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The festival is kicking off on Saturday December 16th at 5 pm, at the Town Hall Plaza, with music and the opening announcements. The closing ceremony will also take place at the Town Hall Plaza on Saturday December 23rd, with the awards being presented to the winners in each category. see here the screening schedule […]

Hi everyone, For the AV Film Festival this December 16th – 23rd we are getting positively excited as we are approaching the actual Festival. We’ve got quite a warm response already to our calls for musicians / performers and for volunteers! But the more the merrier… So here’s our last call! The stage is filling […]

Once again, on the night of December 2, Deepam School in Aspiration Campus/Kuilapalayam was lit with more than a thousand oil lamps to celebrate the Karthigai Deepam and a short program by the children. Karthigai Deepam is a traditional festival that originates from the legend of Lord Shiva who had transformed himself into a divine […]

Bharat Nivas in collaboration with Japanese Pavilion Invites you to participate in: “Let’s enjoy ORIGAMI” Date & Time/ Friday 8th December – 2:30 to 4 pm At Annam Kitchen (behind Kala Kendra, Bharat Nivas) In case of rain we will have a different venue, so please come anyway! Bookings not needed, all are welcome! Contact; Tomoko or Emiko […]

Bridging the gaps¨ A movement for the youth of India to bridge the socio-economic gaps created by poverty, gender and class, through a uniquely designed sport-art camp. This community event was held on Dec 3rd at the Adventure playground for children and their parents from Auroville and its outreach schools, it  featured a parade, a […]

ArTranslation is hosting a residency programme, wherein artists from India and France will work together on an art installation. During the programme, which started on 2nd December and will go on till the 16th, the artists will work on an installation in the experimental garden of a college. Félix Duclassan, Nicolas Gerodou, Alice Aucuit, Jean […]

We need volunteers who can help us from the beginning of December We need to borrow a blackboard or a whiteboard from December 15 to December 24 to use for making announcements during the festival If you would like to participate in the Kino Kabaret, please register by emailing to kino@auroville.org.in with the subject line ‘registration for […]

In the night of November 25, in Kalabhumi live event included Divij Singing, Hindi traditional tunes on acoustic guitar, and Jazz 4-tet’s joyful sharing of some less known jazz standards. Photos by Aurelie Fischer:  

We are looking for a 16mm film projector to use for an art installation by Okjeong Lee for the Auroville Film Festival. Any tips about where this could be found would be useful for us. Contact: okjeonglee [at] gmail.com

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Today, Auroville is home to over 2,500 volunteers. Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar At 50, Auroville might not be the ‘city of the future’ as once envisaged but it is still a vibrant community Some 50 years ago, on a vast, barren plateau north of Pondicherry, a lone, young banyan tree stood guard. It seemed to be […]