Festival: Water Festival 2023
When: Wednesday, March 22nd Where: All events will take place at the Water Mela Site located between Visitor’s Centre (VC) and Bharat Nivas (BN), unless indicated otherwise.
Tag: film
Open Call: Shared Tides residency
**Deadline Extended – 31 March 2023!** Last chance to apply for the Shared Tides residency open call! A residency program for anyone working with lens-based mediums, photographers, photojournalists, writers, designers, educators, researchers, mixed media artists from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. The primary intention is to find parallels and common threads between the shared cultures, […]
Cinema: From Utopia to Reality 2002
Where: Cinema Paradiso When: Friday 10 March, 5pm A 52-minute documentary on Auroville, in English, made in 2002 for Swiss TV by Laurence Bolomey and Harry Haener. The doco presents Auroville through a number of its residents — Afsaneh, Arumugan, Bettina, Bhaga, Deepti, Diego, Gilles G, Johnny, Joss, Kamala, Kanchina, R. Kanniappan, Liliana, Lucas D, Luigi […]
Film screening & talk: EVER SLOW GREEN with director Christoph Pohl
Ever Slow Green tells the story of Auroville’s 50-years-young forest through some of the diverse characters who have dedicated their lives to bringing it to fruition.
Workshop: Film-Philosophy with “Once upon a time in Anatolia” with Deb Kamal Ganguly
From the ‘Zone’ there is no escape for anyone with a sense of self-esteem and an acute, self-questioning conscience. The brilliance of Ceylan has explored the horror of banality, the violence of meaninglessness, the burden of the homogeneous empty secular time. Through the gradual and incremental collective reading of this great example of ‘slow cinema’, […]
Course: Still to Motion Photography basic, Theory and Practice
When: 27th Feb. – 25th May 2023 Monday and Thursdays 11-13 hrs Mentor: Rrivu Laha (cinematographer, Film maker) To register write to support_filinstitute@auroville.org.in pr call Swanand Kottewar 8956126016
Workshop: a 15 day workshop for Actors and Directors—Acting in Cinema with Pushpendra Singh
a 15 day workshop for Actors and Directors with Pushpendra Singh
STUDY CIRCLE: Film Institute @Auroville is delighted to introduce an open study circle
The Study Circle is designed in concurrence with the ongoing research and academic pursuits of the Film Institute Fellows. The sessions are open for all.Upcoming Week’s Schedule:Venue: Video Room in KalaKendra, Bharat Nivas Time: 5:00 to 6:30 pmMon 20-02-23 Screening Stalker (1979) / 162 min. Andrei TarkovskyTues 21-02-23 Reading Sculpting in Time, Andrei TarkovskyWed 22-02-23 […]
Online: Art is Life: New Beginnings – Opening Week at MAP
Art is Life: New Beginnings is just 4 days away! Come join us as we celebrate the opening of MAP with a week-long schedule of events dedicated to celebrating art and the community, and exploring new relationships through collaborations and art discourse. Art is Life: New Beginnings is our new chapter as an institution which will finally […]
Film: THE PATH OF THE 12 PETALS by MICHÈLE DECOUST and ALESSANDRA SILVER
Cinema: Korean Cinema – Telling the Untold
screening & sharing by Cho Yong-kyu cinematographer of Secret Sunshine Lee shot in CinemaScope for the first time. “Most suspense movies aren’t made in CinemaScope,” he said, “but I thought it would be a good way to show the little things, the details in our daily life. I felt that CinemaScope could be a way […]
Film: In the Land of Punctuation – Dance on Film – Season 2 – Episode 4Film: In the Land of Punctuation
In the Land of Punctuation is a dance performance created for children and young adults. The production is inspired by the picture book, In the Land of Punctuation, with poetry by Christian Morgenstern and illustration by Rathna Ramanathan, where unique graphic design meets poetic depiction. Punctuations refer to symbols, such as commas, full stops, or […]
Call for Help and Volunteers: Looking for old or spare phone with the camera for a workshop, ‘My Environment’ – February 2023
TTWREIS ( Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Society) is letting me conduct a film making workshop with students from indigenous/ tribal communities of Adilabad District. Students in the age group ( 12 to 15 years) will be using smart phones to shoot short films as part of the workshop. The schools can at best offer […]
In News: Auroville takes film-making workshop to Rann of Kutch
