When: Friday 25 March, 8:00 PM Where: Multi Media Centre Auditorium (Mmc, Town Hall) Director: Scott HICKS, Australia, 2006With: Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor, Armin Mueller-Stahl Overview: Based on the life of an Australian musical genius, David Helfgott, a pianist who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. Brilliantly starring Geoffrey Rush in the […]
Climate Story Lab, Festivals & Art-House Cinemas Climate Story Lab – South AsiaEver Slow Green is among the 12 projects that have been selected for the Climate Story Lab – South Asia 2022 edition, hosted by the Indian Documentary Foundation and Goopy Bagha Productions, Bangladesh.The next step is the Impact Lab, March 22 – 24, a virtual lab led […]
Award winning documentary screening ‘The Animal Communicator’ directed by Craig Foster, known for his latest film ‘My Octopus Teacher’.Aikya explored Interspecies communication with Anna Breytenbach and spent two weeks with Craig Foster in South Africa and will share some of her experiences. When: 5pm – 7pm, Friday 25 March 2022 Where: Pavilion of Tibetan Culture […]
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 […]
CPB Foundation in collaboration with Studio A (@evolve_with_studioa) and SPI Edge (@spiedge) are thrilled to bring back the Kanavu Fellowship program in photography and film making for candidates identifying as female from some of the experts in the field. Photography and Film have the power to tell incredible stories, and shine a light on important issues and […]
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 […]
When: Exhibition opening on Friday 11 March 2022 at 04.30pm. Exhibition Date’s 11 March to 26 March 2022. Movie Every Afternoon at 04.00pm, Gallery hours Monday to Saturday 10.00am to 12.00pm – 02.30pm to 05.00pm, Sunday is closed. Where: Centre d’Art Gallery, Citadines, Auroville Learning From The Intangible The world is crying out for change, […]
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 […]
When: Exhibition opening on Friday 11 March 2022 at 04.30pm. Exhibition Date’s 11 March to 26 March 2022. Movie Every Afternoon at 04.00pm, Gallery hours Monday to Saturday 10.00am to 12.00pm – 02.30pm to 05.00pm, Sunday is closed. Where: Centre d’Art Gallery, Citadines, Auroville Learning From The Intangible The world is crying out for change, […]
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: […]
MMC/CP and AVFF would like to THANK all the groups and people who each contributed importantly to the event. Here are the statistics at the closing of AVFF 2022. 1260 viewers have tuned in to the event, and 8520 “Sales” (all films are free) we’re made.These led to 2990 streams, mostly from here in Asia […]
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AWARD WINNERS OF THE AUROVILLE FILM FESTIVAL 2022! International category of “films that develop the theme of human unity” Wisdom Award: A Letter From India by Naveed Mulki & Shaktiraj Singh Jadeja A small diverse village of 30000 in southwest India demonstrates its ability to live a harmonious existence. The film is shot […]
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 […]
Aurofilm / AV Film institute present If you like to discuss, share and learn more about films and Cinema, we invite you to our Cine-Master classes! Welcome to this chapter led by Dr. Alexander Pereverzev & Philippe May on: “MIRROR” (Зеркало/Zerkalo) by Andrei Tarkovsky (1975) When: 5 – 7:30pm, Saturday, 29 January 2022 Where: Aurofilm, Kalabhoomi (next to CRIPA) Overview: Mirror is a unique experience, a […]
Emergence is partnering with IF/Then Shorts, an initiative of Field of Vision, to launch the inaugural SHIFTING LANDSCAPES LAB, a collaboration that supports the creation of short documentary films exploring the theme of migration as a central story of our time. This lab focuses on the widespread shifts in movement from both human and nonhuman perspectives, […]
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
