The last Sunday of April each year is the worldwide Pinhole photography day.This year is on the 26th April 2020Pinhole photos taken on this day can be uploaded to the pinhole.org site.The Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2020 online gallery is dedicated to Eric Renner, who passed away unexpectedly on April 9. Since Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day and […]
Dear friends,Today is the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day. In spite of the efforts of many people like you all, the earth is in much worse condition now compared to 50 years ago.The documentary film maker Michael Moore has produced and uploaded on YouTube a new film yesterday: The Planet of the Humans […]
Online for Earth Day Dear friends of the Auroville forest,Because screenings of Ever Slow Green have been cancelled for the unforeseeable future, here comes an Earth Day gift for you to pass on to your friends and family. Ever Slow Green will be available online for one week from Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22nd until Tuesday, April 28th, 2020. To request […]
Call Out | Documentary Filmmakers https://thesmalls.com/brief/existing-footage-call-out?utm_source=The%20Smalls%20Members%20Marketing&utm_campaign=a4f445adca-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_26_COPY_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cc0ce561f4-a4f445adca-15584185 Client The Smalls Creative brief We are looking for filmmakers and creatives across the globe to help us with our Shooting From Home Project. The project we want to create is inspired by the fact that there are currently millions of filmmakers (like us!) stuck at home, with lots […]
New Event with Filmmaker Jeremy SeifertThis past Thursday, we had a powerful conversation with filmmaker Adam Loften and Mohammed Alsaleh, who is featured in the short documentary film Welcome to Canada. Mohammed, a Syrian refugee who fled violence and imprisonment during the Assad regime, was asked by a participant, “What would you like high school students to know about […]
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https://www.gutenberg.org/EbooksSince March 18, UNESCO has made the World Digital Library freely accessible. It is available on the Internet (now finally reachable!) Through the sitehttps://www.wdl.org.The World Digital Library project has been launched since 2009, with the aim of “promoting international and intercultural understanding, expanding the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet, providing resources […]
New Webinar This WeekThis past week we hosted a webinar, “Learning and Teaching from the Heart in Troubled Times” with myself and Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger on the Share My Lesson platform. We were pleasantly surprised to see that close to 2,300 individuals— from K-12 educators, college professors, non-profit leaders, parents, grandparents, and students—registered for this session. […]
Venue: Centre d’Art, CitadinesDate: 19 March 2020Time: 5.00pm to 6.30pm Christoph Pohl grew up in Germany. He studied media technology engineering and worked in video and film post-production in Hamburg and Berlin before moving to Auroville in 2008. He established brainfever media productions in 2011 and worked as Technical Director for the Auroville Film Festival […]
Presents a proposal for the distribution of “Our Cashew Story”Lets change this ending together, pesticide free…42 min Documentary by Serena Aurora <https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/DlU61Vv4Bo8EEZHaNiY8Bgq9xQKHmu3UcMrBL6WF_IlHW5pyfhzD7sDc-K9Bx-plpMyDfPiP2vlQ2bcHtnjV_BRr3AZaGjpBNHPZ–dp3cZzZC5HpuFNM2D4Syramlw7MhmzdOrKEEnm_462bZco9ebc_L5XwS-K1TQ=s0-d-e1-ft#https://gallery.mailchimp.com/961b12b2ef22c41bc0e726ede/images/f7689390-cda4-4abc-8a51-5d3a3a2342c5.jpg><https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/AGIFb8gOocshuCulWwKYx0wJDyFYFZ2MBA9Njuwqgw4Xmp17nTK42Oea9LVhZv3iRdvvJHrnnzKlMAXRolVBJ76Eg5RjF_dKDTbjVljdira4W7PhV1_d339JQC-o0JlUANXSI5zyEHCG2OcSFnAAfhisuL6WEQ=s0-d-e1-ft#https://mcusercontent.com/961b12b2ef22c41bc0e726ede/images/17043914-c2b1-45a1-8ba3-848bbbab6a4d.jpg><https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/tfxfPFSo4eCuBhcS61IWIPry2KdV1Xc1BfVAMIEuHBP_1VH0CUeOX-FMoZ2uuLE8o8aI152BWs3Js0S399H5fMPpQVyVF7m2FltP7pT7K9e65tPS-VWUwjxvReJW1KH9iVc-6czOTKcVDUG-_ktpNkWCeTjFMaV6UfxCiuRThlg=s0-d-e1-ft#https://mcusercontent.com/961b12b2ef22c41bc0e726ede/video_thumbnails_new/fc039d83eb73ffb211862fe98e0efffe.png>“Our