The Shift Network Presents the Shift Your World Film Festival, February 17-20, 2022

A 4-Day Event Featuring Opening Remarks by Jeff Bridges, 25 Transformational Films and Psychedelic Sunday — an Entire Day of Content Devoted to the Psychedelic Renaissance

PETALUMA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Shift Network (TSN), a global leader in transformational media, is proud to announce the lineup for its second annual Shift Your World Film Festival. Running from February 17-20, 2022, the festival program includes opening remarks from actor and activist Jeff Bridges… 18 feature-length and seven short films focused on wellness, sustainability, social justice, and spirituality… more than a dozen panels with filmmakers… and the Culture Shift Legacy Awards. The full 2022 festival program and trailer can be found at Shift Your World Film Festival.

Access to film screenings, panels and conversations with filmmakers, along with official festival voting, is free and open to the general public. An optional VIP Pass ($49) includes online, on-demand access to select films and filmmaker interviews, as well as admission to the Psychedelic Sunday program of films and panels devoted to the psychedelic renaissance.

“The themes of this year’s Shift Your World Film Festival — health, sustainability, social justice, and psychedelics as a catalyst for conscious growth — are all interconnected with our personal evolution,” says Stephen Dinan, The Shift Network’s CEO and founder. “The films we showcase are designed to uplift our consciousness, and from that standpoint, redesign our society. If we embrace this dual evolution, a whole new vista of our future is possible.”

The free portion of this year’s festival culminates with the announcement of the Culture Shift Legacy Awards, honoring a feature film and short film that have contributed to humanity’s collective evolution. Audience and jury awards will be announced after the conclusion of the festival.

About The Shift Network: Founded in 2010, The Shift Network has empowered over 3,500,000 people in 180 countries. It features teachers and thought leaders in domains as diverse as spirituality, holistic health, psychology, energy medicine, Qigong, somatics, Indigenous wisdom, sound healing, yoga, herbalism, and peacebuilding. The Shift Network launches new courses and summits several times per week, as well as a rich array of podcasts and other media offerings, including through its Shift App, which is available in both the Apple and Google App Stores. The Shift Network is committed to empowering 100 million people in the next five years in order to accelerate the transition to a peaceful, sustainable, and thriving planet for all.

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The Shift Your World Film Festival presents a total of 25 films, including 18 feature films and seven shorts. Feature films include:

Us Kids — Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 11:00am Pacific

Directed by Kim A. Snyder

Sparked by the plague of gun violence ravaging their schools, Us Kids chronicles the March For Our Lives movement over the course of several years, following a group of teenage activists as they pull off the largest youth protest in American history and set out to build an inclusive youth movement.

Becoming Nobody — Thursday, February 17 at 3:00pm Pacific

Directed by Jamie Catto

Through his turns as scion of an eminent Jewish family from Boston, rock-star Harvard psychologist, counterculture rascally adventurer, Eastern holy man, stroke survivor, and compassionate caregiver, Becoming Nobody reveals the many hats that Ram Dass has worn throughout his rich life journey.

Mission: Joy — Thursday, February 17 at 6:00pm Pacific (*North American Preview)

Directed by Louis Psihoyos & Peggy Callahan

Deeply moving and laugh-out-loud funny, Mission: JOY invites us into the unlikely friendship of two icons who transcend religion: His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In their final joint mission, these self-described mischievous brothers give a masterclass in how to create joy in a world that was never easy for them.

Tahi: The Human Journey — Thursday, February 17 at 6:00pm Pacific (*Shown Outside North America*)

Directed by Karina Duffy

Filmmaker Karina Duffy left her high-flying Hollywood career to explore how we are all connected on this planet. Travelling to some of the most remote and diverse places on earth, Tahi captures the full spectrum of the human condition through intimate stories, ceremonies, and traditions.

The Story of Plastic — Friday, February 18 at 11:00am Pacific

Directed by Deia Schlosberg

A searing expose revealing the ugly truth behind plastic pollution, The Story of Plastic presents a cohesive timeline of how we got to our current global crisis. The film depicts how the oil and gas industry has successfully manipulated the narrative around plastic, as well as the strong global resistance that’s fighting back.

