THEME EXPLORATION

ritual initiation

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation
1978 · Shirley Clarke
Horendi
Horendi
1972 · Jean Rouch
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
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
Di Cavalcanti
Di Cavalcanti
1977 · Glauber Rocha
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966 · Terence Fisher
Kumbha Mela
Kumbha Mela
1989 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Medea
Medea
1969 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Invocation of My Demon Brother
Invocation of My Demon Brother
1969 · Kenneth Anger
Medea
Medea
1988 · Lars von Trier
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His work, particularly the Trilogy of Life, treats cinema as anthropological ritual and explores sacred initiation through myth, sacrifice, and transformative experience.