Once Was. Still Iconic.

Past Festivals

2024 | PARADOX

2024 | PARADOX
2023 | inter/dependence

2023 | inter/dependence
2022 | Inner/Outer Climates

2022 | Inner/Outer Climates
2021 | Shapeshifting

2021 | Shapeshifting
2020 | Digital Season

2020 | Digital Season
2019 | Tricksters, Magicians & Oracles

2019 | Tricksters, Magicians & Oracles
2018 | Mythmaking

2018 | Mythmaking
2017 | Tales of War & Peace

2017 | Tales of War & Peace
2016 | Border Crossings

2016 | Border Crossings
2015 | Incredible ISF

2015 | Incredible ISF
2014 | For the Curious Mind

2014 | For the Curious Mind
2013 | Where Worlds Meet

2013 | Where Worlds Meet
2012 | Arts & Ideas

2012 | Arts & Ideas
2011 | Indian Summer

2011 | Indian Summer

ISF Artist Alumni

  • Person with pink curly hair wearing a vibrant blue and green shirt and decorative ear cuffs against a yellow background.

    Alok vaid-Menon

    American writer and performer


  • A women with long dark hair and a black sequined top looking to the side, with a reflection in a mirror.

    Arooj Aftab

    Pakistani-American singer and composer


  • A women with short curly hair wearing a white sweater and looking at the camera with a neutral expression, hand resting on chest.

    Arundhati Roy

    Acclaimed Booker prize-winning Indian author

  • A man with a beard wearing a black turban and a tuxedo with a bow tie, against a black background.

    Waris Ahluwalia

    Sikh American designer and actor

  • Smiling man with a white button-up shirt against a red background.

    Pico Iyer

    Award-winning British American travel writer, novelist and acclaimed TED speaker

  • A South Asian women in a red shawl smiling in a green field

    Vandana Shiva

    Sydney Peace Prize-winning food security activist

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