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PSYCHEDELIC CINEMA
	12:00 Journeys 1: Caves & Streams at Noon Taiwan-Mexico \| 2022 \| 28 minutes Caves and Streams at Noon is a musical journey told through the myths of Mazatec cosmology in the Sierra Mazateca of Oaxaca, Mexico. Noon is the time when the guardian spirits go out to look after Mother Earth. If you visit during this period, you must ask for permission.
	12:00 Journeys 1: Nature Dreams United States / Brazil \| 2022 \| 25 minutes Sounds, colors and symmetrization create an atmosphere of enigmatic beauty. An experience to expand the senses towards an immersive, dreamlike and psychedelic universe.
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	15:00 Journeys 1: Now do you get why I'm crying? Netherlands \| 1969 \| 45 minutes \| Language: Dutch with English subtitles This 1969 documentary by renowned Dutch filmmaker Louis van Gasteren follows a session of LSD-assisted psychotherapy guided by Dr. Jan Bastiaans, a Dutch psychiatrist who is best known for his treatment of traumatized concentration camp survivors with psychedelic therapy. The film provides a very rare glimpse into LSD-assisted psychotherapy during the 1960s by one of the more illustrious (and controversial) figures in psychedelic history.
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	17:00 Journeys 2: Breathe with Me UK \| 2021 \| 7 minutes In Qingqing Liu’s surreal scenario the material body and space no longer exist, and life is filled only with virtual screens and highly dense media messages. The film was created during the lockdown from 2020 to 2021, from several psychedelic experiences in the artist's bedroom. Q&A with Qingqing Liu (Director)
	17:30 Journeys 2: Muntjac UK \| 2021 \| 25 minutes \| Language: English Sinus searches for his missing twin; Möbius. Befriending Hiccup, a cool-headed vagabond, the pair set off on the quest, eventually stumbling into ‘The Garden’. Written during lockdown Finn Darrell’s Muntjac is a surreal, psychedelic short film filled with whimsical costumes, stunning locations and a mind-altering soundtrack. Q&A with Finn Darrell (Director)
	18:00 Journeys 2: Laid In Flood UK \| 2021 \| 37 minutes \| Language: English A visually stark and surreal journey through the process of ego death and the underworlds and entities lurking beyond ordinary waking consciousness by Maya Bracknell Watson and Inigo Roberts featuring Dr. David Luke as a deranged apocalyptic DMT Shaman. Q&A with Maya Bracknell Watson (Director)
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PSYCHEDELIC CINEMA
	12:00 Ibogaine: Rite of Passage Netherlands I 2004 I 50 minutes \| Language: English & French with subtitles Ibogaine: Rite of Passage follows an American heroin addict through an ibogaine session at a clinic in Tijuana, Mexico. Through a series of critical interviews with former addicts, ibogaine facilitators, and other experts, the documentary asks if the controversial status of ibogaine is due to economics or to its hallucinogenic effects? Q&A with Ben de Loenen (Director)
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	15:00 The Hallucinogenic Mushrooms of Mexico France \| 1964 \| 60 minutes \| Language: French with English Subtitles In this special presentation Vincent Verroust shares excerpts from a rare and intriguing French documentary film, The Hallucinogenic Mushrooms of Mexico, made in 1964. It includes footage of French clinical experiments on healthy volunteers with hallucinogenic mushrooms in 1959 and the first film footage of Maria Sabina conducting a mushroom ceremony in 1961. Presentation and Q&A with Vincent Verroust (Founder of the French Psychedelic Society)
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	20:00 Vincent Moon - Live Cinema Performance France \| 2023 \| 60 minutes Vincent Moon's Live Cinema transforms the cinema projection into an ultra-moving spiritual ceremony. Possessed filmmaker, dancer projectionist, hallucinated storyteller, he invokes Rouch, Herzog or Plato under delirious ayahuasca in his cave, for a world tour at the same time cubistic and perfectly dervish.
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PSYCHEDELIC CINEMA
	12:00 Experience Bwiti Netherlands \| 2012 \| 40 minutes \| Language: French, Bwiti with subtitles Edited with unused footage from 'Ibogaine - Rite of Passage' this accompanying documentary by Ben de Loenen allows you to dive into the beauty and complexity of a traditional Bwiti healing ritual; an encounter of 5 days, with the participation of the whole community. Q&A with Ben de Loenen (Director)
Lunch
	15:00 Collection Petites Planètes France \| 2010 - 2022 \| 90 minutes Through the short film series Collection Petites Planètes, Vincent Moon has been pursuing the sounds of sacred rituals across the world. From Sufi rituals in Chechnya to shamanic practices deep in Brazil, from oracles in Vietnam to trance ceremonies in Morocco. Moon presents a special selection of these short films and invites the viewer to explore the meaning of ritual in the 21st century. Presentation and Q&A with Vincent Moon (Director)
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	17:00 Psychedelic Pandemic Peru \| 2021 \| 31 minutes \| Language: Spanish with English subtitles A riveting documentary about filmmaker Luis Solarat who leaves his career behind and travels to the Amazon to experience Ayahuasca but on his way, COVID-19 changes everything leaving him trapped in the jungle.
	17:00 Ayahuasca: From Inside Peru \| 2022 \| 32 minutes \| Language: Spanish with English subtitles Luis Solorat’s follow up documentary offers a unique perspective on the Ayahuasca experience, now through the eyes of a facilitator working at a retreat center in Peru. The film follows his journey as they work with master plant dieta and the Shipibo tradition, offering a unique perspective on the work with plants.
