2021 ILLUMINATE Film Festival

OPENING FILM - Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness + Live Q&A

Expired May 27, 2021 6:59 AM
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What is consciousness? Is it in all living beings? What happens when we die? Why do we seem to be hardwired for mystical experience? Travel along as scientists give us peeks into a realm previously dominated by philosophy and religion. Aware follows six brilliant researchers who approach our greatest mysteries from radically different viewpoints. High-tech brain research and Eastern meditation, psychedelics, and the consciousness of plants help us see the world anew, challenge our beliefs, and maybe even initiate our own journey into the unknown.


Live Virtual Q&A on Thursday, May 20, 5:30 pm PDT with:

Frauke Sandig, director

Eric Black, director

Monica Gagliano, film subject, Professor for Plant Behaviour & Cognition, University of Sydney

Roland Griffiths, film subject, Director of Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Johns Hopkins University

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    102 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Germany, United States
  • Premiere
    North American
  • Director
    Frauke Sandig & Eric Black
  • Producer
    Frauke Sandig & Eric Black
  • Cast
    Richard Boothby, Monica Gagliano, Roland R. Griffiths, Christof Koch, Josefa Kirvin Kulix, Matthieu Ricard, Mary Cosimano, Justine Fritz, Mingyur Rinpoche
  • Cinematographer
    Eric Black
  • Editor
    Franziska von Berlepsch, Rune Schweitzer
  • Composer
    Zoë Keating, Causeyoufair, David Hykes Jörg Seibold