The workshop followed a specific pedagogy where basic film orientation went hand in hand with the landscape orientation. Kutch was chosen for several reasons — primarily for the fantastic landscape and the cultural ecology of the region, says AFI Article Published in The Hindu by Dinesh Varma A hands-on documentary film-making workshop hosted recently by […]
Workshop: Acrylic on Paper by V. Hariram – 18 January
Abstract Awareness In Art The Workshop session will begin with: INTRODUCTION: Essentials of abstraction in temple pantheon & iconography DEMONSTRATION: Abstract painting in acrylic on paper STEP BY STEP: Guidance on how to construct an abstract painting and express oneself V.Hariram is naturally an expressionist. An intense experience of the unknown is transplanted within him, […]
Article: Art beyond darkness by Christoph Kluetsch
by Christoph Kluetsch for AV Art Service Art beyond darkness – Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022/23 Why do we need a biennale? I have often asked myself this question. Before Covid, I had been to many major international cultural events. During Lockdown, I co-organized an artist-in-residence program to think about what the implications, threats, and opportunities of […]
Workshop: Analogue Darkroom by Sasikanth Somu – 29, 30 and 31 December
Program & Timings: Centre d’Art Atelier Citadines Auroville-605101 Tamil Nadu India +91 413 2622699 centredart@auroville.org.in
Film Screening: Janani’s Juliet – 21 and 23 December
3 Screenings of ‘Janani’s Juliet’ in Pondicherry(India’s Official entry to the Oscar’s) 20th Dec — 10.30 am @ Adishakti21st Dec — 8pm @ Cinema Paradiso, Auroville23rd Dec –3.30 PM @ Pondicherry UniversityAll screenings will be followed by a discussion with the Director– Pankaj Rishi Kumar
Workshop: Analogue Darkroom by Sasikanth Somu – 29, 30 and 31 December
Program & Timings: Centre d’Art Atelier Citadines Auroville-605101 Tamil Nadu India +91 413 2622699 centredart@auroville.org.in
Performance: Piano concert of the Italian Pianist Gloria Campaner – 21 December
The Italian Pavilion of Auroville and the Italian Embassy Cultural Center in New Delhi invites all of you for a piano concert of the Italian Pianist Gloria Campaner who is performing one more time in Auroville in Cripa on 21st December at 7.30 pm. Music of Bach and Chopin Highly acclaimed for her “extremely deep […]
Film Festival: All Living Things, Environmental Film Festival 2022 – 17 – 27 November
ALT EFF 2022 will take place as a hybrid festival with screenings in cities across India and an online edition which will available on a ‘pay-as-you-feel’ model. Join us as we open the biggest ALT EFF with 55 films in the program and 33 exclusive India premieres; fill in the EOI by clicking the button […]
Film Festival: All Living Things, Environmental Film Festival 2022 – 17 – 27 November
ALT EFF 2022 will take place as a hybrid festival with screenings in cities across India and an online edition which will available on a ‘pay-as-you-feel’ model. Join us as we open the biggest ALT EFF with 55 films in the program and 33 exclusive India premieres; fill in the EOI by clicking the button […]
Video: “Is Sustainable Independent Filmmaking feasible?” from Accessible Horizon Films
Independent Filmmaking has mostly been a challenge both in terms of production and financial viability? Very few Indie filmmakers have crossed over into the realm of money-making with their films. But of late, there are some new but emerging trends that indicate the commercial viability and feasibility of films that are made/created/produced Independently.
In News: An Auroville-SPIC MACAY synergy to promote cultural heritage
Auroville will launch the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music ‘And Culture Amongst Youth chapter to enhance human endeavour through the medium of art Article by Dinesh Varma, Published in The Hindu In a synergy of shared goals, Auroville will launch a branch of SPIC MACAY (The Society for the Promotion of Indian […]
Call for Applications: The Commissions Project
Open Call Artistes, Creators & Practitioners Create and present work through any medium of YOUR choosing that will be commissioned and supported by Sumanasa Foundation. Duration : 9 months Grant Amount : 3 grants of Rs 1,50,000/- each Age limit : 18 to 45 years Medium : Music/Dance/Fine Art/Film/Multi- media Theme : Faith/Trust/Rejection/ Embrace/Belonging Applications […]