Contemplations is a deep, visually stunning journey into the world of psychedelics, featuring intimate insights from the Australian entheogenic community. Through five thematic chapters this film explores first journeys, challenging trips, spiritual entities, and the future of psychedelic healing. More than a documentary, it is a guide for the curious and the uninitiated—a map of altered states and visionary experiences.

Director Julian Palmer, known for creating the DMT blend Changa, brings over 20 years of experience to this vital discussion. As mainstream science catches up, this film offers what the medical model often doesn’t: honest, grounded, spiritual context and integration.

"Psychedelics are a portal for deep and meaningful CONTEMPLATIONS."

- Julian Palmer, director of the movie

Stanislav Grof and the Journey of Consciousness

The Way of the Psychonaut explores the life and work of Stanislav Grof, Czech born psychiatrist and psychedelic psychotherapy pioneer. Stan’s quest for knowledge and insights into the healing power of non-ordinary states of consciousness, influenced the discipline of psychology and profoundly changed many individual lives. One of those transformed by Stan is filmmaker Susan Hess Logeais. The documentary utilizes Susan’s personal existential crisis as a gateway to Grof’s impact, from the micro to the macro.

The great Amazon hides many secrets. And Amazonian shamans surprise us with their abilities and knowledge. They can heal even so-called incurable diseases because they communicate directly with the plants, which themselves tell them how they act medicinally. Local shamans can leave their bodies, travel across the Earth and the universe, they can access any information and learn anything that interests them.

The key to this is ayahuasca, a mysterious vine whose brew not only heals and purifies a person on all levels but also provides knowledge of anything in this world and in previously unknown worlds, opening doors to other dimensions... In the film, we encounter ayahuasca not only through shamans and their work but also through various experts and people for whom it represents an incomparable experience.

The film also highlights the serious threat to the Amazon and its inhabitants.

In a world where millions of people suffer from mental illness, an international team of scientists is searching for new paths to healing. One in four people will experience some form of mental illness during their lifetime. Depression, anxiety, and other psychological difficulties are not merely individual problems—they are a reflection of the stressful and rapidly changing pace of modern society. Tibor, Richard, and Lucie have struggled with depression for many years. Their journey has been filled with frustration and hopelessness. Like thousands of other patients, traditional antidepressants brought them no relief. When it seemed that the possibility of change no longer existed, a new hope emerged: groundbreaking research led by MUDr. Tomáš Páleníček and an international scientific team. Their goal is ambitious—to find out whether psychedelic substances can bring real change to the lives of people with depression and open the door to new alternative methods of treatment. The findings from the laboratories are being taken to be tested in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The experiences of the local Indigenous peoples may represent a crucial breakthrough in their research.

AWARE explores one of humanity’s greatest mysteries — consciousness. The film follows six scientists who approach this question from different perspectives: from brain research and psychedelics to meditation and the study of plant consciousness. Gradually, the scientific investigation transforms into a deep, almost meditative cinematic journey through the ocean of consciousness, revealing the interconnectedness of nature, life, and the cosmos. The film invites viewers to reflect on the mystery of existence and on a simple yet profound realization: that we are aware.

A radical testimony of the strongest known natural psychedelic, tryptamine 5-MeO-DMT produced by Bufo Alvarius, a toad of the Sonoran desert.

Filmmaker Dean Jefferys embarks on a mystical journey to explore the universe through one of the most powerful psychedelic substances — 5-MeO-DMT from the Sonoran Desert toad in Mexico. During a seven-year expedition, he undergoes rituals in the Sonoran Desert and at sacred sites of the Mayan civilization, searching for answers about human consciousness and spiritual awakening. Aboard his research vessel Migaloo 2, he also travels through tropical waters among migrating humpback whales. The film connects experiences with the toad medicine, whales, and the Sun, exploring their possible message for humanity during a time of profound shifts in consciousness. The Toad, the Whale, and the Sun is a visually striking documentary about transformation, the evolution of consciousness, and the search for a new path for humanity.

Curanderos is a cinematic journey across Peru in search of the hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca. Director Egor Indiani pieces together a mosaic of different perspectives on this once-sacred plant medicine and the world that surrounds it.