THEME EXPLORATION

ritual practices

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Battle on the Great River
Battle on the Great River
1950 · 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
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
Water from the Land
Water from the Land
1946 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Go! Go! Go! World
Go! Go! Go! World
1964 · Antonio Margheriti
Invocation of My Demon Brother
Invocation of My Demon Brother
1969 · Kenneth Anger
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films are meditative rituals themselves, exploring spiritual ceremonies and the sacred rhythms of human existence through slow, transcendent cinema.

 Claire Denis France

Her work frequently examines colonial rituals, bodily ceremonies, and the repetitive, almost religious patterns embedded in human behavior and cultural encounters.