Pondy Parenting Hub in collaboration with Methyz is excited to announce a Footwear Designing Contest for individuals in the age group of 6 to 14 years.

This is your chance to let your imagination run wild and create the coolest, most unique footwear designs ever!
Join us and step into the fun!

Register with us in advance as seats are limited.
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“THE SEVENTH SEAL”

Director: Ingmar BERGMAN, Sweden, 1957

With: Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, …

Overview: Hailed as one of the greatest movies of all time – an undisputable classic of world cinema – for decades now. The title refers to a passage from the Book of Revelation, beginning with the words “And when the Lamb had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”

Set during the devastating Black Death that wiped out more than one-third of the population of Europe, the film traces the earthly and spiritual journey of a medieval knight returning home from horrific crusades in far-off lands. Wreaking in guilt and futility, the knight confronts death in all its guiles and at every bend of life and in every contemptuous manifestation, without a hint of hope or redemption…

This 1957 film from Sweden, established its director, Ingmar Bergman, as the great artist of cinema, and as an eloquent voice for old-age spiritual questions about the meaning and purpose of life, and about the whims and certainty of death.

Introduced by Prof. Sehdev Kumar as part of his series, “International Film Classics and the Human Condition” in collaboration with Aurofilm. Short discussion and comments after the screening. Original Swedish version, with English subtitles – Duration: 1h36’ 

Covid 19, please follow the current SOP at MMC, use of MASK   is still mandatory!

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VENDREDI 1^er Avril à 20h

«LE SEPTIÈME SCEAU » (Det sjunde inseglet)  

Réalisé par Ingmar BERGMAN, Suède, 1957

Avec: Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow, Bengt Ekerot, Bibi Andersson

Aperçu : Se déroulant pendant la peste noire dévastatrice qui a anéanti plus d’un tiers de la population de l’Europe, le film retrace le voyage terrestre et spirituel d’un chevalier médiéval rentrant chez lui après les terribles croisades dans des terres lointaines. Plongé dans la culpabilité et la futilité, le chevalier rencontre la Mort sur une plage déserte, et lui propose une partie d’échecs afin de retarder l’échéance, le temps de trouver des réponses à ses problèmes métaphysiques : Dieu existe-il ? La vie a-t-elle un sens ? L’épidémie de peste est-elle celle dont parle l’Apocalypse ?… 

Ce film de 1957 en Suède, a établi son réalisateur, Ingmar Bergman, comme le grand artiste du cinéma, et comme une voix éloquente pour les questions spirituelles de la vieillesse sur le sens et le but de la vie, et sur les caprices et la certitude de décès. Salué comme l’un des plus grands films de tous les temps, un classique incontestable du cinéma mondial – depuis des décennies maintenant.

Présenté par le Pr. Sehdev Kumar dans le cadre de sa série « Les Classiques du Cinéma International et la Condition Humaine » en collaboration avec Aurofilm, avec une brève discussion après la projection du film. Version originale en Suédois avec sous-titres en Anglais – durée : 1h36’.

Covid19 : Veuillez suivre le protocole sanitaire en vigueur au MMC. Port du masque toujours obligatoire !

 “The Environment Is in You” 

is a great opportunity to explore the connections between art and science, as well as students’ relationship to the living world. Contestants must be 13 years of age and up in the U.S. and 16 years of age and up internationally. All entries must be received by May 5, 2022, and winners will be awarded $200/USD.

The work of winners and finalists will be published on our website. Download the contest poster to share with your students and school community. The contest details are also available as a Google Doc.

These performances are curated and commissioned by the I Believe #ArtMatters initiative by @teamworkarts.

• When: 5:30 pm, 12 November, 2021
• Where: Online, Sahapedia’s Facebook handle (@Sahapedia)

Dupatta, by Stefan Kaye and Afreen Akhtar, is a confluence of music and poetry, which results in a powerful audio-visual experience.

Toona: A Tribute to Bulleh Shah is a performance by Bindhumalini and Harpreet. This act stands unique in its blend of southern classical tradition with northern folk music.

An advocacy and fundraising initiative, #ArtMatters is committed to the cause of promoting and preserving art and craft, and supporting artistes. To aid this endeavour, donate here: https://bit.ly/30hRIMS
Find out more about the literary, poetic, and musical traditions of Urdu and Sufi cultures here:

• https://bit.ly/3luS6Qg
• https://bit.ly/3mEIVvU
• https://bit.ly/3iQF39S
• https://bit.ly/3vb0aJe
• https://bit.ly/3At9V6l
• https://bit.ly/3AEn1Ow
  This performance is part of the #CultureForAll fest, supported by Tata Technologies.

