Kindness Lab is a unique idea that teaches you smartphone filmmaking, while gently helping you cultivate kindness in yourself and others. Discover how the power of visual storytelling can inspire kindness for self, family, community, and the planet.
Transforming Self, Family, Community, Planet
WHY KINDNESS?
Our world is becoming more intelligent, but less kind. New technology has brought new challenges to scroll through. Screen addiction and mental health issues are on the rise. Within families and friendships, we have more ways to connect but perhaps less of real connection.
In communities, anger, intolerance, and toxicity (online and offline) are increasing. Our education systems continue to focus on marks and academic scores, but real success in life comes from cultivating character.
Learn Filmmaking. Explore Kindness.
From mastering the basics of storytelling and camera techniques to understanding the nuances of direction, editing and sound design, the lab provides a step-by-step journey to crafting short films that resonate deeply with audiences.
Visual storytelling is a simple yet powerful force of transformation. By learning to create short videos with a meaningful theme, we will be able to inspire and influence many minds.
If you would like to learn a new skill and bring a little more kindness to your world, join us in this beautiful experiment. Feel free to involve friends and family members into this project. (Suitable for ages 15 to 105.)
How Does It Work?
In the Kindness lab, we will train you to create interesting videos and visual stories on kindness using your smartphone. Through simple yet fun activities you will get to create a kindness map for your life. Each session will have a new theme to slowly expand your knowledge base as well as experience of kindness.
4 online training sessions via Google Meet (2 hrs each)
Session 1: Kindness for self + Basics of smartphone filmmaking.
Session 2: Kindness and family + Impactful storytelling and editing.
Session 3: Kinder communities + Direction, cinematography, music and sound.
Session 4: Spreading kindness + Fine tuning, publicising, promoting your work.
2 week mentoring group on WhatsApp
Participants of the Lab will be part of a close-knit WhatsApp group. This group will learn with each other and inspire each other. Together we will create visual stories that touch many hearts. This new skill of filmmaking for change shall remain with you as a gift.
How To Join – Dates / Fee
The medium of instruction will be in English.
The January 2026 lab is full. To apply in advance for the next one, please fill the form below.
Online learning sessions via Zoom:
24th and 25th Jan 2026 | 2.00pm-4.00pm IST
31st Jan and 1st Feb 2026 | 2.00pm-4.00pm IST
Online WhatsApp group:
20th Jan – 8th Feb 2026
- Each participant will make multiple short films over the course of the workshop. A selection of the kindness films will be presented to a larger audience at the end of the lab.
The Kindness lab aims to grow a forest of kindness all around us. The science of kindness offers a large number of benefits that will last through your life. Give it a try and see how it transforms your world.
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