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THEME EXPLORATION

ritual and ceremony

18 films · 3 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
Kumbha Mela
Kumbha Mela
1989 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Medea
Medea
1969 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Princess Gohime
The Princess Gohime
1992 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Le Sacre d’Edouard VII
Le Sacre d’Edouard VII
1902 · Georges Méliès
Medea
Medea
1988 · Lars von Trier
Sarajevo
Sarajevo
1940 · Max Ophuls
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama
1983 · Shohei Imamura
[REC]³ Genesis
[REC]³ Genesis
2012 · Paco Plaza
Fantasma
Fantasma
2007 · Lisandro Alonso
Taish
Taish
2020 · Bejoy Nambiar
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union/Russia

His films are meditative ceremonies themselves, using long takes and repetitive gestures to transform mundane actions into spiritual rituals.

Terrence Malick → United States

He explores the sacred rituals of nature, family, and existence through poetic imagery and ceremonial pacing that elevates ordinary moments.

Carl Theodor Dreyer → Denmark

His austere, reverential style treats cinema itself as a ritualistic form, particularly evident in works like *Vampyr* and *The Passion of Joan of Arc*.

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