Join us at Unity Pavilion for a soulful evening honoring Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of Kaviguru Rabindranath Jayanti.

May 9th
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Unity Pavilion

Experience the magic of Rabindra Sangeet with a mesmerizing performance by renowned singer Lakshmi Santra & Group.

Let the melodies, words, and emotions of Tagore’s creations uplift and inspire us all.

All are warmly welcome.

Have you ever felt like you have so much inside you… but no space to express it?
Or maybe you want to step onto the stage, but something holds you back?

This workshop is for you.

Together, we will explore:
Body movement & expression
Voice & communication
Confidence & stage presence
Understanding and expressing emotions

Theatre is not just about acting…
It’s about discovering yourself and learning to truly be seen.

Theatre is not for the faint-hearted.
It will open you up, challenge you, and transform you.

If you’re ready…
Step in
Speak up
Show up

And most importantly… OWN THE STAGE

Location: CRIPA, Auroville
Time: 4–6 PM
Dates: 15,22,29th May

Contact: 9769549246

With a career spanning television, cinema, and the stage, Anu brings a multi-faceted perspective to the craft of performance. Her journey began in front of the camera, most notably featuring in the DD1 series Yahan Ke Hum Sikander, an experience that solidified her foundation in professional acting.

​Beyond performance, her passion for storytelling led her into the realms of screenwriting and direction, giving her a comprehensive understanding of how a narrative moves from the page to the stage. This background allows her to approach theatre not just as an actor’s medium, but as a cohesive artistic vision.

​Currently based in Auroville, she is dedicated to fostering creative expression through collaborative projects and holistic theatre. In this workshop, her goal is to share these professional insights—ranging from character development to directorial nuances—to help you sharpen your instincts and find your unique presence as a performer.

Music moves through its arc. We move through ours. What was held loosens. What was hidden rises. What was tight finds ease.

The wave carries us outward, inward, through and back. Breath the only guide. Silence the only destination.

We move until moving stops. We rest until sound calls again. And somewhere between peak and pause, something remembers itself.

This is not practice. Not performance. Only a gathering bodies yielding to rhythm, yielding to rest, yielding to what wants to move through us.

We come. We surrender. We return.

Every Saturday 4:30 PM at NEW CREATION STUDIO

CONTRIBUTION –
AUROVILLIANS – 150RS
GUESTS – 250RS

Formed by Aman Mahajan (piano) and Nishad Pandey (guitar), the duo draws from European classical music, jazz, Indian classical and folk traditions, alongside literary and mathematical ideas creating genre-free sound-worlds that evolve in real time.

This performance closes their India tour, following the release of their upcoming EP ‘According To The Tides’. Rolling Stone described Heads and Tales as “an important new record in Indian jazz lore.”

: Sunday 1st March
: Show starts at 7.30pm
: Food served from 6.30pm
: Cripa, Auroville

Entry free, open to all, contributions welcome

Celebrating Auroville Week

23 February – Incense Leaf Pressing
25 February – Clay Pressing and Molding
27 February – Making Sand Candles

26 February 2026 | 9 AM – 10 AM
Conscious Living Chocolate Factory, Fraternity, Auroville

Yoga Performance

Free of charge | Open to all ages 5 & above

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Saturday, 7 February · 7:30 pm
Embodied Evolution Performance

Sunday, 8 February · 10:15 am
Sound of Silence Concert
A prayer for the present moment

Sunday, 8 February · 7:00 pm
Gathering Voices
Songs from the heart

Saturday & Sunday, 14–15 February · 7:30 pm
The Auroville Choir
Five centuries of choral music

Saturday, 21 February · 8:00 pm
Auroville Harmonies 2026

Sunday, 22 February · 6:30 pm
Auroville Harmonies 2026

Saturday, 7 February · 7:30 pm
Embodied Evolution Performance

Sunday, 8 February · 10:15 am
Sound of Silence Concert
A prayer for the present moment

Sunday, 8 February · 7:00 pm
Gathering Voices
Songs from the heart

Saturday & Sunday, 14–15 February · 7:30 pm
The Auroville Choir
Five centuries of choral music

Saturday, 21 February · 8:00 pm
Auroville Harmonies 2026

Sunday, 22 February · 6:30 pm
Auroville Harmonies 2026

Through her original compositions, Devadalucy weaves a deep sonic space where the harp’s vibrations become an inner passage. Between silence, resonance, and melody, the music unfolds as a gentle healing experience: soothing, centering, and inviting surrender. Listening becomes a meditative journey, subtle and enveloping.

The Compagnie UmArtio, a French artistic company founded by Lucie Letellier-Bertron, develops immersive concerts and performances blending harp, poetry, movement and circus. Rooted in imagination and presence, UmArtio’s creations open spaces of emotion and reverie, offering audiences an intimate and quietly enchanting artistic.

This Concert is Free
Thursday 12 February 2026 / Jeudi 12 Février 2026
Pavillon de France
5pm – 17h

Nrithya Sandhya

A Classical Bharatanatyam Performance
by Udhaya Ramakrishnan

Step into a soulful evening where rhythm meets grace.
Nrithya Sandhya brings alive the beauty of Indian classical dance through expressive movements, intricate footwork, and timeless stories.

