8th Annual Awareness Film Festival Launches With Powerful Lineup of Films
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updated: Oct 5, 2017
LOS ANGELES, Calif., October 5, 2017 (Newswire.com) - The 8th Annual Awareness Film Festival is returning this year on October 5-15 with its unique and stimulating program celebrating ecological, health/well-being, political and spiritual films from all around the world. Taking place at the Regal 14 Cinemas in L.A. LIVE, the Awareness Film Festival has continued to grow and to help promote change on a socio-economic level and is honored to have the opportunity to spotlight filmmakers committed to making positive change throughout the world.
This year will not only include screenings of incredibly inspirational and thought-provoking documentaries and films including the world premiere of Lisa Vanderpump's short doc "The Road to Yulin," but will also play host to filmmaker Q&A’s, panel discussions, live music, speakers, artists, parties, and a virtual reality showcase.
See below for a detailed film schedule and list of special events, including panels, the Opening Night Gala, Honoree Dinner, and Closing Night Gala:
| Date | Showtime | End Time | Film |
| Thursday, October 5th | |||
| Down the Road: Film Block 1 | |||
| 10/5/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Rebel in Rising |
| 10/5/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Try a Little Tenderness |
| 10/5/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Blue Honey |
| 10/5/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | The Kingdom that Crumbled |
| 10/5/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Chasing Titles Vol. 1 |
| 10/5/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | The Road to Yulin |
| We Hear You: Film Block 2 | |||
| 10/5/17 | 8:00 PM | 10:00 PM | #We Matter |
| 10/5/17 | 8:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Ayre- MAY PULL |
| 10/5/17 | 8:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Streetwrite |
| 10/5/17 | 8:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Make It Work |
| 10/5/17 | 8:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Show Me Democracy |
| Friday, October 6th | |||
| Dreamer's: Film Block 3 | |||
| 10/6/17 | 4:45 PM | 6:00 PM | Restoration: A Refugee's Story |
| 10/6/17 | 4:45 PM | 6:00 PM | Without Papers |
| Peace Block 1 | |||
| 10/6/17 | 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM | What If? (Fired) |
| 10/6/17 | 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM | The Activists: War, Peace, and Politics in the Streets |
| Peace Block 2 | |||
| 10/6/17 | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | What If? (Gun Corp) |
| 10/6/17 | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Paying the Price for Peace: The Story of S. Brian Willson |
| Closing A Border: Film Block 4 | |||
| 10/6/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Little Rebels |
| 10/6/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | One Way |
| 10/6/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Dancing on a Razor's Edge: What happens when you close a border? |
| Saturday, October 7th | |||
| Youth Filmmaker: Film Block 5 | |||
| 10/7/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | The Importance of Giving |
| 10/7/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Mirror |
| 10/7/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | The Ringing |
| 10/7/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Eagle Feather |
| 10/7/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Break the Cycle |
| 10/7/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Grandma |
| 10/7/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | An Ancient Problem and a Young Man |
| 10/7/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Same Old |
| 10/7/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Sunrise Storyteller |
| Healing Naturally: Film Block 6 | |||
| 10/7/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | The Bridge: Pathways to a Trauma-Informed Community |
| 10/7/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Magic Pills |
| Love Doesn't Hurt: Film Block 7 | |||
| 10/7/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | It Happened Again Last Night |
| 10/7/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Releve |
| 10/7/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | What Doesn't Kill Me |
| Feature | |||
| 10/7/17 | 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Like I'm Flying |
| Feature | |||
| 10/7/17 | 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM | A Day's Work |
| Blue Note: Film Block 8 | |||
| 10/7/17 | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | 7 Days |
| 10/7/17 | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Evolutionary Blues: West Oakland's Music Legacy |
| Crossroads: Film Block 9 | |||
| 10/7/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Class Clown |
| 10/7/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Plum |
| 10/7/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Candy & Ronnie |
| 10/7/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Girl of My Dreams |
| 10/7/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Moon Child |
| 10/7/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Perception: From Prison to Purpose |
| Sunday, October 8th | |||
| Shamanic Trekker: Film Block 10 | |||
| 10/8/17 | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Shamanic Trekker: Journey to the Source |
| Don't Be a Bystander: Film Block 11 | |||
| 10/8/17 | 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Witnesses |
| 10/8/17 | 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Reset |
| 10/8/17 | 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Hard to Believe |
| Not Alone: Film Block 12 | |||
| 10/8/17 | 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | The Sounds of War |
| 10/8/17 | 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Until the Last Drop |
