A Spell To Ward Off the Darkness

From pagan re-enactors to failed communes, black metal festivals to Arctic hermits, and the forever Golden Hour to the Northern Lights, this experimental documentary is an inquiry into the possibilities of a spiritual existence within an increasingly secular Western culture. We follow an unnamed character through three seemingly disparate moments in his life: on a small Estonian island, in isolation in the majestic wilderness of Northern Finland, and during a concert in Norway. Atmospheric, musically infused, it proposes a belief in transcendence. In English.

Ben Rivers, Ben Russell | Estonia/France | 2013 | 98 min