Fri 31st Jan, to Sun 23rd Feb
31st Jan, 1st Feb, 2nd Feb.
6th, 7th, 8th, 9th
Feb.
13th, 14th, 15th, 16th
Feb.
20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd
Feb.
All Free!
All Zoom!
(with two exceptions)
This is the Festival's 13th annual edition
(almost all Zoom since 2021).
CSF 2025's two themes
are:
Storytelling and
1) "Growing, Maturing, and Transforming".
and
2) "Environment" – Considering ways
the place
one is in may affect one's thoughts and mood.
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A) "Landscapes" – For examples:
i) Tamil culture identifies five landscapes, each
of which corresponds to a stage in a married
couple's relationship.
Including:
"Seashore" (relating to the couple's separation,
because one partner might be away on a sea
journey), and "Mountain Forests" (relating to
the couple's
joyful reunion).
ii) In Indian culture in general, "Forests"
are often thought of as places for meditation.
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B) Being –
i) In a City, in a Town, in the Countryside, at Sea,
on an Island, away from the Earth, in a Dream, etc.
ii) Indoors or Outdoors.
iii) Offline or Online.
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The CSF 2025 program in 3 time-zones
are at –
1) India
Time.
2) Central
European and West African Time.
3) Eastern
USA and Canada Time.
For timings elsewhere, one could use this time-zone converter.
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The CSF 2025 online
poster is here.
CSF 2025's 107 Presenters are listed here.
Please click on the name of a Presenter to see that
person's program info.
CSF 2025's 52 Workshops and other Sessions are
listed here.
CSF 2025's 60 Storytelling Sessions are
listed here.
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CSF 2025 would feature
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3 Storytelling Sessions
for and by Children:
1) Sat 1 Feb,
5:30pm-7:00pm, (Session 1 of 2), Kalyan
Babu.
2) Sat 8 Feb,
5:30pm-7:00pm, (Session 2 of 2), Kalyan
Babu.
3) Sat 15 Feb,
5:30pm-7:00pm, Sridevi
Srinivasan.
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5 Storytelling Sessions in Indian Languages
other than English.
Info about these sessions is here.
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2 OFFLINE sessions:
Divya
Vijayakumar and Anuradha
Ragunandhan
present, on Sat 1 Feb –
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In Pallikaranai,
11:00am-12:30pm, Storytelling by
Children.
The poster is here.
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In Adambakkam,
5:00pm-6:30pm, Storytelling for
Children.
The poster is here.
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To Register for CSF 2025:
If you have been receiving monthly emails about our
storytelling sessions ("Storytelling by and for Adults",
etc)
you are already registered for CSF 2025 and would
receive the Zoom links via email.
If you are not yet receiving such emails: to register
for CSF 2025, please send an email request to
info@storytellinginstitute.org
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CSF 2025 is a free festival.
There are no admission fees,
and the Presenters are not being paid by the Festival.
Festival attendees are encouraged to give contributions
to individual Presenters. Contact
info is at each
Presenter's listing.
To give a contribution to the Festival, please click here.
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The Chennai Storytelling Festival is presented by the
World
Storytelling Institute in association
with the
Chennai Storytellers group and other organisations and
individuals.
The WSI is directed by Dr Eric Miller. An article about
his work is here.
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Recordings of events in
past editions of the CSF are
here.
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Please send comments and questions to
info@storytellinginstitute.org
or call
+91 98403 94282
Five Storytelling Sessions in Indian Languages
other than English.
In CSF 2025
there would be six Storytelling Sessions
in Indian
Languages other than English. The fliers
are coming
soon. Each program would have its own
Zoom link.
1) Telugu.
Sat 1 Feb, 4pm-6pm.
Host: Lavanya Srinivas <laavanyasrinivas (at)
gmail.com>
2) Malayalam. Sun 2 Feb, 3pm-5pm.
Host: Racika Raman <mrs.raman71 (at) gmail.com>
3) Multiple Languages. Sun 9 Feb, 3pm-5pm.
Host: Sree Karuna <sreekaruna.g (at) gmail.com>
4) Tamil.
Sat 15 Feb, 3:30pm-6pm.
Host: Sudha Umashanker <sudha.umashanker (at)
gmail.com>
5) Hindi.
Sun 16 Feb, 4pm-6pm.
Host: Sonia Bareja <soniabareja76 (at)
gmail.com>
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