Date: Thursday, 5 February 2026
Time: 6:45 pm
Venue: SAWCHU, Bharat Nivas, Auroville

All are welcome.

Infiltration

A Theatre Play
by Rasrang Ugvem, Goa

Date: Friday, 6 February 2026
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas, Auroville

All are welcome.

A Very Simple Story

A Theatre Play
by GITIS, Russia
Presented in collaboration with the National School of Drama

Date: Saturday, 7 February 2026
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas, Auroville

All are welcome.

Sharmisthe

A Theatre Play
by Rangasampada, Bengaluru

Date: Sunday, 8 February 2026
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas, Auroville

All are welcome.

Auroville Marathon 2026

Date: Sunday, 8 February 2026

BODY MIND CENTERING IN CONTACT IMPRO
BUTOH & AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT

Living Layers is a five-day embodied research exploring the body through the lens of the five elements : Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Light.
Each day focuses on a living layer of experience: physicality, sensation, energy, connection, and vision.
The work is grounded in somatic practice, Body-Mind Centering, contact improvisation, and butoh-inspired movement research, with a strong relationship to nature, presence, and performance.
Rather than aiming for form, aesthetics, or technique, this intensive invites participants to explore movement as authentic expression : emerging from sensation, impulse, inner images, and lived experience.
The body is approached as a site of perception, memory, and creative intelligence, where biology, environment, and imagination continuously interact.

Auroville, India in New creation studio
With Mélina pans’Art

5 DAYS : 10 to 14th Feb 2026.
Every day from 9:15am to 12:30
DROP IN or FULL WEEK / Donation based for the studio

BOOKING :
Savitri +91 89 40 47 76 67
or Mélina Pans’Art: +33 6 10 61 54 63 @melinapansart_lartdetreyoga

looking forward to dance with you

The 9^th Auroville Film Festival 2026 got off to a brilliant start on the 18^th of January 2026 with a live music performance by Auroville band NoizeGate playing Creedence Clearwater Revival.

The Auroville Film Festival, organised by residents of Auroville, aims to showcase films that attempt to foster a deeper understanding of the aspirations of Auroville through a creative engagement with the medium of cinema, as well as turning film-viewing from a passive activity into an intimate dialogue between artist and audience. The festival screens films that reflect the creative, experimental and spiritual research Auroville is dedicated to.

During the week, the festival featured 48 films in the category of films made by residents of Auroville, the bioregion and Pondicherry. Made with local participation, the films in this category form a mosaic bringing together the local creative community in an exchange of documentaries, ideas and stories. The richness of the selection in this category featured prominent local filmmakers like Stanzin Raghu, Alessandra Silver, Serena Aurora, Lesley Branagan, Aurovenkatesh, Cheenu Wild, Jeremy Carroll, Yuvasri, Smiti, Yatra Srinivassan and Jalil Nordman. There were some exciting experimental shorts proposed by Nefertiti Chakrabarti. Emerging filmmakers like Ravikiran Rangaswamy, Lisbeth Nusselein, Birgitta Volz, Uttara Jadeja, Sampriti Roy, Donny Lee Duke, Nandha Kumar, Rishi Vengadesan, Gobinath Mounissamy, Kanchan Avchare, Mukul Kumar, Divya Mani, Karthik K, Magheshwar Kumaran, Lalit Verma and Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova had a warm reception.

There were 8 films in the category of films made about Auroville, the bioregion and Pondicherry. This selection of films by visiting filmmakers about Auroville and the bioregion, its various projects, people and undertakings, brings home the image of our region as it appears to the world outside. International filmmakers in this category included Joseh Garcia and Alan Baiss from Canada. Exceptional films that were screened in this category were made by the students of the Auroville Film Institute, including Santosh, Polash, Kartik, Sai Krishna, Stanzin, Jahnavi, Amogh, Pia, Partha, Yoni, and Logeswaran.

Managed by Richa Hushing and Rrivu Laha (graduates of FTII), the Auroville Film Institute offers regular courses, both online and on site, featuring well known independent filmmakers as faculty.

There were 47 films in the category of films that develop the theme of human unity. This segment features a carefully curated selection of short and feature-length films that dwell upon themes of human unity and values similar to that of Auroville, accompanied by discussions that further elaborate on these themes. The category featured the work of filmmakers from around the world including Shonali Bose, Sreemoyee Singh, Nishtha Jain, Tarun Jain, Tathagata Ghosh, Rizwan Hussain, Bijukumar Damodaran, Aajad Singh Khichi, Piyush Thakur and Rima Das, to name just a few. The film Wisdom Of Happiness featuring the Dalai Lama was one of the well appreciated films.

Eminent jury members for the Aurovilian films included Premendra Mazumder (Vice President of the Federation of Film Societies of India, Ashavari Majumdar (Director of the Manifest Dance-Film Festival), and Dr. T Balasaravanan (Dept of Electronic Media and Mass Communications, Pondy University). Jury members from Auroville were Rajeev, Nitzan and Gita and they decided the winning films in the human unity category.

The screenings were held at three venues (CRIPA, Kalabhumi Amphitheatre and MMC/CP) and were complemented by outdoor music performances, discussions (at Centre d’Art), and an art installation.

