EVER SLOW GREEN – Re-afforestation in Auroville, South India (N) Available for online streaming until 23 April 2022. https://www.indiascience.in/videos/ever-slow-green-re-afforestation-in-auroville-south-india-n “50 years ago, a unique afforestation project took root on an eroded desert plateau in Tamil Nadu, South India, when people from diverse countries came together to establish the international experimental township of Auroville. Driven by […]
Auroville kids presenting integral education at the International Alternative Education festival organised for the 100 anniversary of summerhill, the first Democratic School When: 7pm, 13 April Where: Solitude Farm, Auroville
When: Friday 1 April, 8:00 PM Where: Multi Media Centre Auditorium (Mmc, Town Hall) “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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Attention artists! We have extended the last date to receive applications for Voices from the South to 6 March 2022. If you are a performance maker based in India looking to make new work, then this may be an opportunity for you. Pickle Factory Dance Foundation in collaboration with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe present Voices […]
2nd International Analogio Playwriting Competition 2022 «CROSSING BORDERS» OPEN CALL FOR PLAY SUBMISSIONS *ATHENS, GREECE **2nd International Analogio Playwriting Competition 2022* *«CROSSING BORDERS» OPEN CALL FOR PLAY SUBMISSIONS* *Deadline: Monday, 28 March 2022 at 23:59 **analogiofestival@gmail.com*<analogiofestival@gmail.com> The International Analogio Institute announces its Second International Playwriting Competition. Applicants are invited to write a play of approximately 45 […]
Professor BN Goswamy takes us on ‘A Sacred Journey’ through Pahari paintings. When: Friday, 4th March, 6:30 pm (IST) Click below to RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXP8ZqOzF15VushUBl-yVtBAovuj0fGiaqmoZTzwjaI8qCzg/viewform Professor BN Goswamy decodes a series of hitherto un-identified Pahari paintings from the Kedara Kalpa manuscript, a relatively unknown Shaivite text from Rajasthan. The paintings depict the journey of five pilgrims […]
International Webinars Celebrating The Mother’s and Auroville`s Birth Anniversary
Solar Kitchen and International Cooking Teams are celebrating Auroville`s Birthday week by bringing together the diversity and culture of the city of dreams via food. They will have teams cooking dinners for the community at the community kitchen from the 21st – 26th February. Advance booking needed.
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 […]
Madness: An Anthology of World Poetry Submission Deadline: 30th August 2022 World Poetry Movement-Nepal, in collaboration with RedPanda Books, a publication partner in Kathmandu, is soliciting poems from poets around the world on the theme of madness for a global poetry anthology. It is our pleasure that Society of Nepali Writers in English, Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature, Asian Center […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Article by M.Dinesh Varma published in The Hindu The NZ-based platform will help conduct the AVFF online Auroville has teamed up with a New Zealand-based video streaming service for hosting the 2022 edition of the Auroville Film Festival(AVFF), as an online event from Tuesday. The global flavour of the seventh AVFF (January 18-23) will manifest […]
MULTI MEDIA CENTRE AUDITORIUM (MMC, Town Hall) FRIDAY 14 JANUARY 2022, 8:00 PM “The Color of Paradise” Directed by : Majid MAJIDI, Iran, 1999, Music by: Alireza Kohandairy With: Hossein Mahjoub, Mohsen Ramezani, Salameh Feyzi Synopsis: One of the most delicately crafted and spiritually uplifting films, The Colors of Paradise, is a remarkable work of art and a heart-rending gift from Persia, from […]
What’s going to happen??!! What about changing lockdown notifications?? We wish we had easy answers to these questions. It’s a difficult situation for us as we have no idea what is going to be announced after Pongal. However: If cinema theatres are allowed to run, we will be screening the films at MMC/CP, SAIIER and […]
future: Eternal Forest online eventOn Wednesday, January 5, 2021, Ever Slow Green is being streamed live during an online event organised by the Eternal Forest project. Following the film Eternal Forest founder Evgenia Emets will speak with Natasha Storey and myself about reforestation in Auroville, India.The event starts at 4 pm GMT (so e.g. in Los Angeles […]
Sufi Zikr & Whirling, Sacred Gurdjeff dances, active meditations, breath, dance… woven together magically.. Your heart will open wide, your mind still… you see the world flying by… Sufi Whirling is an ancient transformative practice The Sufi Way Retreat is a life changing event , Nirupam Gyan sufi is sharing Sufi & Gurdjeff & more […]
Article by Priyanka Chandani published in Indulge, The New Indian Express It has been over three years that the term refugee has become part of our regular conversations. With the political and border situations in a state of turmoil, the crisis of a huge number of people being displaced has hit every country. And Auroville-based theatre […]
The 7th Auroville Film Festival will take place January 18th-23rd and feature international and Aurovilian films. Save the dates! We’re looking for artists to make art installations on the theme of human unity, to be placed in the town hall area. If you are a creator and have ideas that can inspire greater community harmony […]
