Ceremony Movies

In 1931, Germany was awarded the Olympic Games in the hope this would draw them into the international community and world peace would be promoted...

This documentary examines ayahuasca shamanism near Iquitos (a metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon), and the tourism it has attracted. The filmmakers...

Coverage of the ceremonial procession of the Queen's coffin through central London to lying-in-state at Westminster Hall. HM the King and members of...

For many generations people in the Omo Valley (tribal southwest Ethiopia) believed some children are cursed and that these 'cursed' children bring...

The Closing Ceremony of the XXXI st Olympiad.

The opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics took place at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on 7 February 2014. It began at 20:14 MSK...

By drawing a parallel between the Indian Durga Puja festival and other forms of celebrating the divine feminine, Santa Shakti reveals the Sacred...

A short documentary about Thailand, formerly known as Siam.

Ceremony is a personal story about fathers and sons, and the overbearing silence which is passed down for generations. After the death of his...

SHAMANS OF THE AMAZON is a personal account of filmmaker Dean Jefferys as he returns to the Amazon with his partner and one year old daughter. They...

The 31st Shanghai Television Festival "Magnolia Awards" Ceremony took place on June 26, 2026, at the Lingang Center in Shanghai. As one of the most...

In an ancient woodland, a detective revisits the scene of an occult murder from years past.

Filmed in the jungles of Peru, shaman Don Jose Campos introduces the practices and benefits of Ayahuasca, the psychoactive plant brew that has been...

Benito Arévalo is an onaya: a traditional healer in a Shipibo-Konibo community in Peruvian Amazonia. He explains something of the onaya...

This short documentary follows three Indigenous women as they practice ancestral forms of worship: drumming, singing, and using sweetgrass. These...

A historic moment in Japanese history. In 1990, Emperor Akihito became the first emperor to have their enthronement televised.

This short probes the taboos around a very particular second-hand trauma, leading us to a more universal understanding of human experience.

In Peruvian Amazonia, for the first time in many years, a Shipibo–Konibo community prepare to perform the Aneshiati ceremony: a time of dance,...