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ritual practices

12 films · 3 directors
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 meditate on spiritual and philosophical rituals, treating cinema itself as a contemplative ceremonial experience.

Alejandro González Iñárritu → Mexico

He explores personal and cultural rituals—from religious ceremonies to intimate human behaviors—as windows into meaning and mortality.

Denis Villeneuve → France

Her work examines bodily rituals, colonial ceremonies, and the performative nature of daily existence with sensory precision.

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