Arts & Culture
Balinale International Film Festival Bali 24 – 30 September 2017
This year, the Bali International Film Festival, also known as Balinale, is back with more exciting cultural programmes. The international festival will continue to forge relationships between countries through art, film and storytelling. Since its inception in 2007, Balinale has sought to raise awareness about art and film among local and international communities, through programmes like school visits, free open air cinema, workshops and more. More importantly, the non- profit foundation aims to promote Indonesian cinema with the help of professional workers in the film industry and even international award- winning filmmakers. For more information please visit www.balinale.com.
Bali Vegan Festival 2017 6 – 8 October 2017
Bali Vegan Festival will be held this October to unite the local and international community by promoting love and care for animals and the earth. The three- day festival will feature a number of creative speakers. The festival recently announced that filmmaker and environmentalist Kip Anderson will be joining the festival with a screening of his new documentary What the Health. Vegan runners Alan Murray and Janette MurrayWakelin will also be joining Anderson to raise awareness about sustainable future and conscious lifestyle choices. Bali Vegan Festival also invites representatives from Humane Society Internat ional and Indonesia Vegetarian Society and BAWA to discuss ways to be an effective activist. Bali Vegan Festival will take place in two venues in Ubud: Paradiso, the island’s cultural centre and the world’s first organic vegan cinema; and also Taksu Garden Spa, set 50 metres away. The festival welcomes food and health enthusiasts, as well as everyone to participate in a series of interesting talks, workshops, and classes. For more information please visit www.baliveganfestival.com.
DenPasar2017: An Exhibition/ A Movement 26 May – 27 August 2017
DenPasar2017 is organized as an initiative to put Denpasar in the map of Bali’s art and design scene. This year DenPasar2017 takes on the theme of ‘Market Language’. The annual exhibition showcases the island of the God’s talented artists and young creatives. These artists went through a selection process in January and were asked to create two dimentional artworks with the theme ‘market’ and ‘market language’. Successful ar tists came from different artistic backgrounds, including Adhika Annisa Ninus (architect, dancer and performing artist), Dian Suri Handayani ( jewelry designer), Myra Jliarti (fashion designer) and more. The art exhibition is also held to fulfill the mission of providing a platform for arts and literature artists to discuss the markets and art and creative travel routes in the city of Denpasar and Bali. DenPasar2017 takes place in CushCush Gallery. For more information please visit http:// cushcushgallery.com/ccg/ denpasar-2017/