Multi Media Centre Auditorium (MMC, Town Hall) Presents FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2021, 7:30 PM“GOOD BYE, LENIN”Directed by Wolfgang BECKER, Germany, 2003Music by Yann Tiersen, Claire Pichet, Antonello Marafioti Synopsis: The story follows a family in East Germany, the year 1989; the mother is dedicated to the socialist cause and falls into a coma in October […]
Multi Media Centre Auditorium (MMC, Town Hall) Presents FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2021, 7:30 PM“NAQOYQATSI – LIFE AS WAR”Directed by Godfrey REGGIO, USA, 2002Music by Philip GLASS Synopsis: Naqoyqatsi is a Hopi word meaning “life as war”. Is also translated as “civilized violence” and “a life of killing each other”. It is the third and final […]
Multi Media Centre Auditorium (MMC, Town Hall) Presents FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2021, 7:30 PM“NAQOYQATSI – LIFE AS WAR”Directed by Godfrey REGGIO, USA, 2002Music by Philip GLASS Synopsis: Naqoyqatsi is a Hopi word meaning “life as war”. Is also translated as “civilized violence” and “a life of killing each other”. It is the third and final […]
Emergence Magazine presents Isle de Jean Charles by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee The island, like many small communities along the Louisiana coast, faced the brunt of Ida, enduring 150-mile-per-hour winds for hours. It’s still unclear how bad the damage is. When I made the film, the impacts from the previous years’ storms (Katrina, Ike) had forced many […]
Multi Media Centre Auditorium (MMC, Town Hall) Presents FRIDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2021, 8:00 PM “The Secret Of Kells” Directed by Tomm MOORE, Ireland, 2009. Music by: Bruno Coulais Synopsis: The Secret of Kells is an animated film about the making of the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript. Set in 9th century Ireland, during the age of Viking expansion, […]
Emergence Magazine brings you this week: Four Films from the Emergence archives International Online Premiere by Emergence of the new feature documentary film Apausalypse, directed by Anni Ólafsdóttir and Andri Snær Magnason. Utuqaq by Iva Radivojević is an extended meditation on the sentience of the land, told from the perspective of the deep and boundless silence of Arctic ice. Watch […]
Sri Aurobindo was an eminent scholar and poet, a revolutionary and early leader of the campaign for a free India, and a yogi. He bridged the spirituality and philosophy of east and west, and inspired a new understanding of the roots of yoga as manifested in the Vedas and Upanishads. His vision of a future […]
Call for Submissions for Short Film, Feature Film, Documentary Film, Webseries and Music Album We are World Record Maker 2019 year 1111+Screening Short Films in our Festival. August 15, 2021 – Regular Deadline Submit your Short Film earlier for substantial discounts. Discount Code – ISFFPINDIA75 75% Discount All participants will get a Participation Certificate and Trophy. […]
Notes to Myself is one of MOPA’s flagship projects – a series of interactive, expository documentaries that deconstructs the lives and creative processes of some of the most impactful professionals and organisations associated with South India’s performing arts. Done in a let-your-hair-down and from-the-heart way, these offer an honest, moving and at times funny and […]
The Aurofilm team is happy to share with our regular audience the recording we made during the very interesting conversation with film director Godfrey Reggio, online at MMC after the screening of his film “POWAQQATSI” on April 23rd, 10 min. Engl./Engl. subtitles), on our new YouTube channel. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/sMZPxTddqeY
Auroville Film Institute presents Separation – Analysis and Filmmaking Workshop When: 15 July – 31 August, 2021 Where: Online To know more and Register: Apply Here For any queries, feel free to contact +91 9969879319 Voluntary contribution for Aurovilians and Newcomers. SEPARATION as a state of being; an interpersonal or an existential crisis; a thought process; a […]
Auroville Film Institute presents Separation – Analysis and Filmmaking Workshop When: 15 July – 31 August, 2021 Where: Online To know more and Register: Apply Here For any queries, feel free to contact +91 9969879319 Voluntary contribution for Aurovilians and Newcomers. SEPARATION as a state of being; an interpersonal or an existential crisis; a thought process; a […]