The proliferation of digital cameras and the constantly improving quality of smartphone cameras

have made it possible for just about anyone to make their own movie, and one of the goals of the

Auroville Film Festival is to showcase and encourage local talent in this field. Part of the festival is, therefore, a Kino Kabaret! Kino Kabarets are events where artists collaborate to create films within 48 hours and, in our festival, all these films were screened on the last day.

The importance of festivals organised by the residents of Auroville can never be overstated, especially in the way they contribute to local vitality and stimulate cultural development in Auroville. The outdoor screenings and performances and the crowds they drew further testify to the power of outdoor arts to bring together audiences that might otherwise not take the trouble to attend art events.

This festival aims to bring people and cultures together within Auroville and beyond, thereby furthering the aspiration of human unity. With the ninth edition of the Auroville Film Festival the experience was one that went beyond film-viewing, turning it into a truly fulfilling cultural experience.

WINNING FILMS IN THE CATEGORY OF FILMS MADE BY AUROVILIANS AND RESIDENTS OF THE BIOREGION

Mongbra Award :

MORIBUND by Birgitta Volz : This impactful film highlights the resilience and creativity of the Auroville community as it faces ecological and other challenges.

Cinema Paradiso Award :

SOUND OF AIR by Rishi Vengadesan :  The film stands out with its treatment of sound and image reinforcing its choice of an interesting subject.

Wisdom award:

ECM’ 24 by Nefertiti Chakrabarti : A sensitive and complex tribute to the Endangered Crafts Mela that conveys the transformative experience of learning and apprenticeship in Auroville.

The Jury Award was shared by two films

Jury Award 1 :

EARLY YEARS IN AUROVILLE by Lisbeth Nusselein : This film blends archival photographs with an autobiographical narrative that invites the audience to reflect on the journeys and voices that have built Auroville.

Jury Award 2 :

30 YEARS OF KEEPING THE MUSIC FLOWING by Serena Aurora :  This film highlights the insipiring effort by Aurovillians to harmonise its diverse notes and sing in one voice – a metaphor for the community as a whole.

WINNING FILMS IN THE CATEGORY OF FILMS MADE ABOUT AUROVILLE AND THE BIOREGION

Cinema Paradiso Award :

REFLEKT by Santosh Manik: The film is a tribute to the transformative power of cinema tracing the directors journey from being a student of technique to emerging as an artist in the vibrant spiritual landscape of Auroville.

Wisdom Award :

NOTES FOR THE SELF by Jahnavi Pradeep: The film effectively uses Aurovilles landscape to depict the tensions and harmonies of a mother-daughter relationship as a poignant visual poem.

Jury Award :

BLOOMING HOUR by Logeswaran M – An honest, lyrical exposition of the beauty of mornings.

WINNING FILMS IN THE CATEGORY OF FILMS THAT DEVELOP THE THEME OF HUMAN UNITY

Cinema Paradiso Award:

AGENT OF HAPPINESS by Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó  : This documentary takes place in Bhutan. In 2008, Bhutan adopted the Gross National Happiness index, intended as a holistic way of measuring quality of life. The movie follows two agents who are hired to travel around Bhutan to carry out the Gross National Happiness survey. The film highlights happiness as a complex and personal experience, shaped by inner states and external conditions. Along the way, we witness a blossoming love story, moments of hope and disappointment, humour, and the beauty of the country itself.

Wisdom Award:

PATROL by Camilo de Castro and Brad Allgood : Patrol takes us through the rainforest in the Indio Maíz Reserve in Nicaragua. Rapid illegal deforestation is taking place to feed the growing demand for meat, especially for export to the USA. The documentary follows the Rama-Kriol people, who are determined to protect the forest in a peaceful yet powerful way. They collect data and travel across Nicaragua and finally the world to take legal action and bring the issue to light. They show a deep love for nature and an understanding of all humanity’s dependence on the health of the rainforest. The film shows how structural and economic pressures are driving environmental destruction.

Jury Award:

NO OTHER LAND : It depicts the generations long struggle on an almost barren area that is dotted with tiny villages. It allows viewers to experience the daily lives of the villagers and shows their humanity and ability to find moments of joy and laughter amidst hardship and brutality. The movie depicts human resilience and persistence in the face of crushing failures as well as the power of the powerless.

Special Mention:

FARMING THE REVOLUTION by Nishtha Jain : The film depicts the collective strength of farmers, who across generations and social backgrounds, come together to defend their livelihood. It shows how a shared purpose can become a unifying force.

THIS FESTIVAL WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF:

