Expo General Admission and  $10 Film Festival Ticket required     

                                                       

                      Topanga Film Institute 
                & Topanga Films
                                               Present:

         

             The Conscious Life Film Festival                                                                                                                        

“Connected”
Director : Tiffany Shlain With Q & A
Running Time: 85 minutes

Director Tiffany Shlain takes audiences on an exhilarating roller-coaster ride to discover what is means to be connected in the 21st century.  Using a brillant mix of animation, archival footage and home movies, Shlain reveals the surprising ties that link us not only to the people we love but also to the world at large.

Saturday,  February 11th  -  12 Noon-2:30pm

“The Truth Is Out There”
Director : Phil Leirness
Running Time: 144 minutes

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE follows Dean Haglund as he travels the globe hoping to discover just what it means to search for the truth in a world where conspiracies or conspiracy theories are everywhere.

                                                                                                 Saturday, February 11th  -  3:00pm-4:30pm
                                                                                    “Dance of Liberation”
                                                                                                           Director : Jon Fitzgerald
                                                                                                       Running Time: 85 minutes

As a spiritual leader, Parashakti has helped to transform the lives of many.  In addition to soul healing and other supportive practices, she has developed and branded a ritualistic movement with the use of a blindfold, called Dance of Liberation, which becomes more than just a tool. It becomes a metaphor as people learn to let go of their old stories and strive to live with something new.

                                                                                                Saturday, February 11th  -  5:00pm-6:30pm

"Wake Up"

Jonas Elrod was leading an ordinary life until he woke up one day to a totally new reality.  He suddenly could see and hear angels, demons, auras and ghosts. With his skeptical girlfriend,  Mara, by his side, Jonas crisscrosses the country as he searches for answers and delves deeper into this thrilling world of the phenomenal and spiritual.  Along the way, he encounters an amazing group of physicians, religious teachers, scientists, mystics and spiritual  healers who help him piece together this intricate puzzle.

Saturday, February 11th  -  6:45pm-8:15pm

1 Giant Leap  “What about Me?"
Directors : Duncan Bridgeman & Jamie Catto
Running Time: 85 minutes

What About Me? is the culmination of 4 years work visiting 50 global locations collecting wisdom and musical jewels.  It's an inspiring and alarming look at our collective insanity: how we are ego-driven needy in relationships,

insatiable in desire, addicted to status, wounded by childhood and unable to stop thinking, but how we still manage to be inspired and creative.

                                                                                 SUNDAY February 12th  -  12 Noon-12:15pm

“Hope” short film

Director : Willy Whitefeather

Sunday, February 12th - 12:30 - 1:30pm

“Schooling the World”
Director : Carol Black
Running Time: 65 minutes

If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a a generation, how would you do it?  You would change the way it educateds its children.  The film examines the hidden assumption of cultural superiority behind education aid projects, which overly aim to help children "escape" to a "better life" - despite mounting evidence of the environmental, social, and mental health costs of our own modern consumer lifestyles, from epidemic rates of childhood depression and substance abuse to pollution and climate change.

                                                                                                    Sunday, February 12th - 1:45pm-2:30pm

                                                                      “A Thousand Roads”
                                                                                                  Director : Chris Eyre                                                                                         Writer/Producer : Scott Garen
                                                                                       Running Time: 40 minutes

The lives of four Native Americans take a significant turn as they confront the crises that arise in a single day. a young Inupiat girl, a Navajo gang banger, a Mohawk stockbroker and a Quechuan healer, journey through the epic landscapes of Alaska, New Mexico, Manhattan and Peru, drawing strength from their tribal past to transcend the challenges of the day and embrace the promises that awaits them.

“ Walkabout” A Short Film
Directors : Chris Magick & Thom Jordan
Running Time: 12 minutes 

Sunday, February 12th  -  3:00pm-5:00pm

“The Highest Pass”
Director : Jon Fitzgerald With Q & A
Running Time: 90 minutes

Special SNEAK PEEK screening, in theaters April 2012.  Adam learns that his yogi guru, Anand, has discovered a prophesy that was printed on his birth chart - he would die in an accident at the age of 27, and when Anand invites Adam to join him on a motorcycle journey through India's Himalayas, to the highest motorable road in the world, he faces the ultimate question: Is truly living worth dying for?