2025 Program
This festival primarily showcases photography and storytelling projects through a dynamic mix of exhibitions (both indoor and outdoor), immersive talks, sharing sessions, workshops and connection nights with professionals in the photography scene.
Every program in 2025 explored the theme of "LIFE" and what truly matters, inviting the audience to reflect and celebrate through each experience.
Photo Exhibition: LIFE
Saturday, 26 July - 17 August 2025
12 PM - 8 PM
Nuanu Creative City: Labyrinth Art Gallery, Popper's Triangle
FOTO Bali Festival 2025 was a 23-day celebration of photography as art, memory and social reflection, featuring 34 artists from 10 countries. Curated by Ng Swan Ti and Gatari Surya Kusuma, the festival takes place at Nuanu Creative City in Bali, offering exhibitions, workshops, and public programs under the theme LIFE. Showcasing photography, photo books, and multimedia, the festival invites audiences to explore stories of family, nature, and culture. It fosters global exposure, curatorial dialogue, and community connection for both emerging and established visual storytellers.
27 Jul
Sunday
Artist Dialogue
Landep with Yoese Mariam
27 Jul
Sunday
Workshops
Seeing Ourselves: From Image- Making to Visual Literacy with Edy Purnomo
27 Jul
Sunday
Artist Dialogue
Giao Điểm with
Le Nguyen Phuong
.jpg)
27 Jul
Sunday
Artist Dialogue
Man, Mountain, and the Sea Rony Zakaria
2 Aug
Saturday
Open Programme
41 Years in Focus: The Legacy and Future of Perhimpunan Fotografer Bali
2 Aug
Saturday
Open Programme
Film Photography Club
2 Aug
Saturday
Sunset Tour
Sunset Tour
2 Aug
Saturday
Artist Dialogue
An Ordinary Story from A Mother with Shindy Lestari
3 Aug
Saturday
Open Programme
Niti Mandala Print
3 Aug
Saturday
Island Perspective
The Personal is Political: Visual Narratives with Beawiharta
3 Aug
Saturday
Island Perspective
A Shot, A Shift: How Photography Rebuilt a Life and a Career with Heret Frasthio
3 Aug
Saturday
Open Programme
Breaking The Chain
9 Aug
Saturday
Artist Dialogue
The Wall and The Mother
with Yusi Yuansa
9 Aug
Saturday
Workshops
Collective Reading with Anshika & Offset Project
9 Aug
Saturday
Island Perspective
Seeing the Stories in
Everyday Life and Ceremony with Rio Wedayana
9 Aug
Saturday
Sunset Tour
Sunset Tour
9 Aug
Saturday
Open Programme
Rekam Matahari
Vifick Bolang
10 Aug
Saturday
Sunset Tour
Sunset Tour
10 Aug
Saturday
Film Photography Club
Film Photography Club
10 Aug
Saturday
Open Programme
DEVFTO
10 Aug
Saturday
Island Perspective
Anshika
10 Aug
Saturday
Artist Dialogue
I Wayan Ade Saputra, Kresnanta
16 Aug
Saturday
Artist Dialogue
Vickram Sombu
.jpg)
10 Aug
Saturday
Artist Dialogue
It’s Her World I am Witnesess with Atal Pamo
10 Aug
Saturday
Sunset Tour
Sunset Tour
10 Aug
Saturday
Island Perspective
Kecunduk Institute
.jpg)
17 Aug
Sunday
Island Perspective
Veejay Villafranca
