Events at the 2009 Festival
"Celebrate the Human Spirit" Come celebrate the opening of the Idaho Artists Exhibition/silent auction at The Open Room, September 4th, 5:00-8:00 PM to benefit the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival and our Idaho artists. Featured works by Idaho artists on view for public exhibition and silent auction beginning Monday, August 31st, at 10 am and closing at 5 pm on Saturday, September 19th. 680 Sun Valley Road, Walnut Avenue Mall, Ketchum Gala Opening at the Friesen Gallery, September 17th, 5:30-7:30 Celebrate and welcome festival goers and guests to the 5th year of the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival. Hors d'oeuvres gifted by Ric Lum, libations gifted by Bex Wilkinson. Enjoy the limited edition photographs of Matthieu Ricard: author, Buddhist monk, French Interpreter for the Dalai Lama, who will be joining us September 24th (see below). Sun Valley Road at First Avenue, Ketchum.
Marketing to Muggles: Spiritual Media, September 19th, 8:30-9:30 AM Coffee with our panelists. What is spiritual media? How do we market, brand and define spiritual media to the ever increasing audience interested in the spirituality genre? Moderator: Tom Williamson, Producer, Co-Chair Idaho Film Advisory Committee; Panelists: Sarah Masters, Managing Director-Hartley Film Foundation, Peter Shiao, Founder and CEO-Orb Media Group, Stephen Kiesling, Editor-in-Chief-Spirituality and Health, Joseph Campo, CEO-Grassroots Films
Hollywood is dead: What’s next? September 19th, 1:30 PM Hollywood Producer/Director Stephen Simon presents a lively, interactive workshop on Hollywood and Spiritual Cinema, where they are now, where they've been, and where they may be going. Stephen is the producer of Somewhere In Time and What Dreams May Come, the producer/director of Conversations With God and Indigo, cofounder of The Spiritual Cinema Circle (a global DVD monthly subscription company), and the author of The Force Is With You: Mystical Movie Messages That Inspire Our Lives. Don’t miss the World Premiere of the first episode of THE GIFT, an original episodic series from The Spiritual Cinema Circle. The first episode of THE GIFT will be distributed exclusively to Spiritual Cinema Circle subscribers beginning in October, with subsequent episodes in November and December.
Cracking the Cosmic Egg, September 20th, 2:00 PM Jim Walsh, CEO HESA Institute, CEO Intentional Chocolate brings us ,"Cracking the Cosmic Egg" a short film and presentation introducing us to an exciting new frontier where science and spirituality are combining to improve the human condition. HESA's mission is to combine the science of spirituality and the science of matter, East and West together, to benefit the areas of human energy, health care, nutrition and education in measurable ways. One of the highlights of the talk will be an audience sampling of one of first prototype products to come out of HESA's technology-Intentional Chocolate!
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September 21st: Special screening of The Day After Peace, in honor of International Peace Day, 7:00 PM, Community School Auditorium.
September 24th: Matthieu Ricard: Buddhist monk, author, photographer, and French interpreter for His Holiness the Dalai Lama to speak about "Cultivating the inner conditions for genuine happiness," 7:00 PM, Presenation. Book signing begins at 6:30 PM Community School Auditorium.
FRIESEN GALLERY
Thursday September 17
5:30-7:30 PM Gala Opening at the Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley Road at First Avenue, Ketchum
SUN VALLEY OPERA HOUSE
Friday September 18
12:30 Heart Sutra (23), God as we understand him (58)
2:30 Scenes from a Parish (85)
4:30 Niloofar (82)
6:30 With One Voice (78),Matt Flickstein, Executive producer to speak
9:00 Unmistaken Child (102)
SUN VALLEY OPERA HOUSE
Saturday September 19
8:30 Marketing to Muggles;Spiritual media,Coffee, panel discussion. Moderator: Tom Williamson, Panelists: Sarah Masters, Peter Shiao, Stephen Kiesling, Joseph Campo
10:00 The Horse Boy (93)
12:00 The Little Soul and the Sun(60)FREE for all ages!
1:30 Hollywood is dead: What's next?Stephen Simon to speak, World premiere of The Gift
3:30 Lucia Rijker,A Buddhist,A Boxer (60)Director George Schouten to speak
6:00 The Human Experience (90)Actor Jeffrey Azize, and Producer Joseph Campo to speak
9:00 Oh My God(93),Piety (2)
SUN VALLEY OPERA HOUSE
Sunday September 20
9:30 Footsteps in Africa (67),Wonder Chamber(4),Walking with the Kukai(30)
11:30 Blessings (104), Director Victress Hitchcock to speak
2:00 Cracking the Cosmic Egg, CEO HESA Institute, Jim Walsh to speak
3:30 Cowboy Yoga (10), Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox (88) Ralph Bronner to speak
6:00 Sunshine for the Soul(6) CEO, Valerie Skonie to speak, Dhamma Brothers (76)Vapassana Teacher Brett Morris to speak
8:30 Youssou N'Dour: I bring what I Love (102)
COMMUNITY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Monday September 21
7:00 In recognition of International Peace Day, The Day After Peace (82)
COMMUNITY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Thursday September 24
7:00 An evening of cultivating happiness, Matthieu Ricard to speak, Booksiging at 6:30
Purchase your festival pass now for the 5th Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival! Passes can be purchased for $80 entitling purchasers to attend all films and special events, including the gala opening September 17th, 5:30 at the Friesen Gallery!
Festival passes can be purchased at three locations!
In Ketchum...Chapter One Bookstore, 160 Main Street North, (208) 726-5425
In Boise...The Boise Co-op, 888 W Fort St, (208) 472-4500
In Boise...Spirit at Work Books, 710 N Orchard St, (208) 388-3884