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PSYCHEDELIC CINEMA
	12:00 Journeys 1: Caves & Streams at Noon Taiwan \| 2020 \| 38 minutes Caves and Streams at Noon is a musical journey told through the myths of Mazatec cosmology in the Sierra Mazateca of Oaxaca, Mexico. Noon is the time when the guardian spirits go out to look after Mother Earth. If you visit during this period, you must ask for permission.
	12:00 Journeys 1: Nature Dreams United States / Brazil \| 2022 \| 25 minutes Sounds, colors and symmetrization create an atmosphere of enigmatic beauty. An experience to expand the senses towards an immersive, dreamlike and psychedelic universe.
Break
	15:00 Journeys 1: Now do you get why I'm crying? Netherlands \| 1969 \| 45 minutes \| Language: Dutch with English subtitles This 1969 documentary by renowned Dutch filmmaker Louis van Gasteren follows a session of LSD-assisted psychotherapy guided by Dr. Jan Bastiaans, a Dutch psychiatrist who is best known for his treatment of traumatized concentration camp survivors with psychedelic therapy. The film provides a very rare glimpse into LSD-assisted psychotherapy during the 1960s by one of the more illustrious (and controversial) figures in psychedelic history.
Break
	17:00 Journeys 2: Breathe with Me UK \| 2021 \| 7 minutes In Qingqing Liu’s surreal scenario the material body and space no longer exist, and life is filled only with virtual screens and highly dense media messages. The film was created during the lockdown from 2020 to 2021, from several psychedelic experiences in the artist's bedroom. Q&A with Qingqing Liu (Director)
	17:00 Journeys 2: Muntjac UK \| 2021 \| 25 minutes \| Language: English Sinus searches for his missing twin; Möbius. Befriending Hiccup, a cool-headed vagabond, the pair set off on the quest, eventually stumbling into ‘The Garden’. Written during lockdown Finn Darrell’s Muntjac is a surreal, psychedelic short film filled with whimsical costumes, stunning locations and a mind-altering soundtrack. Q&A with Finn Darrell (Director)
	17:00 Journeys 2: Laid In Flood UK \| 2021 \| 37 minutes \| Language: English A visually stark and surreal journey through the process of ego death and the underworlds and entities lurking beyond ordinary waking consciousness by Maya Bracknell Watson and Inigo Roberts featuring Dr. David Luke as a deranged apocalyptic DMT Shaman. Q&A with Maya Bracknell Watson (Director)
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PSYCHEDELIC CINEMA
	12:00 Ibogaine: Rite of Passage Netherlands I 2004 I 50 minutes \| Language: English & French with subtitles Ibogaine: Rite of Passage follows an American heroin addict through an ibogaine session at a clinic in Tijuana, Mexico. Through a series of critical interviews with former addicts, ibogaine facilitators, and other experts, the documentary asks if the controversial status of ibogaine is due to economics or to its hallucinogenic effects? Q&A with Ben de Loenen (Director)
Lunch
	15:00 The Hallucinogenic Mushrooms of Mexico France \| 1964 \| 60 minutes \| Language: French with English Subtitles In this special presentation Vincent Verroust shares excerpts from a rare and intriguing French documentary film, The Hallucinogenic Mushrooms of Mexico, made in 1964. It includes footage of French clinical experiments on healthy volunteers with hallucinogenic mushrooms in 1959 and the first film footage of Maria Sabina conducting a mushroom ceremony in 1961. Presentation and Q&A with Vincent Verroust (Founder of the French Psychedelic Society)
Break
	20:00 Vincent Moon - Live Cinema Performance France \| 2023 \| 60 minutes Vincent Moon's Live Cinema transforms the cinema projection into an ultra-moving spiritual ceremony. Possessed filmmaker, dancer projectionist, hallucinated storyteller, he invokes Rouch, Herzog or Plato under delirious ayahuasca in his cave, for a world tour at the same time cubistic and perfectly dervish.
Close

PSYCHEDELIC CINEMA
	12:00 Experience Bwiti Netherlands \| 2012 \| 40 minutes \| Language: French, Bwiti with subtitles Edited with unused footage from 'Ibogaine - Rite of Passage' this accompanying documentary by Ben de Loenen allows you to dive into the beauty and complexity of a traditional Bwiti healing ritual; an encounter of 5 days, with the participation of the whole community. Q&A with Ben de Loenen (Director)
Lunch
	15:00 Collection Petites Planètes France \| 2010 - 2022 \| 90 minutes Through the short film series Collection Petites Planètes, Vincent Moon has been pursuing the sounds of sacred rituals across the world. From Sufi rituals in Chechnya to shamanic practices deep in Brazil, from oracles in Vietnam to trance ceremonies in Morocco. Moon presents a special selection of these short films and invites the viewer to explore the meaning of ritual in the 21st century. Presentation and Q&A with Vincent Moon (Director)
Break
	17:00 Psychedelic Pandemic Peru \| 2021 \| 31 minutes \| Language: Spanish with English subtitles A riveting documentary about filmmaker Luis Solarat who leaves his career behind and travels to the Amazon to experience Ayahuasca but on his way, COVID-19 changes everything leaving him trapped in the jungle.
	17:00 Ayahuasca: From Inside Peru \| 2022 \| 32 minutes \| Language: Spanish with English subtitles Luis Solorat’s follow up documentary offers a unique perspective on the Ayahuasca experience, now through the eyes of a facilitator working at a retreat center in Peru. The film follows his journey as they work with master plant dieta and the Shipibo tradition, offering a unique perspective on the work with plants.
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