The Initiation Well

The Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra, Portugal is a huge estate that has two initiation wells built into the ground. This film takes us into one of them.

Here and Now

A young Montreal woman has an affair with a famous French author, and the experience helps to teach her a number of things about life and love.

Eveil et initiation

Sexuality is not a serious subject of study, it is also an entertaining practice.

Professor Kimmer's Initiation

A professor struggling to save his marriage and career who uncovers a society of witches.

Military School Initiation

AMG short film.

First Hermanubis: Initiation

The first installment of a longer series of films using the figure of Hermanubis, a Hellenistic-Egyptian deity combining Hermes and Anubis, as a starting point for thinking about hybridized identities, magic and the occu

Continuum: 1. Initiation

Part one of the two part abstract video art-piece, with music composed by Philip Glass and performed by the Kronos String Quartet.

Bimbo's Initiation

Bimbo finds himself surrounded by a mysterious group of robed figures who invite him to become a member of their secret organisation. When he refuses, they fling him through a nightmarish sequence of terror and torture d

Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed

Filmed in Firgoun, Niger, the film documents an initiation ceremony in which a young Songhay woman undergoes ritual preparation for the dance of possession. Led by zima (ritual priests), the ganandi ceremony teaches the

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation

The world is at war. Lelouch Lamperouge, an exiled prince, encounters a strange girl known as C.C., who gifts him with a great power. With this ability, Lelouch can get anyone to do as he wills. But the power of Geass: i

Sophye Soliveau - "Initiation" au Bozar de Bruxelles

Fabrizio’s Initiation

In the heat of summer, Fabrizio is desperate to find the right time and place to make out with Nadia, his longtime girlfriend. With frustration building because his best laid plans are constantly getting interrupted, he

Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation

Left to viewer interpretation, this beautiful dance piece displays a spiritual or religious initiation. A short work, this film was released as part of Shirley Clarke’s Four Journeys Into Mystic Time.

Mystic Maya, Journey of Initiation

This documentary tells the hidden story of the Mayan Pyramids. Mystic Maya reveals the Sacred initiation rites of the Maya, Egypt, and modern Western Esoteric mystery schools through the lens of initiated Mayan Elders an

Initiation of the Two-Sword Style

Ito Daisuke's wartime retelling of the Miyamoto Musashi story.

Heaven's Gate Initiation Tape

The initiation tape where cult leader talks to the camera. It was made in 1997 5 days before the suicides, trying to convince members to commit suicide in order to join a spaceship behind the comet, driven by his father,

Astronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation)

An opera by John Zorn and Richard Foreman

Tarahumaras 2003, The Crack of Time Part 3: Initiation - Gloria

Third chapter of La fêlure du temps. "It's enough that Gloria tells you the first time: if you want to work that way, do it. The sueño is not taught: you yourself are going to think how to work the sueño"

An Initiation "Kut" for a Korean Shaman

In Korea, when things go wrong in the household, the housewife may consult a shaman to determine if the problem is caused by an angry god or ancestor. The occupation of shaman is female dominated and holds a dual reputat

Heaven's Gate Initiation Tape 1996

The initiation tape where cult leader talks to the camera. It was made in September 1996 to explain their religious beliefs.