A_lineMeant to Be, Aaro, Aashay, Akash, Amy, Anand, Anandi, Aneeta, Ann, Arul, Arun, Ashwin, Aurosylle, Auroville Bakery Cafeteria, Auroville Radio, Binu Kumar, brainfever media productions, Brothers House, Centre d’Art, Chandra, Christoph K, Coffee Ideas, CRIPA, Daljeet, Damien, Dhananjey, Dharmesh, Dhruv, Divya, Dominique, Dustudio, Edo, Elaine, Elena, Erik, Fabienne, Fakirah, Fred, Glenn, Goyo, Gustavo, Guy, Hibiscus Art Village, InLight, Jayala, Jean Francois, Jenny, Jenya, Jethin, Joy, Julietta, Jurriaan,  Kalabhumi Music Studio, Kripa, Krishna, Kshitij, Laura, Laxmanan, Lella, Liliana, Malina, Marco S, Mathilde, Melody, Miniature, MMC/CP, Moghan, My Favourite Things, Nadaprem, Nandha, Naturellement, Nausheen, Nina, Nirami, Noizegate, Odile, Pala, Palani, Pavneet, Prasad, Ramesh, Rashmi, Raul, Renu, Right Path Café, Rob, Robin, Rolf, Rosie, Rugved, Saga and his team, Shakti, Sakthi Arts, Salman, Sandra, Sasi, Shanti, Sharmili, Simon, Softnet, Sundar, Sunlit Future, Surendhar, Suryan, Suzy, Swar, Sylvie, Tixon, Tlaloc, Tommaso, Utkarsh, Valerie, Venkatesh, Verena, Yunsung, and many more who offered their support as a sadhana.

Thank you!

Fotos: Marco Saroldi

• Date: 31 January 2026

• Time: 7:00 PM

• Venue: CRIPA Auroville

• Performance Description: * About Time is a travelogue unfolding through anecdotes, analyses, rememberings, rumours, documents, and dreams.

  • The work explores the bodies of dancers across the Kaveri delta in peninsular India and Central Java in Indonesia, where song, gong, body, and dance take turns in the ritual churning of time.

  • Composed as 24 “time-pieces,” the work revisits themes frequented by German writer W.G. Sebald (1944-2001), including memories, histories, biographies, fictions, and photographs.

• Artistic Context: * This performance is one installment in Kiran Kumār’s long-term artistic research project, “Epistolary Ancestries,” a corpus of ten open letters addressed to adopted ancestors.

  • The project reimagines the role of dance as a trifold practice of art, science, and ritual to mobilize ancestral futures.

• Supported By: CRIPA Performing Arts.

Shakti Arts warmly welcomes the community to live music performances and a selection of films curated by AVFF ’26.

Sunday 18 January, 2026

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: Creedence Clearwater Revival

Screenings

• 19:30 | Farming The Revolution (India, 2024, Dir. Nishtha Jain, 105min, NR R) In 2020 Gurbaz Sangha, a young Punjabi farmer led thousands to Delhi protesting new Farm Laws. Joined by over half a million from diverse backgrounds they remained at borders despite COVID lockdown, vowing to stay until laws were repealed.
• 21:15 | Purna Maha Kumbh Mela (India 2025, Dir. Lalit Verma, 22min, NR G) Experience the Purna Maha Kumbh Mela. A journey within.
• 21:37 | The Waves Will Never Stop (India, 2025, Dir. Karthik Sreenivasan w/ Sai Krishna L V, Sanjana Reddy, 10min, NR G) Fisherman Narayanan carries memories of the 2004 Tsunami that shattered his village. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 21:47 | The Poetics Of Change (India, 2025, Dir. Logeswaran M, 10min, NR G) Experimental narrative, exploring Ladakh as a time capsule through juxtaposed shots. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.

Monday 19 January, 2026

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: A Line Meant To Be

Screenings

• 19:30 | Moon Juice/Chander Rosh (India, 2025, Dir. Nefertiti Chakrabarti, 3min, NR G) Shot on a single reel of super 8 film with no editing. Premiered at Straight 8 2025 at the British Film Institute.
• 19:33 | Moribund: An Art Project (India, 2025, Dir. Birgitta Volz, 6min, NR G) Dedicated to Auroville, currently under pressure. Presents the destruction of Auroville as symbolic of environmental vandalism. Birgitta’s art reflects the crisis.
• 19:39 | Moments Of Joy (India, 2025, Dir. Santosh Manik, 11min, NR G) A poetic journey into the mind of Ladakhi poet Padma Angmo. Her verses blend with the rhythms of nature and daily life, asking us to slow down and rediscover joy in simplicity. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 19:50 | Afrotōpia (Gabon, 2025, Dir. David Mboussou, 128min, NR G) Set in Equatorial Africa, in the heart of the Congo Basin, the film follows Ezekiel, a 25-year-old aspiring filmmaker who lives under the authority of his father, Maurice, a powerful businessman who opposes his artistic ambitions.

Tuesday 20 January, 2026

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: Suryan

Screenings

• 19:30 | The Cosmic Atomic/Brahmandam Pindandam (India, 2025, Dir. Kanchan Avchare, 20min, NR G) Traces the journey of civilization from the harnessing of fire through technology. An absurdist take on the purposelessness of the universe.
• 19:49 | Bride Of Aravan (India, 2023, Dir. Lesley Branagan, 49min, NR G) Captures the register of life as a transgender woman in south India through the protagonist Bawadharini.
• 20:39 | I Stole Your Ashes/He Robado Tus Cenizas (Spain, 2024, Dir. Felipe Olaya, 23min, NR R) Isabel has become a widow at 65. After stealing the urn of ashes, Isabel takes refuge in a park to say goodbye to the love of her life.
• 21:02 | Ballad Of The Mountain (India, 2024, Dir. Tarun Jain, 17min, NR G) An outcast girl must fight the bullies and overcome her fears to pursue her ambition to fly to the other side of the mountain.
• 21:19 | The Nightingale’s Song (UK-USA, 2024, Dir. Adam Loften w/ Emmanuel Vaughn-Lee, 40min, NR G) The voices of nightingales have lit up the forests of England for over a million years. As climate change impacts their grounds, they may disappear within 50 years.

