Cura - Perspectiva

Manual of Evasion LX94

September 1994 •Portuguese

“Manual of Evasion LX94” is a thought-provoking Dadaist film about time by the Portuguese director Edgar Pêra. It was shot in Lisbon in 1994 and stars Terence McKenna, Robert Anton Wilson and Rudy Rucker. Time is explored from many unusual angles, while Pêra fills the screen with a wide variety of bizarre and mind-warping imagery.

We Put the World to Sleep

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Adrian and Duru get lost in the characters they play in an apocalyptic film and embark on a secret mission to end the world for real. Second entry in Adrian Țofei and Duru Yücel’s trilogy which includes Be My Cat: A Film for Anne and Pure.

Heaven

April 1987 •English

A series of interviews are conducted concerning people's beliefs towards the possibility of an afterlife. The interviews are filmed against a set of strange backdrops, and are intercut with clips from classic films and a variety of stock footage.

In Memory

July 2024 •Portuguese

Pedro is a simple man. He goes to work, eats dinner and goes out with his wife. But, on an ordinary night, he receives a call that changes his whole perspective in life, unlocking memories that were buried a long time ago.

Send Me to the Clouds

August 2019 •Chinese

Diagnosed with ovarian cancer, a 29-year-old journalist who longs for true love ends up writing the biography for an entrepreneur's father, which leads her to embark on an existential journey.

Walk-In

March 2000 •English

Made for just $500 in 2000 as the first feature film under the Diamond in the Rough Films banner, "Walk-In" is a spiritual take on "My Dinner With Andre". Brandon Carpenter - committed capitalist and deal-maker - suffers a near fatal car crash on the day he is supposed to close the biggest money making scheme of his career. But the deal stalls when he is in a coma and pronounced brain dead. His wife keeps him on life support for 2 months which results in Brandon awakening from the coma perfectly healthy. It's a miracle. But is it? https://vimeo.com/125171803

TimeWave Zero

January 1994 •English

Terence McKenna gives us a detailed description of his TimeWave concept and a demonstration of the software Terence originated in his early exploratory period of deep study with the I Ching, the ancient oracular Chinese Book of Changes. He proudly takes us on a biographical tour of our culture from his personal library in the early 80's to what he saw the TimeWave project to 2012. Terence describes the Time Wave as his "only original work". The first part of this piece is the first visual description of Terence's unique theory. The second chapter of the tape astounds the viewer with the display of the the historical resonances that demonstrates how the last 4000 years are compressed into the increasingly speeded up, drawn and squeezed collective thoughts of the "Gaian matrix". Terence McKenna partnered with Sound Photosynthesis' media magicians Faustin Bray and Brian Wallace at the helm to create the visuals that dance and spiral with Terence's every suggestion.

Ulyanovsk Online

July 2022 •Russian

Russian independent short film, which studies homosexual nature of friendship. Chance meeting of schoolmates appears being metaphysical journey into depths of human subconscious in this experimental piece of art, filled with references to classic cinema from Wong Kar-Wai to Woody Allen.

The Secret of Dr. Grinberg

September 2022 •Spanish

In the early nineties, Dr. Jacobo Grinberg’s career was blooming and he gained lots of international credit as a researcher in the fields of telepathy and neurophysiology at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. When Dr. Grinberg mysteriously disappears in 1994, the police find no trace of him. The only thing that is clear, is that all his research material, including his computers, disappeared along with him.

Conversation with Myself

January 1972 •English

Alan Watts talks about our perception of the world, and how we derive metaphysics from it. Watts recorded this video in 1971 as a pilot for a public television series in the United States.

Etugen

January 2023 •French

What is the purpose of our existence ? What is the soul ? Which are the power of mind, of conscience ? What is our link to nature ? Pondering these existential questions, this movie invites us to find out an universal wisdom, meeting shamans, healers, yogis, but also philosophers and doctors. From Mongolia plains to the Amazonian forest, it leads us far than we expected at first.

Anubhooti... at Metaphysical World

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A group of metaphysicists conduct research on the metaphysical world beyond human sense. They decide to invent the existence of this world through the help of scientific equipment.

Pure

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Final entry in Adrian Țofei and Duru Yücel's trilogy which includes Be My Cat: A Film for Anne and We Put the World to Sleep.

The Hermetic Jung

March 2016 •English

Acclaimed author Gary Lachman looks at renowned psychoanalyst C.G. Jung's work from an esoteric viewpoint, drawing parallells to the disciplines of mysticism and occultism.

The Sufi and the Scientist

April 2006 •English

The Sufi and the Scientist is the collective story of Sufi healer Sayyid Arif Hussain, the medieval Sufi Sheikh Haji Ali, and Dr. Thornton Streeter, a scientist working in the realm of human consciousness.

For those who still exist

October 2014 •German

Documentary about twin brothers who go back to their childhood home to discover what happened to a Patrick Lurzing, a boy who disappeared who nobody else seems to remember.

Raízes de Liberdade: Histórias Apagadas

December 2024 •Portuguese

The Tragedy of Images

December 2024 •Portuguese

The plot revolves around two completely different and distant women — a nurse and a fashion model — who are haunted by their own spectre after going through the same experience: they can no longer see their reflections in the mirror.

We are a conversation

Invalid date •English

We are a conversation is a 2014 documentary directed by Alexis karpouzos and Spyros rasidakis and written by Alexis karpouzos exploring the unity of humanity, featuring poets from around the world, whose lives have been dedicated to explore the mysteries of life and existence.

Sedona

February 2011 •English

A soul-searching comedic adventure set among famous red rocks and vortexes of Sedona, Arizona, visitors to the mystical town encounter eccentric characters and a series of calamities that lead them to unexpected miracles.