THEME EXPLORATION

ritual ceremony

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Boukoki
Boukoki
1973 · Jean Rouch
Afternoons of Solitude
Afternoons of Solitude
2026 · Albert Serra
Luminous People
Luminous People
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tekenchu: The Rite of the Nahuales
Tekenchu: The Rite of the Nahuales
2026 · Carlos Matienzo Serment
As the Bells Rang Out
As the Bells Rang Out
1910 · D.W. Griffith
A Wedding
A Wedding
1978 · Robert Altman
Di Cavalcanti
Di Cavalcanti
1977 · Glauber Rocha
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966 · Terence Fisher
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation
1978 · Shirley Clarke
Kumbha Mela
Kumbha Mela
1989 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Medea
Medea
1969 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Princess Gohime
The Princess Gohime
1992 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films transform everyday actions into meditative rituals, exploring spiritual transcendence through time, memory, and ceremonial imagery.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

He infused cinema with religious and mythological ritual, treating narrative as sacred ceremony and exploring spiritual transformation through symbolic violence and beauty.