Wednesday 21 January, 2026

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: Auroville Trio

Screenings

• 19:30 | Why/Чому (Ukraine-Spain, 2023, Dir. Natxo Leuza Fernandez, 22min, NR R) Why do they humiliate us? Why do they take everything from us? Why do I have to run away?
• 19:52 | The First Film (India, 2024, Dir. Piyush Thakur, 24min, NR G) In a small town of 1960’s India, where cinema is forbidden for women, a 14-year-old embarks on a quest to watch her first film.
• 20:16 | Dear Beautiful Beloved (Austria, 2024, Dir. Juri Rechinsky, 93min, NR R) There is a war going on in Europe. Our neighbors are fleeing from death and destruction. This film will give a face to some of their stories.
• 21:48 | Amudha (India, 2025, Dir, Rosann Robinson, 11min, NR G) Amudha is a young girl, who sells balloons near the beach. She and her sister are orphans.

Thursday 22 January, 2026

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: Jayala
• 18:30 | Live Music: Fakirah

Screenings

• 19:30 | Aloha ‘Āina (USA, 2024, Dir. Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee w/ Adam Loften, 47min, NR G) Today, Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio’s poetry is focused on protecting sacred sites and creating a future for Native Hawaiians rooted in ‘love for and of the land’.
• 20:17 | A Game of Destiny (India-UK, 2024, Dir. Zorba, 9min, NR G) At 6 years of age, Tibetan Kunsang found himself living in an orphanage as a refugee. 30 years later, Kunsang shares his story of life living in exile.
• 20:26 | Trashy Film/Kuppai Padam (India, 2025, Dir. Stanzin, 86min, NR G) A writer loses his laptop just before an important meeting and must race to find it with no memory of the last 12 hours.

Friday 23 January, 2026

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: Vera’s Jazz Band

Screenings

• 19:30 | Village Rockstars 2 (India, 2024, Dir. Rima Das, 108min, NR G) In a village in Assam, a teenage girl passionately chases her dream of becoming a musician. Faced with harsh realities, she seeks a new harmony.
• 21:18 | How Would One Know If One Forgets Something? (India, 2025, Dir. Karthik Sreenivasan w/ Sai Krishna L W, Stanzin Angdu, 9min, NR G) Traces memory, change, and the passage of time in the fragile landscape of Ladakh. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 21:27 | Kooli Koduthu Sooniyam (India, 2023, Dir. Yatra Srinivassan, 9min, NR PG-13) A family torn apart by the protagonist’s alcohol addiction.
• 21:36 | You Lift On A Stroke, There’s A Dog Shelter (India, 2025, Dir. Donny Lee Duke, 17min, NR G) A video-photo-poem documentary about the Auroville Dog Shelter and the relationship between a human and the Supreme.

Saturday 24 January, 2026

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: Edo & crew

Screenings

• 19:30 | Purga (Lithuania, 2024, Dir. Gintarė Valevičiūtė Brazauskienė w/ Antanas Skučas, 13min, NR R) Winter, 1942. Beyond the Arctic Circle, on an uninhabited island, deported people struggle to survive.
• 19:43 | Agent Of Happiness (Bhutan, 2024, Dir. Arun Bhattarai w/ Dorottya Zurbó, 94min, NR R) Amber is one of the many agents working for the Bhutanese government to measure people’s happiness levels among the remote Himalayan mountains.
• 21:17 | In The Light Of Time (India, 2025, Dir. Jahnavi Pradeep w/ Amogh Chauhan, 13min, NR G) Centered on prehistoric rock art sites along the Indus and Zanskar rivers, the film is a ‘love story’ between past, present, and future. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 21:29 | The Voice Of Others/La Voix Des Autres (France, 2023, Dir. Fatima Kaci, 30min, NR R) Rim is a Tunisian interpreter working in France on asylum procedures. Every day, she translates the stories of exiled men and women.

Sunday 25 January, 2026

• 17:00 | Awards

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: Blackcurrant

Screenings

• 19:30 | Reflekt (India, 2025, Dir. Santosh Manik, 11min, NR G) Chronicles a filmmaking residency at the Auroville Film Institute. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 19:41 | Where’s Masi? (India, 2025, Dir. Uttara Jadeja, 10min, NR PG-13) A homemade horror film about a young woman racing to save her friend from a sinister entity.
• 19:50 | The Strange Case Of The Human Cannonball (Ecuador, 2024, Dir. Roberto Valencia, 10min, NR R) A mysterious man is found lying in the square of a village inhabited by only six residents.
• 20:01 | Films Created In The Kino Kabaret (Auroville, 2026, Multiple Directors, 120min, NR G) All films were created within 48 hours on the 23rd and 24th of January 2026. The short films have in common one prop, one sound effect and one line of dialogue.

CRIPA warmly welcomes the community to the AVFF ‘26 screenings. Doors open 15 minutes before showtime. For everyone’s enjoyment, kindly avoid crossing in front of the screen or using mobile phones when lights are off. Food and beverages are not permitted inside the hall.

