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NOW AVAILABLE ON VIDEO ON DEMAND (Apple TV, Amazon, GooglePlay) and WORLDWIDE VIRTUAL THEATER featuring exclusive q&as One Night for Consciousness Q&A Live post-screening discussion features Jack Kornfield, Author, and Buddhist Teacher; Directors Frauke Sandig & Eric Black; Roland Griffiths, Ph.D., Director, Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research; Monica Gagliano, Professor of Plant Behavior & Cognition, University of Sydney, and other special guests. Global Live Stream (European Premiere) Q&A Live post-screening discussion with Directors Frauke Sandig & Eric Black; Roland Griffiths, Ph.D., Director, Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research; Monica Gagliano, Professor of Plant Behavior & Cognition, University of Sydney; and Dr. med. Andrea Jungaberle Medical Director OVID Clinics I Co-founder of MIND Foundation. Moderator: Amir Giles, Co-Director, Psychedelic Society. 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes! “The most moving and beautiful depiction of deep understanding of consciousness and of who we are that I have seen depicted through film.” -Jack Kornfield, author and Buddhist teacher “Stirs feelings of awe and wonder, humility and connection. A remarkable film.” – Valerie Kalfrin, Alliance of Women Film Journalists “Consciousness-elevating food for thought.” – Michael Rechtschaffen, Los Angeles Times “Stunningly Deep, Wise and Visually Arresting, the most Mind-Blowing Film the Maui Film Festival has presented in Twenty Years! -Barry Rivers Maui Film Festival Founder/Director WINNER OF THE FEATURE COMPETITION JURY PRIZE, 2021 ILLUMINATE FILM FESTIVAL TAKE A THOUGHT-PROVOKING, MIND-BLOWING CINEMATIC JOURNEY INTO THE OCEAN OF CONSCIOUSNESS. What is consciousness? Is it in all living beings? What happens when we die? Why do we seem to be hardwired for mystical experience? 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. Cast: Roland Griffiths, the renowned Johns Hopkins University psychedelics researcher, plant biologist Monica Gagliano, Christof Koch, Chief Scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, the famed Tibetan Buddhist monks, Matthieu Ricard and Mingyur Rinpoche, and acclaimed author, Richard Boothby. AWARE is the second in the trilogy following Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth, selected for over 100 international film festivals. AWARE is the winner of the Feature Competition Jury Prize at the Illuminate Film Festival and is currently shortlisted for the LOLA, the German Academy Awards. Directed by Frauke Sandig and Eric Black Website: Facebook:
