Music Films & Ritual Cinema : VINCENT MOON

The evening begins with Moon’s own reflections on his evolution from intimate music films to a nomadic cinema devoted to performance, ceremony and sacred sound. We then travel through Hong Kong and Singapore, where experimental musicians transform streets, electronics and everyday spaces into instruments. After a short popcorn break, the program enters distinct ceremonial worlds in Indonesia and Vietnam through percussion, trance, spirit mediumship and collective devotion. Presented at Smith’s Alternative for 2026 IMMERSIA, Music Films & Ritual Cinema invites audiences to experience film as an act of close listening — where music, body, place and community continually reshape one another. Curated and produced by Clandestino Canberra for Immersia 2026 Vincent Moon Vincent Moon is an independent French filmmaker and sound explorer whose work sits between music film, documentary and experimental ethnography. Best known as a co-creator of La Blogothèque’s influential Take Away Shows, he has spent more than two decades travelling the world documenting musicians, rituals, sacred traditions and experimental sound through his ongoing Petites Planètes project. Alice Taylor Alice Taylor is a Canberra-based film curator and creative producer at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, where she programs screenings and special events for Arc Cinema. She has worked across documentary, film festivals and screen culture for more than two decades, including as Director of the Canberra International Film Festival and founder of Elsie’s Film House. Rafael Florez / Clandestino Canberra Rafael Florez is a Canberra-based cultural producer, DJ, percussionist and multimedia practitioner with a long involvement in the city’s multicultural music and arts community. Through projects including Clandestino Canberra, Radio Clandestino and a range of festivals, concerts and community collaborations, his work brings together global music, film, cultural storytelling and live performance. Please note: If you require accessibility accommodations or a visitor Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan please contact the event organisers. This event may be photographed and recorded. The recorded material may be used to promote future ANU events and programs. By attending the event you are giving us informed consent. If you DO NOT wish to be recorded, please let ANU event staff know on the day. We will be mindful and ensure not to photograph any faces of children present.