Sunday 18 January, 2026

• 19:00 | Goodbye Julia (Sudan, 2023, Writer-Dir. Mohamed Kordofani, Feature, 120min, Arabic w/ English subtitles, NR R) Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona – a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage – tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home. Awarded at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in France.
• 21:00 | The Owl-Eyed Guardian And The Banyan Dream (India, 2024, Writer-Dir. Alessandra Silver, Fiction, 59min, Tamil-English w/ English subtitles, NR G) This visually captivating and deeply spiritual film sheds light on the untold story of Andhayee, the enigmatic guardian of Auroville’s origins.
• 21:59 | Anything Or Everything Could Be Theatre (India, 2025, Writer-Editor-Camera-Dir. Divya Mani, Documentary, 22min, English, NR G) In the coastal serenity of Auroville, the 2025 Adishakti Theatre Festival unfolds as a celebration of performance, spirit, and human connection.

Monday 19 January, 2026

• 19:00 | Pushpa Ka Rickshaw (India, 2023, Dir. Aajad Singh Khichi, Documentary-Short, 16min, Nimadi-Malvi w/ English subtitles) In a remote village of Charbardi, in central India, Puspha Didi breaks the stereotype by driving the e-rickshaw, the first woman driver in the entire tehsil, not marred by people casting doubts on her capabilities.
• 19:15 | Wisdom Of Happiness (Switzerland, 2024, Dir. Barbara Miller w/ Philip Delaquis, Documentary, 90min, English, NR G) The film is a profound new cinematic exploration of the innermost world of the Dalai Lama, perfectly attuned to our times. In an intimate heart-to-heart, the world’s greatest ambassador of compassion invites everyone along for a journey to the source of happiness.
• 20:46 | Standing Alone (India, 2025, Producer-Writer-Editor-Camera-Dir. Smiti, Documentary, 75min, Tamil-English w/ English subtitles NR G) This documentary series looks at the individual life-journeys of 6 women who are single mothers from villages situated near Auroville. There are many more… Each has her own unique story and yet the hardships faced are common.
• 22:01 | Adventures Of Nono (India, 2025, Writer-Editor-Camera-Sound-Dir. Santosh Manik, Documentary, 20min, Hindi w/ English subtitles, NR G) Adventures of Nono is set in the highlands of Ladakh. It is an intimate observational documentary that follows the everyday world of a two-year-old boy “Nono”, a child full of life, curiosity, and courage. Produced by Auroville Film Festival.

Tuesday 20 January, 2026

• 19:00 | A Clay Connect (India, 2024, Editor-Dir. Serena Aurora, Documentary, 5min, English-Tamil w/ English subtitles, NR G) Traditional clay pottery in India is dying out since the younger generation has no interest in keeping the art form alive. This film captures the crossover of generations, featuring how contemporary and traditional styles blend to create unique pieces.
• 19:05 | An Afternoon With Das Anna (India, 2025, Writer-Editor-Camera-Sound-Dir. Pia Sukhija, Documentary, 6min, Silent, NR G) Set in the streets of Auroville, the City of Dawn, this no-dialogue documentary spends an afternoon with Das, a quiet cobbler in Auroville whose daily rituals unfold into the rhythm of the street. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 19:11 | The Wait (South Africa, 2023, Writer-Dir. Imran Hamdulay, Short, 15min, Afrikaans-English-Xhosa w/ English subtitles, NR R) The film is an allegory of South Africa’s complex society, where a sense of powerlessness and hope exist together at all times.
• 19:26 | Go My Way/Yo Voy Conmigo (Spain, 2024, Writer-Dir. Chelo Loureiro, Animation-Short, 7min, Spanish w/ English subtitles, NR G) Elisa likes Martin, but Martin doesn’t seem to realise it. All the advice Elisa receives to make Martin fall in love with her is to change not only her appearance, but also who she really is.
• 19:33 | Gingerbread For Her Dad (Kazakhstan-Poland-Russian Federation, 2024, Writer-Dir. Alina Mustafina, Documentary-Feature-Drama, 84min, English-Kazakh-Polish-Russian w/ English subtitles) 85-year-old Lyabiba doesn’t remember her father, who died in World War II. Her only memory is of shouting joyfully about receiving ‘consolation’ gingerbread cookies after her father’s death notice. Lyabiba’s daughter and granddaughter (the film’s director) decide to find the mass grave in Poland where Lyabiba’s father was buried.
• 20:57 | Disconnected Echoes (India, 2025, Writer-Editor-Camera-Sound-Dir. Polash PK, Documentary, 18min, Bengali-English with English subtitles, NR G) In July 2024, filmmaker Polash was in Ladakh when communication with his family in Bangladesh was cut off due to civil unrest. This documentary captures his emotional journey and isolation, alongside stories of separation from local families he stayed with in Ladakh. Produced by Auroville Film Festival.
• 21:15 | Blooming Hour/மலரும் நேரம் (India, 2025, Writer-Editor-Camera-Sound-Dir. Logeswaran M, Documentary, 14min, Tamil w/ English subtitles, NR G) Trust brewing between the morning birds and the man who recently began feeding them. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 21:29 | Who Do You Think You Are? (Canada, 2025, Producer-Editor-Dir. Alan Baiss w/ Joseh Garcia, Documentary, 65min, English, NR G) Inspired by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, asking what global crises are asking of us.

