Join local film aficionado Alice Taylor for a two-part journey through the work of French filmmaker and sound explorerVincent Moon.

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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.