PILGRIMAGE
A film. A seed. A living prayer.
" What is the one thing that could bring people like us — so different, from so far — together?
— GABI · PILGRIM · BALI · MAY 2026
From across five continents
to the largest gathering in history.
In February 2025, twenty-seven pilgrims journeyed through India together — guided by Guru Swami Nardanand — to the Mahakumbh Mela, the largest gathering in the history of our species.
A force.
Love.
Not romance. Not sentiment — the force that crosses tradition, nationality, and background. The thing twenty-seven of us walked 854 kilometres to remember.
Final stages of post-production.
Filmed
- 14 days in India
- Guru Ji's teachings
- Fire rituals · Mahakumbh
- 27 pilgrims · 5 continents
- 6K + 16mm analog
In the Edit
- 1-hour rough cut complete
- 3 weeks editing with Fede
- Additional IVs in Varese
- Editorial thesis crystallising
- Massi directing in Italy
Still to Come
- Final edit week
- Color & sound finish
- Original score
- Master interviews
- Festival & community release
We are asking for the final stretch.
Walking together.
With Federico (edit) · Stefano (Director of Photography) · and twenty-seven pilgrims from fifteen countries.
| John Ellison (private donation) | $40,570 |
| Swami Ogi (Foundation) | $5,000 |
| ✓ Total raised | $45,570 |
| Crew & talent | $18,000 |
| Travel, flights & visas | $10,000 |
| Equipment, kit & materials | $4,570 |
| Insurance, permits & logistics | $5,000 |
| Editing — rough cut with Fede | $8,000 |
| ✓ Total invested | $45,570 |
| Final edit week (Fede) | $3,000 |
| Colour & sound finish | $1,000 |
| Additional interview filming | $2,000 |
| Direction & production (Massi) | $5,000 |
| Original score | $5,000 |
| To finish the film | $16,000 |
| + Return shoot in India | $7,000 |
| + Second camera & stills | $4,000 |
| + Motion graphics & VFX | $4,000 |
| + Festival & distribution | $2,000 |
| + Marketing & launch | $2,000 |
| Ambitious finish | $35,000 |
Fiscally sponsored in the United States by The Fountain · DAF recommendations welcome
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