Wednesday 21 January, 2026

• 19:00 | Earth-chitecture: Building With Mud (India, 2024, Producer-Writer-Editor-Camera-Sound-Dir. Sampriti Roy, Documentary, 11min, English, NR G) Demonstrations on how to make CSEB and ferro cement for buildings featuring Ayyappan, Radhika and Satprem.
• 19:10 | Green SuperHeroes 2030 (United States, 2024, Writer-Dir. Los Angeles Barea, Documentary, 79min, English, NR G) A group of 10 young environmentalists changing the world for the better. Their powers make the planet greener.
• 20:29 | Ground Zero: Self-portrait Of An Ocean Abuser (Spain, 2024, Writer-Dir. David Gaspar, Documentary, 28min, Spanish w/ English subtitles, NR R) The film invites us to become aware of the problem of pollution in the oceans and the conflict it generates within us. Through an ironic and biting perspective, it tries to make us reflect on our responsibility in this regard with the aim of helping us improve our commitment to the oceans with small gestures.
• 20:57 | Breaking Language/Romer el Español (Argentina, 2025, Dir. Sofia Castro, Documentary-Experimental, 17min, Argentinian Sign Language w/ English subtitles, NR G) Merging Argentinian Sign Language, dance, and documentary, the film presents the perspectives of four Deaf artists as they examine ideas of identity and resistance within a cultural and linguistic minority, the need for poetic and artistic creation in one’s own language, and the importance of feminism within the Deaf community.
• 21:15 | And, Towards Happy Alleys (Islamic Republic of Iran-India, 2023, Writer-Dir. Sreemoyee Singh, Documentary-Feature, 75min, Persian with English subtitles, NR R) A passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran, which also offers a frank view of the precarious situation for critics of the regime and shows the uncompromising daily struggle of Iranian women against their oppression.

Thursday 22 January, 2026

• 19:00 | H2O My Love/H2O Mon Amour (France, 2023, Writer-Dir. Laëtitia Martinoni, Short, 18min, French w/ English subtitles, NR R) Is it reasonable to fall in love during the end of the world? Alice and Simon meet as the water war rages.
• 19:18 | Sunday (Uzbekistan, 2023, Writer-Dir. Shokir Kholikov, Feature, 96min, Uzbek w/ English subtitles, NR R) An elderly couple is living a peaceful life in a quiet Uzbek village. The elderly parents cherish their old home and are resistant to any change, leading to a conflict between the generations, where the struggle between tradition and progress reaches a breaking point.
• 20:54 | 30 Years Of Keeping The Music Flowing – Auroville Choir (India, 2024, Producer-Writer-Dir. Serena Aurora, Documentary, 38min, English, NR G) Like the melting pot that Auroville is, the choir is an amalgamation of singers from across countries, age groups, and disciplines, performing music spanning different decades and centuries.
• 21:32 | Where Trees Weep/Donde Se Quejan Los Pinos (Spain, 2024, Producer-Dir. Ed Antoja, Short, 10min, Spanish w/ English subtitles, NR R) A rural community wakes up to a crime scene in the middle of the forest. Little by little, a series of previous situations show us the conflicts that happened in the same place.
• 21:42 | India Textile Part 1 (Russia-India, 2024, Writer-Editor-Camera-Dir. Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova, Documentary, 19min, Russian w/ English subtitles, NR G) A masters student sets out to discover the ancient art of Indian textiles.
• 22:02 | India Textile Part 2 (Russia-India, 2025, Writer-Editor-Camera-Dir. Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova, Documentary, 21min, Russian w/ English subtitles, NR G) A masters student sets out to discover the ancient art of Indian textiles.
• 22:22 | Indygama (India, 2024, Writer-Editor-Camera-Dir. Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova, Documentary, 6min, English, NR G) An anagama kiln in south India draws in ceramists with its magical and organic firings.

Friday 23 January, 2026

• 19:00 | It Comes in Waves (India, 2025, Producer-Writer-Editor-Sound-Dir. Nefertiti Chakrabarti, Documentary, 4min, English, NR G) Shot on 16mm film, hand-developed in a basement and spliced in the mountains. A kaleidoscope of a small town in India, once colonized, now free.
• 19:03 | Art Form/Kalai Vadivam (India, 2024, Writer-Editor-Dir. S. Yuvasri, Documentary, 5min, Tamil w/ English subtitles, NR G) A form of folk theatre from Tamil Nadu known as kattaikkuttu or therukoothu, featuring traditional theatre, song, dance, and ritual.
• 19:09 | Last Resort/Chareh (Islamic Republic of Iran, 2024, Producer-Writer-Dir. Samiramis Kia, Short, 15min, Persian w/ English subtitles, NR R) An Iranian mother must find the will to change her destiny to be able to obtain custody of her daughter.
• 19:24 | Junks And Dolls/Ashghal-ha Va Arousak-ha (Islamic Republic of Iran, 2023, Dir. Manijeh Hekmat, Feature, 75min, Farsi w/ English subtitles, NR R) A couple is destined to build up their life in the heart of a waste depot in the Iranian north forests. They begin to make different things with the junk they find and start to make friends with the other people… but what remains of the people who are determined to fight their nature?
• 20:39 | Sound Of Air (India, 2025, Producer-Writer-Editor-Camera-Sound-Dir. Rishi Vengadesan, Documentary, 14min, English-Hindi w/ English subtitles, NR G) Explores changes to Indian classical music after the introduction of the harmonium and the relationship between the instrument maker and musicians.
• 20:53 | Don Benjamin (Spain, 2024, Writer-Dir. Iván Zahinos, Short, 29min, Spanish w/ English subtitles, NR R) For Don Benjamín, the jungle has always been God, life, food, health, beauty and tradition. Now, the world in which he built a home for his family turns to smoke and ashes. This film is a journey both raw and poetic through a magical region in danger: the Bolivian Amazon.
• 21:22 | The Farming Land (India, 2025, Producer-Writer-Dir. Mukul Kumar, Experimental-Dance, 15min, Silent, NR G) A surreal meditation on the weight of being. Won ‘Outstanding Indian Debut’ at Manifest Dance Film Festival 2025.

