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Bringing together the screening of inspirational and uplifting documentaries, features and short films with the opportunity for discussion, Highland Spiritual Cinema creates a new way to nourish our spiritual self.
Each month, Highland Spiritual Cinema offers engaging films that touch hearts and souls, films that remind us of the truth of our spiritual nature as they reveal the magnificence of the human spirit.
The option of participating in a Discussion Group follows the screening of films. Share what you enjoyed, what you didn’t enjoy, or anything else that came up for you.
About Spiritual Cinema...
Spiritual Cinema is a relative newcomer to the many distinctive film genre that can be found today. It has grown out of the recognition by some individuals working within the film industry, of the disenchantment of an audience whose souls are weary of seeing violent distortions of humanity endlessly played out on cinema and television screens. Spiritual Cinema attempts to bring together everybody who wishes to experience films that are inspiring, uplifting and empowering.
About The Spiritual Cinema Circle...
The founders and members of The Spiritual Cinema Circle celebrate a universal form of spirituality that transcends religious belief and other factors that often divide instead of unify people - a kind of spirituality that reveres the question more than the answer, one that embraces and accepts rather than judges and rejects.
For around £14.75 (price includes shipping) The Spiritual Cinema Circle will send you a new DVD every month with four films that include a mixture of features, shorts and documentaries that explore spirit, spirituality, existence, morality, compassion, the power of the mind, metaphysics and other enriching topics that take your personal journey further.
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Highland Spiritual Cinema Film Catalogue
"We're in a free fall into future. We don't know where we're going. Things are changing so fast. And always when you’re going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. But all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It’s a very interesting shift of perspective . . . Joyfully participate in the sorrows of the world and everything changes." Joseph Campbell (1904-1987)
This compelling story of crime and redemption has earned countless awards around the globe. On the edges of Johannesburg, Tsotsi's life has no meaning beyond survival. One night, in desperation, Tsotsi steals a woman's car. But as he is driving off, he makes a shocking discovery in the backseat. In one moment his life takes a sharp turn and leads him down an unexpected path to redemption ... giving him hope for a future he never could have imagined. TSOTSI is an extraordinary portrait of the choices that are made in life and how compassion can endure in the human heart.
Written and directed by Gavin Hood
2006, 94 minutes in Afrikaans, Xhosa and Zulu with English subtitles
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THE RUB OF ATTRACTION
The Rub Of Attraction is a humorous take on the challenges we face in getting the Law of Attraction to work for us. Will thinking positively always turn a situation around for the better? Always? Can absolutely anyone have absolutely anything they want? This quirky short film has a lot to say about our desires and the secret to manifesting them.
Written by Mikki Willis and directed by Lenny Manfred
2007, 10 minutes in English
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21st May 2008 - 7pm (doors open 6.45pm)
Rob Bell is a gifted communicator who knows how to get his point across to a diverse audience. Best selling author of Velvet Elvis: Repainting The Christian Faith, and Sex God: Exploring The Endless Connections Between Sexuality and Spirituality, Bell looks at the issues of spiritual growth in this recording from his 2006 speaking tour filmed at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Appearing from behind a curtain, Bell steps out in front of a large blank whiteboard that spans the width of the stage. The crowd erupts in cheers and applause, before Bell tears right into what it is they are all there for. He seems unconcerned with his own celebrity as he begins by looking at the ancient dichotomy of physical vs. spiritual, arguing that the Creation poem makes no such distinction.
As human beings, we are created both physical and spiritual. “Every act we do is a spiritual act,” Bell states. And as he calls his listeners to understand that God is not confined to a building or a particular hour of one day of the week, but rather God is omnipresent and infuses every interaction we have, everything is drenched with the presence of the divine.
78 minutes, in English
Make a date in your diary to join us on 21st May for Highland Spiritual Cinema.
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This beautiful Thai film wraps us in its mystery and romance, while the exotic surroundings of the Thai village fill our senses. The film asks us to believe again in the mysteries that bring us healing when we most need it, and love when we least expect it!
