LIVESTREAM
THURSDAY, DEC 9
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
$ 9 FOR THURSDAY PROGRAM
$21 FOR THE TWO DAY PROGRAM
BLOCK 1
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
SIDEVIEW, 2021
Director Tosh Leykum
Germany, 10 min
The actress Kaori Matsuo enters into different dream worlds It is a journey into her own interior. No straightforward view, it is a side glance at unexplainable, irritating, psychedelic worlds in which dreams mingle.
INSOLITE(UNUSUAL), 2021
Director Quentin Lestienne
France, 3 min
Insolite is a character shut in a room. He's looking to escape from his daily life.
CLOSE UP, 2021
Director Nick Gatsby
US, 15 min
Join Lucy (played by Skye Armenta) as she embarks on a spiritual journey to Mars in this psychedelic short full of excitement, mischief, and music.
MOTORIK INNERVISIONS, 2021
Artist- Pierre Ajavon
Director – Pierre Ajavon
France, 9 minutes
Driven by a Motorik rhythm, the electronic sounds of the Moog modular synthesizer take us to the heart of inner visions.
AURORA, 2021
Artist- OLGA Vocal Ensemble Netherlands
Director James Baramy
US, The Netherlands, 6 min
Experimental rotoscoped animation of Aurora as performed by OLGA Vocal Ensemble, Netherlands
THE DANCE OF SAMSARA, 2022
Directors Frank Bennett, Sita Bennett
Australia, 28 min
The wheel of Samsara spins. Through multiple lives we travel, forgetting what came before, unaware of this repetitive cycle to which we are bound. What if there was a dance that opened a doorway to the infinite possibility that lay beyond?
BLUE VELVET BLUES, 2021 -DOCUMENTARY
Musical Group - Acid Mothers Temple and The Melting Paraiso UFO
Director Odd Magnus Grimeland
Norway, 24 min
Blue Velvet Blues is a documentation of the old and abandoned sanatorium at Harastølen in Western Norway, with music from the psychedelic Japanese band Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO. A montage of stills and film tells the story of the decaying mountain sanatorium in a visual reflection that fits the music's suggestive melancholy. The work is a part of the ongoing and infinite project Acid Mothers Temple meets VISUALISTA.
9:00 PM - 11: 00 PM
BLOCK 2
THE SEARCH FOR TRANSCENDENCE
BUFO ALVARIUS - THE UNDERGROUND SECRET
Director Filip Zaruba
The Czech Republic, 78 min
A radical testimony of the strongest known natural psychedelic, tryptamine 5-MeO-DMT produced by Bufo Alvarius, a toad of the Sonoran desert. The breathtaking audio-visual adventure is enhanced by immersive animations inspired by the psychoactive effects of this extraordinary substance.Fascinating stories of a group of Czech psychonauts are combined with personal insights of Stanislav Grof, a nestor of transpersonal psychology, and Octavio Rettig, a modern shaman who has facilitated ceremonial contact with Bufo Alvarius for thousands of volunteers from around the world.
OTONASHI, 2021
Director Martin Gerigk
Germany, 10 min
"Painted in silence, a sparrow’s dream invokes timeless harmonies. In the heart of the universal geometry, the seed of calm is formed." Otonashi is a philosophical voyage through inner and outer experiences of human existence an audiovisual meditation of futuristic transmutations about the Japanese Hannya Shingyō.
DANCE OF THE VEILS, 2020
Artist John T. Trautman
US, 27 minutes
Dance of the Veils is a mashup of the song of the same title by Vold Book with an edited version of the 1923 public domain silent film, Salome.
THE SONG THAT CALLS YOU HOME, 2020
Directors: Luis Robledo, Vanni Mangoni
Canada, Costa Rica, Italy, Peru, United States, 73 min.
This is a personal, scientific, and mystical exploration of Amazonian curanderismo with a focus on Ayahuasca and Master Plants, their healing and visionary properties and risks -along with the wondrous world of the Shipibo people and Song.