When: Both films will be screened from 8pm onwards on Thursday, 17 March 2022. Where: MMC/CP, Town Hall, Auroville The Church Forests Of Ethiopia 2019, Ethiopia, Director: Jeremy Seifert, Documentary, 9min 23sec Over the past century, nearly all of Ethiopia’s native forests have been cleared for farming and grazing. Now it is up to the […]
MULTI MEDIA CENTRE AUDITORIUM (MMC, Town Hall) presentsFRIDAY 11 March, 8:00 PM“Dead Poets Society”Director: Peter WEIR, US, 1989With: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke Overview: Set in 1959 at the fictional elite conservative Vermont boarding school Welton Academy, the film tells the story of an English teacher (played memorably by brilliant Robin Williams) who […]
Auro Film presents, at MMC/Cinema Paradiso, Town Hall: AN ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL – FRI. 18, SAT. 19 & SUN. 20 MARCH It is a selection of 8 outstanding animated films from the world, and in different styles! Welcome to all!
Presenting ‘Waiting for Harold’, directed by Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein, who celebrate their 60th birthday on March 20, 2022. https://happybirthday.goethe-on-demand.de/movies/waiting-for-harold Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein, who won an Oscar for Balance (Best Animated Short), are two of the most successful stop-motion animators inGermany. By combining classic puppet animation, claymation and computer animation, they have created their […]
Movie Night! When: 7:30pm, 25 February 2022 Where: Hive, Auromode
MULTI MEDIA CENTRE AUDITORIUM (MMC, Town Hall)FRIDAY 18 FEBRUARY, 7:30 PM “CITIZEN-FOUR” Director: Laura POITRAS, US/Germany, 2014 With: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras Synopsis: Citizenfour is a documentary concerning Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal. The film features Snowden and Glenn Greenwald. The documentary was the recipient of numerous accolades, including Best Documentary Feature at the 87th Academy Awards. This film […]
MULTI MEDIA CENTRE AUDITORIUM (MMC, Town Hall)FRIDAY 11 FEBRUARY, 7:30 PM“COMING HOME” (original title: Gui lai)Director: Zhang Yimou, China, 2014With: Chen Daoming, Gong Li, Zhang Huiwen Overview: Set in the infamous Cultural Revolution of China in the 1970s, Coming Home is a profoundly moving portrayal of the traumas of betrayal, suffering and the convulsions of […]
MULTI MEDIA CENTRE AUDITORIUM (MMC, Town Hall) FRIDAY 4 February 2022, 7:30 PM “Monsoon Wedding” Directed by: Mira Nair, India, 2001 With: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah, Vijay Raaz, Rajat Kapoor Overview: An Indian family, the Vermas, is preparing to celebrate the wedding of their daughter Aditi according to tradition. From all over the world, hundreds of […]
Analyze SHOT by SHOT John Cassavetes’ film ‘A Woman Under the Influence’ – relate it to R D Laing’s texts – ‘Knots’ and ‘Do you love me?’ Adapt Laing’s incredible, universal dialogue scenarios to your context, in your own language and style… Make your own film – with none other than Kamal Swaroop ! ONLINE SCHEDULE: […]
Analyze SHOT by SHOT John Cassavetes’ film ‘A Woman Under the Influence’ – relate it to R D Laing’s texts – ‘Knots’ and ‘Do you love me?’ Adapt Laing’s incredible, universal dialogue scenarios to your context, in your own language and style… Make your own film – with none other than Kamal Swaroop ! ONLINE SCHEDULE: […]
MULTI MEDIA CENTRE AUDITORIUM (MMC, Town Hall) FRIDAY 28 JANUARY 2022, 7:30 PM “BABETTE´S FEAST” (Original title: BABETTES GÆSTEBUD) Directed by: Gabriel AXEL, Denmark, 1987 With: Stephane Audran, Birgitte Federspie, Bodil Kjer Synopsis: The film is set on a remote Danish island in the 18th century and it explores the puritanical world of a self-righteous group […]
MyFrenchFilmFestival is back for its 12th edition!! From 14th January to 14th February, watch the best of new-generation French cinema from the comforts of your home. The festival has 30 films on offer: features and shorts, divided into thematic sections like French and Furious, Troubled Identities, A Cinema of Desire amongst others. Check out the […]
This year the accompanying live concerts by Aurovilian musicians will take place as live streams on this page. Recordings of each stream will still be available afterwards – also on this page. The program: Tuesday, January 18, 18.30 – 20.00 IST: NoizeGate Wednesday, January 19, 18.30 – 20.00 IST: Dusha Thursday, January 20, 18.30 – 20.00 IST: Bulletproof […]
The, Auroville Film Festival is a biennial film festival that started in 2009 and established itself as a success with editions in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2020. It is a central contribution to the cultural life in Auroville, an international township in the making in South India.