Contest:

Sahapedia is announcing the Neighbourhood Stories Insta Reels Contest, for which you are invited to capture and share any one narrative from your neighbourhood through an Insta reel no longer than 20 seconds.

1. Each participant is allowed to submit only one entry.
2. Entries should be uploaded on participants’ public Instagram accounts, and should not exceed 20 seconds.
3. There is no pre-defined format for the reel. Participants are free to use their ideas and creativity.
4. Use the hashtags #CultureForAll and #NeighbourhoodStories and tag @sahapedia to qualify your entry.
   The last day to submit your entries is November 14, 2021!
   For more details, visit: https://www.sahapedia.org/culture-for-all
   This contest is part of the #CultureForAll festival, supported by Tata Technologies.

Photographs help tell the story of Auroville’s resilience, humanity and beauty. When we think of Auroville, we often think of images like that of tree lined landscapes, Matrimandir, it’s Gardens, or the Solar Kitchen. However, the Auroville that many of us know is an experience outside of these polished images and is far more personal.

If you or someone you know has images of a more personal Auroville, the one that often goes unseen, we invite you to share them with AVI USA and our followers . Take us on a walk down dusty roads and cycle paths and share your photos and the stories they convey. Three winners will be chosen from our entrants based on engagement level and quality of their posts. In the spirit of sharing, our winners will have the opportunity to choose an Auroville Service Unit or Activity to receive a donation from AVI USA in their name.

How to Participate: 

1. Head to facebook and post your own picture with a description of the memory it conveys to the discussion page of the online event. 
2. Click on the above link and engage with the gallery of pictures and memories posted by others – like, comment, and share away!
3. Send a photo/story via email to alana@aviusa.org with “Auroville Through Your Eyes” in the subject line. Your picture and memory will be posted by AVI USA directly to the page. 

We look forward to seeing Auroville through your eyes!

M3-SONG CHALLENGE A German-Tamil Song contest for Emerging Musicians.

As a part of the project M3 – Man, Male, Masculine focusing on current visions on masculinities across the gender spectrum through various cultural and educational activities, emerging music artistes are welcome to present their creative talents and participate in M3-Song Challenge on the theme of Masculinity.

Submission Deadline: 05. October 2021

For any specific queries with regard to this challenge, email: info-chennai@goethe.de. For more information, visit www.goethe.de/chennai.

M3-Song Challenge: Upload Form

‘Aangall’ – A Tamil Retro Version

The source of inspiration for this song challenge is the iconic German song titled Männer by Herbert Grönemeyer, asking

What makes a man a man?

This song has been sung widely in German parties since its release in 1984.

‘Men buy women, rough on the outside, soft on the inside’ doesn’t seem to be from another era, but still resonates even today.

A Tamil retro-version of the Original song will be the ‘curtain raiser / cover song’ which we hope will open discussions and invite young musicians to respond in whichever way they feel appropriate and inspired by the Tamil-version of the German-original. The Tamil Cover-song of the German original has been composed and rendered by playback singer Anand Aravindakshan.

We believe that we can show the beauty of nature worldwide by sharing the most amazing images you all make. If we learn to love nature, we’ll also protect her.

• Entrance Fee: Free for Young photographers between 10-17 years
  Max 5 images can be uploaded to Category C12. ENTER YOUNG
• Closing date for entries: 18th of July 2021

When you enter this nature photography contest you have the chance to become the Nature Photographer of the Year 2021. This year the total prize money will amount to €25,000, of which many large cash prizes. For example the overall winner gets € 3.000,- and category winners € 500,- 
But that’s not all, you’ll also support nature conservation. We have founded the Nature Talks Foundation (Stichting Nature Talks) to work with and support nature conservation organizations like Photographer Against Wildlife Crime. So join today, show us your stunning images, become the Nature Photographer of the Year 2021 and also help us to take care of nature.

The award ceremony wil be during our Nature Talks Photo Festival in the weekend of the 13th and 14th of November 2021 in the Netherlands with more then 3500 visitors each year. We will show all the finalists, runners-up, category winners and of course the overall winner, the Nature Photographer of the Year 2021! The finalists and winning images will also be in a photo exhibition on the festival before this exhibition will be traveling through the Netherlands, Belgium and France. 