| 10/8/17 | 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | MDMA: Stories of Treatment |
| 10/8/17 | 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | The Fog |
| 10/8/17 | 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Beginning of the Road |
| 10/8/17 | 3:00 PM | 5:00 PM | The Ravens |
| Drifting: Film Block 13 | |||
| 10/8/17 | 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Interference |
| 10/8/17 | 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | The Valley |
| Pushing Boundaries: Film Block 14 | |||
| 10/8/17 | 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | The King of the Ring |
| 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | The Golden Age | |
| 10/8/17 | People Aren't Illegal: Film Block 15-1 | ||
| 10/8/17 | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Dancing in Limbo |
| 10/8/17 | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Citizen |
| 10/8/17 | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Undocument |
| Freedom is Mighty: Film Block 15-2 | |||
| 10/8/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Realm of Caring |
| 10/8/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Michael |
| 10/8/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | The Retreat |
| 10/8/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Leap (Short) |
| 10/8/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Rahman: The Rebel Optimist |
| Monday, October 9th | |||
| Break the Silence: Film Block 16 | |||
| 10/9/17 | 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Free to Ride |
| 10/9/17 | 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | No More Now |
| Open Your Mind: Film Block 17 | |||
| 10/9/17 | 7:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Amazing Things Happen |
| 10/9/17 | 7:00 PM | 8:00 PM | MAY I BE HAPPY |
| Interconnectivity: Film Block 18 | |||
| 10/9/17 | 8:30 PM | 11:00 PM | Sit Up and Change: Tales of Transformation |
| 10/9/17 | 8:30 PM | 11:00 PM | Intraterrestrial: A Fleeting Contact |
| 10/9/17 | 8:30 PM | 11:00 PM | Your Brain, Your Body, Your Breath; The Science of Yoga Therapy |
| Tuesday, October 10th | |||
| Little Choices Big Impact: Film Block 19 | |||
| 10/10/17 | 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Leap |
| 10/10/17 | 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Rooted in Love |
| 10/10/17 | 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Saving the Planet, One Bite at a Time |
| Complementary Medicine: Film Block 20 | |||
| 10/10/17 | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Partners in Healing: A Beginner's Guide to Integrative Medicine |
| 10/10/17 | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Just One Drop |
| Not For Sale: Film Block 21 | |||
| 10/10/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | The Trick Room |
| 10/10/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | I Am Still Here |
| Wednesday, October 11th | |||
| The Fight Against Regression: Film Block 22 | |||
| 10/11/17 | 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Once I Was Titania |
| 10/11/17 | 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | La Opisicion |
| 10/11/17 | 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | The Nuclear Requiem |
| From Here to Home: Film Block 23 | |||
| 10/11/17 | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Searching Skies |
| 10/11/17 | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Shingal, Where Are You? |
| Grass Roots: Film Block 24 | |||
| 10/11/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Cycle of Change |
| 10/11/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Wasted Talent |
| 10/11/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | From Flint |
| 10/11/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Nat Bates for Mayor |
| Thursday, October 12th | |||
| Feature | |||
| 10/12/17 | 4:30 PM | 6:00 PM | Healing Fukushima |
| On Their Own Terms: Film Block 25 | |||
| 10/12/17 | 6:00 PM | 7:30 PM | Anderson |
| 10/12/17 | 6:00 PM | 7:30 PM | Gabe |
| Ai Wei My Way: Film Block 26 | |||
| 10/12/17 | 7:30 PM | 9:00 PM | Pounce |
| 10/12/17 | 7:30 PM | 9:00 PM | Andre The Anti Giant |
| 10/12/17 | 7:30 PM | 9:00 PM | Ai Wei Wei Drifting |
| Inner Strength: Film Block 27 | |||
| 10/12/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Calendula |
| 10/12/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Thuralia |
| 10/12/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Staring Down Fate |
| Friday, October 13th | |||
| The Future is Female: Film Block 28 | |||
| 10/13/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | The Abortion Road Trip |
| 10/13/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Girls Like Us |
| 10/13/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Names of Women |
| 10/13/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | She Asked For It |
| 10/13/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Women at the Front |
| The Resistance: Film Block 29 | |||
| 10/13/17 | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | The Women's March |
| 10/13/17 | 7:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Political Animals |
| LBGTQIA+ More Than a Label: Film Block 30 | |||
| 10/13/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Help |
| 10/13/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Swim |
| 10/13/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | The Cycle |
| 10/13/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | S.O.S. |
| 10/13/17 | 9:00 PM | 11:00 PM | It's Not Just Me |
| Saturday, October 14th | |||
| Force of Nature: Film Block 31-1 | |||
| 10/14/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | People of the Forest: Orange Rimba |
| 10/14/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Bison Nation-Walking Sacred Sites |
| 10/14/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 1.5 Stay Alive |
| Health is Wealth?: Film Block 31-2 | |||
| 10/14/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Time Flies |