Cashew Story” official Trailer 2020 ________________________________ In a world where we are increasingly disconnected from our food, this short film (42 minutes) titled “Our Cashew Story” explores the cashew industry – the growing, […]
<https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/eS-YMoxpTAhYn5dx6RzQpVyWWGD4voJBXcKe-H8DyzxlTeQqyrJRsNYK_sX8sXwlPOCTgifJ2NG48apsIOCO2IOFVsCt9GS9_bHGzrXqOzEt0I9WgbcTrBG9Bm-H0Ri9p5zPvHdMTwvsndRy6DDrTEcjvLT-Lr4eOBmPHXw=s0-d-e1-ft#https://storage.googleapis.com/ff-storage-p01/invites/logos/000/101/891/original/16_FF_logo.jpg?1582526984>16 International Film Festivals – in Jaipur India by JIFF has invited you to submit your work via FilmFreeway!Accept Invite Dear Filmmakers, The call for entries for 16 International Film Festivals – in Jaipur India by JIFF is now open!WELCOME YOU at Sixteen International Film Festivals-16IFF A special, unique spectrum international cinema celebration based on […]
Screening of the BBC Documentary at CREEVA Studio, Creativity Community On 9 February (Sunday), 6 pm. “Shock of the New – Episode 1: Mechanical Paradise” The Shock of the New is a 1980 documentary television series written and presented by Robert Hughes; its combination of insight, wit and accessibility are still widely praised. The series […]
A German filmmaker, who has made India his home, pays cinematic tribute to Auroville’s lush forest, the result of a unique 50-year-old afforestation project. https://www.mid-day.com/articles/planning-a-jungle/22492175
Dear friendsAfter a very successful (world) premiere at the Auroville Film Festival I want to share with you three upcoming next screenings of EVER SLOW GREEN, two in Auroville and one in Rishikesh. This is in case you missed it or want to watch it again or want to recommend it to your friends and […]
ACRES FOR AUROVILLE & LANDS FOR AUROVILLE UNIFIED ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ART FOR LAND – “Beauty for a Cause” A collaboration of Unity Pavilion, Aurovillle Art Service, & A4A – for Auroville’s Missing Land At the Unity Pavilion until February 21st, open daily from 10 AM to 4:30 PM Art for Land 2020 was […]
Dear Friends, Greetings from Auroville ! With great joy we announce the development of Auroville Film Institute (AVFI) dedicated to the ideal of cinema education – integrating world cinema and world citizenship, experimenting with a new pedagogy, encouraging new practices of conscious cinema in Auroville. We are privileged to collaborate with India’s premier film institute, Film and […]
This coming Saturday 26 Oct 5pm duration 90min, The French Pavilion presents a documentary with english subtitles about a unique university in Vincennes born in 1968 and now forgotten: « Vincennes, l’université perdue » Film vivant et très intéressant réalisé par Virginie Linhart Samedi 26 octobre 2019 à 17h Town Hall – […]
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/auroville-ftii-tie-up-to-take-cinema-to-a-new-level/article29632836.ece Auroville, FTII tie-up to take cinema to a new level Eight-day short course on film appreciation and filmmaking attracts participants from diverse backgrounds.
Crossing Borders Research Grants Through our program „Crossing Borders“ we support international research trips for authors, filmmakers and photographers from German-speaking countries as well as China (including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao), India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam. Depending on the country of destination, applicants can request research grants up to 15,000 Euro. Applications are accepted […]
