ILLUMINATE 2014 Line-Up

Films • Workshops • Healing Village • Conscious Film Convergence

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The Rocket
Encore Screening

Australia's submission for the Academy Award, winner of the Best First Feature award at the Berlinale and Best Narrative Feature at Tribeca, The Rocket is a heartwarming, triumphant tale about challenging one's place in the family order. Ahlo is the 10-year-old surviving twin of a difficult birth and is believed to be cursed. When tragedy strikes, Ahlo is ostracized by the superstitious community, and even by his own family. He decides that his only hope of redemption is the Rocket Festival: a riotous, and dangerous, annual competition where huge bamboo rockets are set off to provoke the rain gods. Set amidst a beautiful landscape, The Rocket is a powerfully moving and uplifting film. An example of conscious storytelling at its finest.


Preceded by:  
The Recyclist | USA | 2012 | 8:10 • Narrative Short


Monk With A Camera



Monk With A Camera
Encore Screening

The Dalai Lama makes a request of Nicky Vreeland that will change the course of his life.  If you recognize the name "Vreeland," then you would be correct: he is the grandson of fashion icon Diana Vreeland. So, why is Nicky, once on the path of becoming a high-powered photographer, now in this position? This enthralling documentary by Tina Mascara and Guido Santi ("Chris and Don: A Love Story"), grants us intimate access to Nicky and his extraordinary spiritual journey. We see behind the curtain of Tibetan Buddhism and inside the heart and mind of a man whose every step takes him further away from one seemingly pre-ordained life and toward another.


Q&A with directors Guido Santi and Tina Mascara

Preceded by:  
A Marvelous Power: Honoring You | USA | 2011 | 6:45 • Documentary Short




Coexist Comedy Tour
Encore Screening

A comedy concert film designed to demonstrate religious coexistence goes awry when the Christian comic leaves the show and the producers must go in search of a replacement. The Coexist Comedy Tour - What in God's name could possibly go wrong?


Preceded by:  
Stalled | USA | 2013 | 15 min • Narrative Short