The Rites of Passage (2025)
Peering through tiny holes that beetles have chewed through a now-dead bark, a spruce monoculture in decline slowly reveals itself. Besides an ecological-economic history, it also carries a spiritual legacy: semicircles of oak poles aligned with the solstices bear witness to a prehistoric sun observatory, once used for supernatural rituals. Florian Fischer and Johannes Krell take us on a phantasmagorical journey that challenges human understanding of change and history with a geological and almost mythological perspective.
Directors: Florian Fischer, Johannes Krell.
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Valerie-Malin Schmid as |
| Directing | Florian Fischer | Director |
| Writing | Florian Fischer | Writer |
| Crew | Florian Fischer | Cinematography |
| Editing | Florian Fischer | Editor |
| Directing | Johannes Krell | Director |
| Writing | Johannes Krell | Writer |
| Crew | Johannes Krell | Cinematography |
| Editing | Johannes Krell | Editor |
| Sound | Johannes Krell | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Johannes Krell | Music |
| Production | Stephan Helmut Beier | Producer |
| Production | Ray Peter Maletzki | Producer |