The Initiation Well

3.5 minutes, 16mm, b&w, 2020

The Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra, Portugal is a huge estate that has two wells for performing initiation ceremonies built into the ground. This film takes us into one of them. Sound design by Samuel La France.

Reviews:
Michael Sicinski
Tyler Wilson (Brooklyn Rail)

Distribution:
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
Light Cone

Selected Screenings:
the 8 fest, January 24-26, 2020
International Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, May 2020
Antimatter [Media Art], October 14-24, 2020
Cámara Lúcida, Cuenca, Ecuador, November 7-21, 2020
Ann Arbor Film Festival, March 2021
Light Matter Film Festival, Alfred, NY, November 12-14, 2021
“If a tree falls”, curated by Daniel McIntyre and Rolla Tahir, CFMDC.tv online, May 12-26, 2022
“Selections from the Light Matter Film Festival”, Alfred Summer Arts, Alfred, NY, July 9 2022