to lose his office. His wife then betrayed him, his children were killed by bandits, and he lost all his wealth. As he was dying on the street in the dream, he woke up.
Although in the dream, eighteen years had passed, the whole dream actually happened in the time it took his millet to cook. The characters from his dream were actually played by Zhongli Quan in order to make him realize that one should not put too much importance on transient glory and success. As a result, Lü went with Zhongli to discover and cultivate the Tao. This dream is known as “Dream of the Yellow Millet” (黃粱夢 Huáng Liáng Mèng) and is described in a writing compiled by Ma Zhiyuan of the Yuan Dynasty.”