Aliens, Witches and Warlocks Oh My: Films of Occultism

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Occultism covers a wide range of curious topics including aliens, religion and witchcraft. Critics’ Choice 2017 – Cinema of Occultism will screen six films selected by Hong Kong film critics. 

The eclectic programme opens with Stanley Kubrick’s famous science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and includes Mothy Python’s cult classic Life of Brian (1979).

Cinema of Occultism also brings lesser-known movies back to the silver screen, such as Häxan (1922), a subversive Swedish-Danish documentary-style silent horror film, and Yeelen (1987), a Malian film about a young man with magical powers that won the Jury Prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.