The Way of Miracles — Friday, February 18 at 3:00pm Pacific

Directed by Christina Vircillo Bresson

Blending lessons from traditional Western medicine and ancient holistic systems, The Way of Miracles follows the work of holistic practitioner Dr. Mark Mincolla, and features interviews with Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Bruce Lipton, and others. The film explores how the energetic properties of food, thought, and emotion affect immunity, chronic inflammation, and disease.

The Revolution Generation — Friday, February 18 at 4:30pm Pacific

Directed by Josh and Rebecca Tickell

With narration by actor and activist Michelle Rodriguez, The Revolution Generation shows how young people can deploy their strengths to revolutionize the system as they confront both the U.S. political crisis and the global environmental crisis.

Not Going Quietly — Friday, February 18 at 6:00pm Pacific

Directed by Nicholas Bruckman

Diagnosed with ALS at the age of 32 and fearing rising healthcare costs in light of the proposed 2018 tax reform, Not Going Quietly follows Ady Barker and his supporters as he heads for Washington to lead a group voicing its concerns about the future of healthcare in the United States.

The Seeds of Vandana Shiva — Saturday, February 19 at 11:00am Pacific

Directed by Jim and Camilla Becket

With a focus on the people, circumstances, and seminal events that shaped Vandana’s thinking and defined her purpose, The Seeds of Vandana Shiva also shows how the battle against multinational agribusiness has become a global struggle between two distinct visions for feeding the world.

Changing of the Gods — Saturday, February 19 at 3:00pm Pacific *World Premiere Preview*

Directed by Kenny Ausubel & Louie Schwartzberg

Changing of the Gods, a 10-part documentary series, uses the lens of archetypal astrology to paint a sweeping journey across historical cycles of revolution and world-changing transformations that deliver us into “the fierce urgency of now.”

What About Me? — Saturday, February 19 at 6:00pm Pacific

Directed by Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman

Through music and film, What About Me?, the second in the 1 Giant Leap film series, explores the universal complexities of human nature. The filmmakers traveled to the farthest corners of the planet, recording words of wisdom with the world’s top thinkers, writers, and entertainers along the way.

Psychedelic Sunday, February 20, 2022

Psychedelia — 9:00am Pacific

Directed by Pat Murphy

Featuring leading experts in the field of psychedelic research, Psychedelia tells the story of medical professionals who have legally reintroduced psychedelics into their practices. First-hand accounts from an end-of-life anxiety study show the potential of these substances to aid us individually and shift society at large.

Dying To Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary — 10:30am Pacific

Directed by Gay Dillingham

An intimate portrait celebrating two complex characters in an epic friendship that shaped a generation, Dying To Know takes us back to the early 1960s, when Harvard psychology professors Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert began probing the edges of consciousness through their experiments with psychedelics.

Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness — 1:00pm Pacific (Short)

Directed by Frauke Sandig and Eric Black

Aware follows six brilliant researchers approaching the greatest of all mysteries from radically different perspectives: through high-tech brain research and Eastern meditation, by scientifically exploring inner space through psychedelic substances, and by investigating the consciousness of plants.

From Shock to Awe — 3:00pm Pacific

Directed by Luc Cotév

A raw and intimate look at the transformational journey of three combat veterans suffering from severe trauma, From Shock to Awe chronicles their lives as they abandon pharmaceuticals to seek relief through the mind-expanding world of psychedelics.

The Wisdom of Trauma — 6:00pm Pacific

Directed by Maurizio Benazzo and Zaya Benazzo

In The Wisdom of Trauma, Dr. Gabor Maté gives us a new vision for living: a trauma-informed society in which parents, teachers, physicians, and policy-makers are not concerned with fixing behaviors and suppressing symptoms, but seek instead to understand the sources from which troubling behaviors and diseases spring.

VIP Bonus Content (with upgrade package), February 21 to March 6 on demand:

1 Giant Leap — 20th Anniversary Edition

Directed by Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman

Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman travelled for seven months through all five continents with a mission to gather insights on universal themes of life from the most illuminating people they could find. Along the way, they composed exquisite multi-layered music with talented musicians from around the world.

Kapaemahu

Directed by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Joe Wilson, and Dean Hamer

Long ago, four extraordinary beings of dual male and female spirit brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii and imbued their powers in four giant boulders. The stones still stand on Waikiki Beach.

Contacts

For more information on The Shift Music Festival and Visionaries Summit, please contact Dayna Macy: [email protected] // @daynam