11 – 17 December 2020 | Goethe-Institut Chennai

GOETHE-INSTITUT / MAX MUELLER BHAVAN CHENNAI

OPEN CALL for Participation in

‘Be Music BEEs 2020’
A Western Music Contest for South Asian Musicians on the Occasion of

250 Years of BEETHOVEN – An Exuberance in 2020

A virtual Musical Week celebrating the Titan & Icon of Western Classical Music

11 – 17 December 2020 | Goethe-Institut Chennai

Musicians (instrumentalists) professionally trained in Western Classical Music from the South Asian countries (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) are welcome to present their talent and participate in ‘Be Music BEEs 2020’ music contest in one of the following categories:

★ Inspired amateur BEEs (less than 5 years of training /performing)
– 3 to 8 min. rendering of your favorite Beethoven’s composition

★ Inspired professional BEEs (well trained and performing)
– 3 to 8 min. rendering of your favorite Beethoven’s composition

★ Versatile BEEs – a 3 to 8 min. rendering of your creative interpretation of Beethoven’s composition

Send in your entries, become a part of this special event and win exciting prizes!

Register Now

Greetings from Team ORA, we would like to introduce ourselves as Mojarto.com, one of India’s biggest online art platforms. We are proud to present the biggest Online Art Contest – ORA 2020 which is open to emerging and professional artists and comes with attractive prize money of up to Rs. 10 Lakhs and benefits as below.

Selected participants will have the opportunity to exhibit their works in different cities.
Meet the judges and get expert mentoring to move to the next level.
Get featured with our media partners.
Be included in blog posts on leading art portals.
Have their profiles promoted on social media.
100 shortlisted participants will be invited to be a part of the award night! Deadline for all submissions: February 25, 2020.
Please share this information on your WhatsApp group, social media and circulate it across your database. Thank you.

Attached below is a link, a letter and a poster, all to give you more details about the contest.
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https://www.mojarto.com/art-contest

Looking forward to your response,

Thank you,

Warm Regards
Team ORA
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Centre d’Art Atelier 
Citadines Auroville-605101 Tamil Nadu India 
+91 413 2622699 
centredart@auroville.org.in

By The Producers of Play for Voices

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 31, 2016!

Calling all literary translators, radio dramatists, and international radio drama enthusiasts! Play for Voices seeks radio play scripts in English translation.

Play for Voices is a new podcast of international radio drama slated to launch in the early fall of 2016. Our monthly hourlong show will present new productions of contemporary and classic radio plays from around the world, exploring their aesthetic, social, and political contexts through inventive, multilingual sound design and interviews with authors, translators, and other interesting people. We’ll feature English-language plays and plays in English translation.

We’re excited to be partnering with Words without Borders for our first contest. We invite submissions of translated radio plays of all lengths and from all languages. The Play for Voices producers and Words without Borders editors will select the winners. The winning play(s) will be produced by Play for Voices and published in Words without Borders.

Contest Guidelines

– Plays must be written or adapted for radio. We are not currently seeking unadapted stage plays or other literature.

– Plays can be of any length, and translated from any language.

– Translators should determine that performance and publishing rights are available before submitting and, if possible, provide contact information for the rights holders.

– Play for Voices and Words without Borders will retain nonexclusive first publication rights to produce and publish submissions.

– Submissions should include two attachments:

• A single MS Word document containing: 1) the English translation of the play; 2) short bios for the author and translator; 3) a translator’s note that includes background information about the play and its production history; and 4) any details regarding rights.
• A PDF of the original play.

– Multiple submissions are permitted.

– Please email submissions to contest@playforvoices.com.

– Submissions will be accepted until July 31, 2016.

Please note: We are seeking only translated plays for this contest, but we encourage writers of original radio plays in English to send us their work anytime at submissions@playforvoices.com.

Play for Voices
playforvoices.com

Words without Borders
www.wordswithoutborders.org

The concept of this campaign is to promote the idea of children sharing anecdotes/ stories about their mother who has defied gender stereotypes, raised her voice against gender discrimination and championed the cause of gender equality and empowerment.

Share your Stories NOW!

It is open to participants from all over the world and they are requested to portray what depicts the best sport activity in their country according to them

The winner of this contest will be selected by a jury in Paris and invited to Paris for one week (travel and stay sponsored by Foundation Alliance)

HOW TO PARTICIPATE ?

The competition is free and open to all non-professional and semi-professional photographers aged 18 and above. Pls note that professional photographers who are recongnised for their artistic work and making exclusively their living from it are not allowed to participate.

Participants will need to submit two digital files formatted to TIFF (.tiff) or JPEG (.jpeg) with a resolution of 300 DPI

Participants must guarantee that the photos submitted are originals not previously published (the reproduction of existing works is forbidden) and that they hold exclusive rights to the use of their work.

The Entry form needs to be filled in and forwarded along with each of the photograph that is being sent by the participants.

Send in your entries to communication@af-madras.org via wetransfer. Pls note that the entries should be sent from MARCH 28th – MAY 2nd. Entries sent after May 2nd will not be considered.

Registration Form

Rules & Regulations of the contest

Entry Form