Ancient Futures
Festival
A Balinese clifftop gathering at the intersection of earth wisdom, conscious living, and collective transformation.
About the project
Ancient Futures was a landmark gathering born from the NewEarth Project, a multi-day festival set on Bali's extraordinary clifftops, bringing together indigenous wisdom keepers, artists, healers, musicians, and conscious community builders from across the globe.
As Director and Curator, Jenna shaped the entire experience: from the programming architecture to the ceremonial structures, from the speaker line-up to the logistics of staging a large-scale intentional gathering in one of the world's most spiritually significant landscapes.
The festival's premise was simple and radical: that the old and the new are not opposites. That ancient ways of knowing hold the keys to building futures worth inhabiting. Jenna curated that tension into a programme that honoured tradition while pointing firmly forward.
Ancient Futures represents the full expression of what Akasha Productions does at its most ambitious. Gathering as a vehicle for collective awakening, produced with the operational rigour that allows the magic to happen.
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Key responsibilities
- ◆ Festival direction and overall vision
- ◆ Programme curation: speakers, artists, healers
- ◆ Indigenous wisdom keeper partnerships
- ◆ International logistics and on-site production
- ◆ Ceremonial and community experience design
Featured Podcast
Visionary Lifestyle Podcast
Season 4, Episode 1: Jenna Ansell on Ancient Futures Festival
Jenna in conversation about the philosophy behind Ancient Futures: earth wisdom, collective transformation, and the belief that everybody has a light inside of them waiting to be sparked.
▶ Listen to the Episode"Absolutely everybody has a light inside of them, it's a matter of whether or not it's been sparked."
Jenna Ansell, Visionary Lifestyle Podcast