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 […]
AuroFilm Presents 11th chapter with Prof. Sehdev Kumar presenting:“WOMAN IN THE DUNES” (suna no onna, japon, 1964)Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japan, 1964. With: Eiji Okada and Kyōko Kishida If you like to discuss, share and learn more about films and Cinema, we invite you to our Master Class When: 4:30 – 7.30 pm, Saturday, 10 […]
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 […]
ASEF through culture360.ASEF.org and Casa Asia are pleased to launch the open call for At Home/Being Home, an e-residency for young emerging artists from the performing arts, music, film and new mediasectors. With this e-residency we continue to organise virtual capacity building initiatives in response to the impact of the global pandemic. The residency will consist of a capacity building component and a […]
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 […]
Something interesting we saw on the CPB Prism Newsletter and wanted to share. https://prism.chennaiphotobiennale.com “What a mystery it is to be a boy…so uneducated and therefore so fresh and uncynical. We should end our disparagement of the boy, of our own immaturities, of our tardiness in growing up…We could speak words of encouragement to this […]
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/
Action In Silent Articulation AVFI presents a workshop exploring MIME, a theatrical technique of suggesting action, character or emotion nonverbally, using only gesture, expression and movement. When: 19 June – 18 July, 2021 Where : Online Session The workshop will aid artists, actors, directors to convert Poems, Punctuations and Paradigms into full fledged Mime Acts, […]
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 […]
Auroville Film Institute Presents Acting Drop-in Class Meisner Technique When: 5 to 7pm, 24 June, 2021 Where: Terrasoul at Ithak’s terrace To Register: Contact Luca email: l@lucafs.it phone:7339596254 Limited Places The class is focused on returning to one of the most primal humans abilities: to receive and respond to messages from others.The beauty of this […]
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 […]
When most people think of the township of Auroville, they probably think of Sri Aurobindo; Matrimandir, the famous tourist attraction; and the fabulous Auroville bakery. What most people do not know is that a unique afforestation project began in Auroville in 1968 and today, as a result of that, the forest area there is a […]
For early career artists and creative practitioners working in visual arts. Production Grant – INR 4,00,000 Lacs Upto 10 Artists Application Deadline : 15 June 2021 Apply Now Visual artists and other creative practitioners contribute to our cultural identity and economic boost. What contemporary artists and creative practitioners create, is what later is documented as evidence of the times. If creative output stops, […]
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 […]
Join us for our 13th annual Eco-Festival! ecoMusic, ecoArt, ecoWorkshops, ecoReels, ecoTalks, ecoWalks, ecoCafe, and ecoHaat Where: Online It’s lockdown time in India, there is distress and despair all around and though we are all trying to do many collective activities online, we do miss the energy and the excitement, the inspiration, the creativity the […]
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 […]
For early career artists and creative practitioners working in visual arts. Production Grant – INR 4,00,000 Lacs Upto 10 Artists Application Deadline : 15 June 2021 Apply Now Visual artists and other creative practitioners contribute to our cultural identity and economic boost. What contemporary artists and creative practitioners create, is what later is documented as evidence of the times. If creative output stops, […]
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
Iyarkai grant is for young and emerging photographers identifying as females who look to support projects on wildlife, vegetation, land, ecology, natural resource management, ecotourism, climate crisis, and related social issues. The applicant must be a resident of India. There is no age restriction, although preference will be given to grant requests from young and […]
Ever Slow Green at change NOW summit 2021 Thanks to the referral of Roland from AVI France, Ever Slow Green has been selected as one of five films to be screened during the upcoming change NOW summit out of Paris: https://www.changenow.world/film-festival-details/ Sign up for a free discovery online pass (click on “tickets” at above link) and get access […]
Did you know that Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II from Jaipur was an avid photographer back in the 19th Century? In our new episode of #MuseumsWithoutBorders, @mrinvfrom Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum uncovers the similarities and differences between 19th century portraits of three Rajasthani rulers, from the collections of MAP and the @msmsmuseum. Head to our YouTube […]
