If you didn’t make it to Black Rock City this fall for Burning Man, you can still enjoy the experience with Burning Man: Voyage in Utopia (France, USA, 2010, 83 mins), the opening film of the SPIRIT Film Festival. The 5th International SPIRIT Film Festival will take place at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque from November 2 – 5, 2011. Compassion, women’s empowerment, yoga and an awareness of the environment are the central themes of this year’s festival.
Intenational guests at the festival include: Buddhist nun Rita; sex therapist Baba Dez, the star of the film Sex Magic, who will give a talk (in English) at a special screening of the film on November 3, 2011 at 18:45; and Dr. Gabriel Cousens.
18 documentary films will be screened at the festival. A complete list is available in English (hurray!) with times and dates on the SPIRIT Film Festival website. The festival is also a community event, a spiritual happening gathering together diverse groups of people with a common interest in spiritual awareness and growth. The festival will be accompanied by an exhibit, a New Age Fair, lectures and seminars.
Some festival highlights:
Baba Dez, sex therapist and star of the film Sex Magic, who has made love to more than 1,000 women, will conduct a session on sacred sexuality, accompanied by a screening of the film, on November 3, 2011 at 18:45.
The Buddhist Nun Rita, a known teacher in the Buddhist world, will hold a meeting and discussion session with the audience before the screening of the film Journey from Zanskar, on November 2, 2011 at 10:00.
Anat Zahor will lead a session on Yoga as a Channel for Communication, accompanied by the screening of the film Yogawoman, directed by Kate Clere McIntyre, on November 3, 2011 at 16:00.
A full program and listing of films can be found on the SPIRIT Film Festival website. Harsita and Anamika Eshel, founders of Lev Tahor, are the artistic directors of the festival, which is produced in collaboration with D’Plus Productions and with the cooperation of the Tel Aviv Cinematheque and the Tel Aviv Municipality.
Tel Aviv Cinematheque, 2 Sprinzak Street, Tel Aviv. 03- 6060800.
