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ILLUMINATE Film Festival, the world’s leading festival for evolutionary cinema, announces a key creative partnership with the Holomovement for its 2024 event April 5 - 14, in Santa Barbara, CA and globally online. The theme for this year's Festival, “Movies Make Movements Happen,” will bridge ILLUMINATE’s mission to elevate human consciousness through cinema, with the Holomovement’s work catalyzing a critical mass of transformative action for the greatest good.

In response to the critical needs of our world and in line with ILLUMINATE Film Festival’s new emphasis on the connection between personal transformation and societal change, the IFF-Holomovement partnership is envisioned to dramatically increase positive social impact.

The Holomovement is a global social movement igniting a critical mass of individuals and groups to activate their purpose through inspired collaborative action. Guided by science and spirituality, this unifying initiative is catalyzing a shift in global consciousness to serve the good of the whole. This  journey from ‘me,’ to ‘we,’ to ‘ALL’ is empowered by hope, meaning and evolutionary direction to transform the world.

“The Holomovement reflects ILLUMINATE’s deepest values, in particular, recognizing the interconnectedness of all life, as evidenced by quantum physics, and a deep commitment to embodying this truth in the ways we participate in the world,” says ILLUMINATE’s Executive Director, Téana David.

This partnership will support a HoloMovie Award with a $5,000 cash prize and a free virtual program about “Catalyzing the Holomovement'' serving as a centerpiece within ILLUMINATE’s online festival programming. Also included in the event will be “Reel Integrations,” experiential workshops that offer festival-goers a chance to more deeply integrate the messages of the films into their lives.

ILLUMINATE’s 2024 theme of “Movies Make Movements Happen” is not just an ideal. Attendees inspired by the possibilities presented in the films— for regenerative communities, meditation in schools, or global peace, for example—will be invited to join the Holomovement as self-organized “holons,” groups of 3 or more individuals, committed to taking action through projects impacting the greater good. ILLUMINATE is proud to be part of a developing network of holons within the Holomovement to ignite the full lifecycle of change — internal to external.

“We are thrilled,” says Ms. David, “to ignite and nurture this network of change agents throughout the festival and fulfill our collective mission of creating a world that works for all.”

A limited amount of All-Access Passes to attend the Festival, in-person in Santa Barbara and virtually, are on sale now at https://2024.illuminatefilmfestival.com/.