The Film

An innovative blend of fiction and fact, of actors and real-life characters, The Ananda Movie (working title Cities of Light) is a feature film being produced in Hollywood, based on founding of one of the most relevant spiritual movements in the world today, the dramatic story of its founder, Swami Kriyananda, the challenges he faced, and the movement which is providing a map for the lifestyle of the future.

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Video Blog

View the video blogs/mini-trailers series and learn more about the film from producers Roberto Bessi, Shivani Lucki and Nandini Cerri, and from writer-director Ted Nicolaou, with footage from the first 19 days of filming in California and Italy.

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Newsletter From Asha

Dear Friends:   In the more than forty years since Ananda’s founding there have been many watershed moments, expanding and directing the energy in new, often unexpected ways. Every watershed moment has come through some creative initiative launched by Swami Kriyananda. The only exception might be the forest fire of 1976, which burned down much [...]

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