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"THE WORLD IS FULL OF MAGIC, PATIENTLY WAITING FOR OUR SENSES TO GROW SHARPER..”
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
Kamila Delart
INTENSE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGE​​​​​
AWARD-WINNING FILMS SCREENED AT FESTIVALS
AROUND THE WORLD​​​​​
SENSORY ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMMAKER
A Czech-born filmmaker based for the last 15 years in Southeast Asia, Kamila Delart is a thinker and visionary creative whose life and work are shaped by relentless curiosity. Driven by profound questions rather than the ready-made answers others subscribe to, she forges her own path, creating work that is the product of a life across continents and intense encounters with the BEAUTIFUL STRANGE.
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Her curiosity manifests in a unique hybrid approach to filmmaking. While the research phase of each project is grounded in Oxford's anthropological rigor and the methodology she acquired during a three-year long deep dive into ritual studies—once in the field, she trades the scholarly lens for a sensory one, tuning into the energy of the moment to capture the Herzogian 'ecstatic truth': the profound mystery and raw emotion that lie beneath the surface.
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​An Aspie, eternal alien in her own culture, she is accustomed to navigating emotional landscapes different from her own. And so, whenever encountering "the other", she intuitively bypasses social conventions by seeking a direct heart-to-heart connection. A quality that deeply resonates with the communities she films, and who, in turn, grant her access reserved for a privileged few.
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While not seeking out controversy for the sake of it, she is drawn to the hidden, the sacred, and the taboo—sensing that these are the realms where the most profound human truths often hide. By focusing on rituals, the distilled essence of cultures, she illuminates their deep wisdom. Her films act as a bridge, carrying this ancient knowledge into the Western world, serving as both a tribute to the portrayed traditions and a sacred offering to the contemporary viewer.​
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Kamila's work thrives in the liminal space between anthropology and art, with her process being one of fascinating contrasts: While a documentary purist during filming, where she rejects anything staged and, making herself half invisible, captures exclusively raw, authentic moments, in post-production, she explores the full register of experimental cinema.​​​​
It is here that her unique signature emerges—a style framed by a neurodivergent sensitivity to sensory detail and a mind wired to trace patterns in chaos, finding the sacred and beautiful in what others overlook.
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​Uncontaminated by trends, her cinematic language is deeply immersive, of almost hypnotic quality. Guided by the emotionally precise, penetrating gaze of an Aspie, it manifests in extreme close-ups that reveal what's beneath the surface, slowed motion that allows time for processing, and hyper-curated soundscapes that amplify meaning. ​
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What's striking is the deliberate absence of narration and subtitles. An insistence on separating intellectual understanding from emotional experience. While the analytical context is provided in the written "Ritual Insights," the films themselves remain a pure, immersive dive. This demands active engagement from viewers, affording them the space to connect with the films' profound themes in their own way.
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Intricately layered with cultural symbolism, the films reveal their full anthropological depth to specialists and cultural insiders. Yet, through the power of archetypes and the collective unconscious, the meaning resonates on a visceral level, often without ever rising to the surface of a viewer's awareness.
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And finally, there is the music! A powerful undercurrent of emotional narration. It begins with a quest akin to divination. An obsessive worldwide search for existing compositions: a sorrowful cello suite, the pulse of tribal drums, a melancholic duduk melody—until each piece resonates with the ritual's innermost, vibrational truth. This is not cultural fusion, but a revelation of pre-existing emotional echoes, proving that grief, joy, and transcendence sound alike in every language.
The rolling credits of musicians from all over the world read like a curated map of human connection, transforming the soundtrack into a final, ethnographic layer of the film.
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FILMS THAT DON'T MERELY DOCUMENT RITUALS.
THEY INVOKE THEM!!
Conveyed as lived experiences, Kamila's films inspire wonder by making the unseen felt. They begin abruptly—without context or introduction—plunging you directly into the story. An intense sensation that overflows the boundaries of the cinematic body with shockingly vibrant colors, musical crescendos, and an intimacy that goes beyond your comfort zone... They draw you in, swallow you, and spit you out . . . changed!​
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PROFESSIONAL ACCLAIM
A one-woman show from research and logistics through filming to complete post-production. Simply remarkable!! Divine sound design, extraordinary use of light. Raw and challenging—and so compelling it feels broadcast-ready!
DOMINIKA ERYCHLEBOVÁ
TV PRODUCER
CZECH REPUBLIC
What an incredible use of music! A masterful choice of soundtracks and an amazing sense for rhythm and pacing that lends your films spellbinding energy.
IVAN TREGUB
FILM SCORE COMPOSER
RUSSIA
A raw and unsettling yet essential film. It reveals the universal truth that grief binds humanity, despite our vastly different rituals. This is a difficult reality, and you bring it to us with unflinching artistry.
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​THEODOROS KAKOULLIS
AEI FILM FESTIVAL JUROR
CYPRUS​