| 10/14/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Dempsey the Diabetic Superhero |
| 10/14/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Family Rewritten |
| 10/14/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Mr. Connolly Has ALS |
| 10/14/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Un-Inflame Me: Reversing the American Diet & Lifestyle |
| Inclusion: Film Block 32-1 | |||
| 10/14/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Yolis |
| 10/14/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Life In Strides |
| 10/14/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Inside I'm Racing |
| 10/14/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Cheers to JOY-The Road to the Special Olympics World Games |
| Tomorrow's Climate: Film Block 32-2 | |||
| 10/14/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Better Tomorrows |
| 10/14/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | The Climate Countdown |
| 10/14/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | The Discarded |
| 10/14/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Plastic is Forever |
| 10/14/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | The Arcade Creek Project |
| 10/14/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Straws |
| Israel: Film Block 33-1 | |||
| 10/14/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | The Bus Trip |
| 10/14/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Jerusalem In Line |
| 10/14/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | The Essential Link: The Story of Wilfrid Israel |
| Rape Culture is When: Film Block 33-2 | |||
| 10/14/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | The First of Many |
| 10/14/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Under the Stars |
| 10/14/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Hummingbird: A Sister's Courage |
| 10/14/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Surviving International Boulevard |
| 10/14/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Break the Chain |
| Mercy for Animals: Film Block 34-1 | |||
| 10/14/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | The Road to Yulin |
| 10/14/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | The Poacher's Pipeline |
| 10/14/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Operation Jeedara |
| Water is Elemental: Film Block 34-2 | |||
| 10/14/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | What's in Your Water? |
| 10/14/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Code Yellow |
| 10/14/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Parched |
| 10/14/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Bird City Lights |
| 10/14/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Not Without Us |
| Sunday, October 15th | |||
| Break the Stigma: Film Block 35-1 | |||
| 10/15/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | La CLAVE |
| 10/15/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Off-Ramp |
| 10/15/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Going Mental |
| 10/15/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Crazy |
| Mind & Body: Film Block 35-2 | |||
| 10/15/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | See Memory |
| 10/15/17 | 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Your Health: A Sacred Matter |
| Aging Wisely: Film Block 36-1 | |||
| 10/15/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Dignity of Risk |
| 10/15/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | The Road to Dharma |
| 10/15/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Lives Well Lived |
| Brian/Mind: Film Block 36-2 | |||
| 10/15/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Midwife |
| 10/15/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | In Bed. |
| 10/15/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 1/2 Nelson |
| 10/15/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Maslows |
| 10/15/17 | 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | When I Stutter |
| Journey to the Self: Film Block 37-1 | |||
| 10/15/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | The Spiritual Warrior |
| 10/15/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | The Weight We Carry |
| 10/15/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:00 PM | HARE KRISHNA! The Mantra, The Movement And The Swami Who Started it All |
| Peace Makers: Film Block 37-2 | |||
| 10/15/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:30 PM | What If? (Road Rage) |
| 10/15/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:30 PM | Hotel Everest |
| 10/15/17 | 4:00 PM | 6:30 PM | The Peace Agency |
| Origins of Evil: Film Block 38-1 | |||
| 10/15/17 | 6:30 PM | 8:00 PM | Vestige |
| 10/15/17 | 6:30 PM | 8:00 PM | The Evil Within |
| Out of Control: Film Block 38-2 | |||
| 10/15/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Drinking |
| 10/15/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Berserk |
| 10/15/17 | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Detroit Under Stress |
| Closing Night Film and Awards | |||
| 10/15/17 | 8:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Matthew |
| 10/15/17 | 8:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Living in Shadows |
| 10/15/17 | 8:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Adele and Everything After |
The Awareness Film Festival is presented by Heal One World. The Los Angeles-based nonprofit was formed to help connect people in need of preventative health care, non-traditional/complementary modalities, natural non-invasive treatments and guidance learning self-help techniques that are generally not covered by insurance, and offer access to this help on a sliding scale, free or donation basis.
All proceeds from the festival will go towards Heal One World.
To purchase tickets and for more information, visit https://www.awarenessfestival.org
Source: Awareness Film Festival
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