Written and directed by O Nathapon, (2001)
36 minutes in Thai with English subtitles.
18th June 2008 - 7pm (doors open 6.45pm)
Make a date in your diary to join us on 18th June for Highland Spiritual Cinema.
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In a small province in Thailand, Nop and Dao live with painful memories from the past. Each has lost a parent, Nop, his father, and Dao, her mother. Coincidentally, they are great fans of a radio show. As one hears the other talk on air about the lost of a parent, they realise that they should meet. The date and time are agreed upon. On the fateful day, their radios' batteries die and each is desperate to get to the convenience store to replace them.
Through archival excerpts from his finest filmed lectures interwoven with exquisite images and evocative music from around the world, renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell takes us on a journey of transcendence and illumination, a trip through the mythological symbols and sagas left by our ancient forebears. What is revealed en route is ‘mankind’s one great story’, the grand drama played out by all cultures on all continents since time immemorial. This saga ‘projected’ on the screen of the universe is the mythic adventure that became Campbell’s ‘Sukhavati’, what he passionately embraced as his life’s work, his place of bliss.
Created by Maxine Harris and Sheldon Rocklin, with the enthusiastic support of the Joseph Campbell Foundation, this hypnotic and mesmerizing film is a deeply personal, almost spiritual, portrait of Campbell, told in his own words, in his twilight years, at the summit of his career and the apex of his intellectual powers.
2007, 78 minutes in English
Unfolding is a film about a teenager, Lila, disconnected from her father who has lived in an institution for many years as a result of the early onset of Alzheimer’s disease. One day, while looking for an old record player in her attic, Lila discovers a cache of artwork, poetry, home movies and photographs that belonged to her father and through these objects she is drawn into his life as an artist, a writer, an immigrant from Europe, a young man in love with her mother... A powerful and evocative film by Christian Vuissa.
2003, 29 minutes in English
16th July 2008 - 7pm (doors open 6.45pm)
This inspirational movie is based on the best-selling book of the same name is hosted by Louise L. Hay and gives penetrating insights into Louise’s fascinating personal story showing how her views on self esteem, abundance, and the metaphysical causes behind physical ailments were developed.
It also reveals how she applies these concepts to her own emotional, spiritual and professional life. A number of luminaries in the fields of self-help, philosophy, health, spirituality, and New Thought join Louise, giving their take on success, happiness, and the myriad ways in which people can heal their own lives. And there are also gripping first hand accounts from others who have been positively affected by Louise’s work.
2007, 90 minutes in English
A humorous take on the challenges we face in getting the Law of Attraction to work for us. Will thinking positively always turn a situation around for the better? Always? Can absolutely anyone have absolutely anything they want? This short film has a lot to say about our desires and the secret to manifesting them.
Written by Mikki Willis, Directed by Lenny Manfred
2007, 10 minutes in English
Make a date in your diary to join us on 16th July for Highland Spiritual Cinema.
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13th August 2008 - 7pm (doors open 6.45pm)
With its breathtaking cinematography and mesmerising music, Baraka delivers an unforgettable collection of snapshots from the global family album. Startling, powerful, and moving images portray the vastness and variety of nature, city life, sacred sites, rituals, and the shared distress of earth and humankind. The images are carried into our consciousness and connected to our feelings by the soul-stirring music and sound collages of composer Michael Stearns.
Baraka is an ancient Sufi word, which can be translated as ‘a blessing’, or as the breath or essence of life from which the evolutionary process unfolds.
Baraka requires no dialogue to portray the tumultuous interaction of Earth and man.
us pause to wonder about the fate of the planet and its creatures.
2001, 104 minutes without dialogue
Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson travelled to 24 countries in 6 continents to capture a compelling record of dramatic and spiritual moments, as well as other scenes which give
The Rebel Clown Army’s assault on the G8 Summit held in Scotland in 2005
15 minutes, in English
Make a date in your diary to join us on 13th August for Highland Spiritual Cinema.
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