African Film Festival New York is streaming two documentaries on pioneers of African cinema available from now upto 8 July 2021 1. “Mambéty”by Papa Madièye Mbaye In this behind-the-scenes documentary, shot during the making of his final work, The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun, Mambéty speaks with his technicians, prepares the actors, talks with his […]
Watch films of Jean Renoir and Roberto Rossellini documenting India under colonial rule. This collection of newly digitised films is part of the BFI’s contribution to the UK-India Year of Culture 2017, in partnership with the British Council. View more films on BFI Player (UK only) http://player.bfi.org.uk/collections/…
A weekend workshop analysing short films by some master film makers. When: 2:30 to 6:30pm 3-4 July 2021 Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTbg7U0EhjNZzDq2DZ45_tSJ7hheFw2XoBOB7wHRUixo3HEw/viewform To know more please visit: https://filminstitute.auroville.org/2021/06/27/structural-possibilities-in-short-films/ Queries: For queries, if any, please write to: filminstitute@auroville.org.in or call / message on +91 9969879319. Overview: Short films, one of the most exciting expressions of cinema, generally […]
Dr. Sheila S. Walker’s Scattered Africa: Faces and Voices of the African Diaspora and Familiar Faces / Unexpected Places: A Global African Diaspora screen through June 23. https://africanfilmny.org/calendar/
Villenour (French India: Territory of Pondicherry) (1914) Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry. These gorgeous stencil-coloured images of French India – present-day Puducherry – have a dreamlike quality. The arrival of a well-to-do European family, dutifully attended to by the locals, gives a semblance of narrative to what is largely […]
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata Presents A film by Andres Veiel107 minutes, 2017, German and English with English Subtitles Beuys, the man with a hat, some felt, and the Fettecke. Thirty years after his death he still seems to be a visionary, way ahead of his time. Back then he was trying to patently […]
DIFF Virtual Viewing Room, a year-round online platform where we regularly screen carefully curated packages of films from around the world, Dharamshala International Film Festival in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, New Delhi, and The Instituto Cervantes present Enigma & Provocation: The Cinema of Luis Buñuel from 11–21 June 2021. Five films by the Spanish master will be […]
National Award-winning Bengali director Buddhadeb Dasgupta, one of the pioneers of Offbeat Indian cinema (mostly in Bengali) left his body a few days back. He used magic realism like no one in India and his films has always been real. Below are list of some of his best films which is available for free screening. Laal […]
When: 10 June – 10 July 2021 Where: Online Fee: Free (Sign-up here) Auroville Film Festival is happy to announce our partner’s European Film Festival Catch award-winning contemporary cinema from across Europe, now available for free streaming on Festival Scope. Over 20 films feature in an exciting line-up in genres including drama, comedy, documentaries and shorts. Having […]
The AVFF 2022, which will be held from January 18 to 23, aims to showcase films that attempt to foster a deeper understanding of the aspirations of Auroville. The Auroville Film Festival (AVFF) has invited submissions from filmmakers and school students for the seventh edition of biennial AVFF 2022, which will be held from January […]
DOK Leipzig, DOK Neuland and DOK Co-Pro Market 2021 are now open for submissions. We are excited to get to know your documentaries, animated films as well as your Extended Reality works and your documentary projects in development. International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film25 October to 31 October 2021 Learn More > Submit your works […]
When: 10 June – 10 July 2021 Where: Online Fee: Free (Sign-up here) Catch award-winning contemporary cinema from across Europe, now available for free streaming on Festival Scope. Over 20 films feature in an exciting line-up in genres including drama, comedy, documentaries and shorts. Having travelled extensively on the festival circuit, the films have received numerous awards […]
ICAF presents 6 award won movies at the Online Indian Panorama Film Festival 2021 June 7-13, 2021 DO NOT MISS watching #indianpanorama#filmfestival2021#chennai#events#filmfestival#filmmaking#movies2021#awardwinning
