The Auroville Film Institute and Taskovski #DocsConnect Training invites you to the screenings of award-winning documentary films @Auroville Film Institute, India Space, Bharat Nivas. Due to limited space, please register in advance via WhatsApp (+91 9769976898).
Voluntary contributions.
*All film screenings will take place in the presence of Producer Irena Taskovski.
3rd Jan 2024 (08:00 IST)
Czech Dream
Filip Remunda and Vit Klusak | Czech Republic | 2004 | 104 mins
A documentary comedy that documents the largest consumer hoax the Czech Republic has ever seen. Filip Remunda and Vit Klusak, two of Eastern Europe’s most promising young documentary filmmakers, set out to explore the psychological and manipulative powers of consumerism by creating an ad campaign for something that didn’t exist.
4th Jan 2024 (08:00 IST)
Radiograph of a family
Firouzeh Khosrovani | Norway, Iran, Switzerland | 2020 | 82 mins
An Iranian couple living through the 1979 Islamic revolution undergoes changes within their family. The story is told through photographs, archive footage, letters, and voices, using their home in Tehran as a metaphor for the shifts in modern Iranian society.
5th Jan 2024 (08:00 IST)
Siberian Love
Olga Delane | Germany | 2016 | 80 mins
After living for 20 years in Berlin, Olga Delane returns to her family in Siberia Members of her family and the village community comment on her modern, single life in the city, and tell her about their own none-too-happy marriages. At times amusing and moving, the elegantly filmed scenes paint a picture of a hard farming life with little room for romance. Note: A Q&A session will be conducted in the presence of the director.
6th Jan 2024 (08:00 IST)
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger Tilda Swinton, B. Dziadosz, C. MacCabe, C. Roth | United Kingdom | 2016 |
89 mins
A portrait of the artist, philosopher, and writer John Berger, this documentary is the result of a project undertaken by some of Berger’s friends and collaborators, including Tilda Swinton. The four film essays, pitched as seasonal chapters, explore his life and work in the Alpine village of Quincy.