Article published in The New Indian Express The quality of films produced during its workshops and the recognition these student films are receiving in film festivals across India and abroad are an indicator. Four short films made by students of the Auroville Film Institute (AFI) over the year 2021 have received accolades in film festivals. […]
Introduction The Auroville Film Festival champions and supports filmmakers, within and outside Auroville, who are change-makers impacting the world. Since its conception in 2009 as a biennial event, the festival has showcased 4 categories of films: three of them focus around Auroville, its bioregion Read more – https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-auroville-film-festival?utm_medium=whatsapp_message&utm_source=app To donate – https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-auroville-film-festival?deeplink_type=upi&utm_medium=whatsapp_message&utm_source=app
Article by M.Dinesh Varma published in The Hindu The NZ-based platform will help conduct the AVFF online Auroville has teamed up with a New Zealand-based video streaming service for hosting the 2022 edition of the Auroville Film Festival(AVFF), as an online event from Tuesday. The global flavour of the seventh AVFF (January 18-23) will manifest […]
MULTI MEDIA CENTRE AUDITORIUM (MMC, Town Hall) FRIDAY 14 JANUARY 2022, 8:00 PM “The Color of Paradise” Directed by : Majid MAJIDI, Iran, 1999, Music by: Alireza Kohandairy With: Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani, Salameh Feyzi Synopsis: One of the most delicately crafted and spiritually uplifting films, The Colors of Paradise, is a remarkable work of art and a heart-rending gift from Persia, from […]
What’s going to happen??!! What about changing lockdown notifications?? We wish we had easy answers to these questions. It’s a difficult situation for us as we have no idea what is going to be announced after Pongal. However: If cinema theatres are allowed to run, we will be screening the films at MMC/CP, SAIIER and […]
AUROVILLE FILM FESTIVAL 2022 AUROVILLE FOOD FESTIVAL 2022 When: January 18th-23rd Auroville is going through a difficult time and, without ignoring all that we are experiencing, this event simply presents excellent films and good food.The selected films in the category of films that develop the theme of human unity show problems and solutions from around […]
MULTI MEDIA CENTRE AUDITORIUM (MMC, Town Hall) FRIDAY 7 JANUARY 2022, 8:00 PM “The Little Prince” Directed by : Mark Osborne, France, 2015 Synopsis: Animated film based on the 1943 novella “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. At the heart of it all is a little girl who’s being prepared by her mother for the very grown-up world in which […]
Two dancers are magnetically attracted and repelled to each other, embodying the dynamic of addictive attachment and codependency, commonly categorized in modern culture as the experience of falling in love. View short film here > Script and direction – Valentina Beatriz Choreography and performance – Gopal Dalami and Valentina Beatriz Cinematography – Hemanth Kumar First […]
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MULTI MEDIA CENTRE AUDITORIUM (MMC, Town Hall) FRIDAY 17 DECEMBER 2021, 7:30 PM “KLAUS” Animated film Directed by : Sergio PABLOS, Spain, 2019 Synopsis: When Jesper distinguishes himself as the postal academy’s worst student, he is stationed on a frozen island above the Arctic Circle, where the feuding locals hardly exchange words let alone letters. But Jesper discovers […]
MULTI MEDIA CENTRE AUDITORIUM (MMC, Town Hall) FRIDAY 10 DECEMBER 2021, 7:30 PM “PRATIDWANDI” (The Adversary) Directed by Satyajit RAY, India, 1970 With: Dhritiman Chatterjee, Asgar Ali, Arabinda Banerjee Synopsis: Satyajit Ray adapted Pratidwandi from the novel of the same name by veteran Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay. Siddhartha Chowdhury, a brilliant medical student, is forced to leave his studies […]
