The Exploring Consciousness Film Festival starts runs from February 24 to 26 and again from March 3 to 5 in the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg.

The festival is organised by the Brookby Education Centre and the films are those which have been shown on the recent Exploring Consciousness festivals in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Subjects range from Buddhist Perspectives; Islam and Sufism; Spiritual Quests and Mythology; Perspectives on Women; Healing Sounds and Death and Dying.

All tickets R20. For a full programme of films and screening times, contact 033 344 3094 or email soulinedu@futurenet.org.za