Saturday 24 January, 2026

• 19:00 | No Other Land/Lā Arḍ Ukhrá (Falesteen-Norway, 2024, Writer-Dir. Basel Adra w/ Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Documentary, 95min, Arabic-Hebrew-English w/ English subtitles, NR R) The film was recorded between 2019 and 2023 and shows the destruction of a Falasteenian community in the occupied area, which had been resisting forced displacement after a ‘firing zone’ was declared on their land. This movie won more than 40 international awards.
• 20:35 | My Comrade/Amar Comrade (India, 2024, Producer-Dir. Tathagata Ghosh, Short, 25min, Bengali-Santali w/ English subtitles, NR R) When a wounded rebel accidentally takes refuge in the home of a tribal villager, both men’s lives spiral into a tense interplay of politics and forbidden love.
• 20:59 | A Fly On The Wall (Switzerland-India, 2024, Producer-Dir. Shonali Bose w/ Nilesh Maniyar, Documentary-Feature, 83min, English, NR R) Loved ones pour in from different parts of the world to raise one last toast with Chika Kapadia, who has an appointment at Dignitas for physician assisted suicide in the coming week, having chosen not to be tied to tubes and wires in his last moments. A filmmaker friend tasked with shooting Chika’s countdown to death records her own feelings, weaving a tale of dignity in death through the lens of friendship.
• 22:22 | In The Wake Of The Wind (India, 2025, Producer-Writer-Editor-Camera-Dir. Pia Sukhija, Documentary, 7min, English w/ English subtitles, NR G) An exploration of a single day in the lives of a nomadic herder community on the Changthang Plateau in Ladakh. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.

Sunday 25 January, 2026

• 19:00 | In The Name Of (India, 2024, Producer-Writer-Editor-Dir. Rizwan Hussain, Short-Drama-Silent, 5min, English, NR G) In a village town, two elderly men find themselves at a bus stop, their routine interrupted by a sudden event nearby. As they spring into action, their unexpected response to the situation resonates deeply and leaves a profound impact that transcends the ordinary.
• 19:05 | Early Years In Auroville 1969-1976 (India, 2025, Producer-Writer-Camera-Dir. Lisbeth Nusselein, Documentary, 9min, English, NR G) Lisbeth’s journey in 1970 to Auroville from the Netherlands, told through archival photographs covering travel, arrival, life, work, the Mother, and community.
• 19:14 | Letter to Mother (India, 2025, Writer-Editor-Dir. Partha P Datta, Documentary-Short, 5min, Bengali w/ English subtitles, NR G) On an evening field filled with children, Partha stands apart due to an injured leg. The film is a letter to his mother, expressing his quiet loneliness. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 19:19 | If/যদি (Jodi) (India, 2023, Producer-Dir. Tathagata Ghosh, Short, 26min, Bengali w/ English subtitles, NR R) An arranged marriage tears a lesbian couple apart, but with a mother’s love, perhaps another future is possible.
• 19:45 | Village Rockstars 2 (India, 2024, Producer-Writer-Dir. Rima Das, Feature, 108min, Assamese w/ English subtitles, NR G) In a charming village in Assam, India, a teenage girl passionately chases her dream of becoming a musician. Faced with harsh realities, she embarks on a journey to rediscover the profound connection between music and life, seeking a new harmony in the symphony of her dreams.
• 21:33 | Morning Star Auroville: Supporting Families Through Pregnancy, Birth, And Beyond (India, 2024, Editor-Dir. Serena Aurora, Documentary, 15min, English, NR G) A health and wellness initiative in Auroville supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and early parenting, urges a cultural shift to recognize birth as a life-changing experience for the family.
• 21:48 | Orain (Spain, 2024, Dir. Ainara Oto Barberena, Documentary, 15min, Spanish w/ English subtitles, NR G) Sara has to make a documentary about Orain, a special education school. She needs to get the perfect images, but her attempts are frustrated by a series of crazy situations that bring her to the brink of a nervous breakdown. With the help of the kids, Sara learns the importance of living in the present.
• 22:03 | Once Upon A Forest (India, 2024, Dir. Paul Blanchflower w/ Aurovenkatesh, Documentary, 13min, English with English subtitles, NR G) The film explores the Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest, the rarest forest type in India. Today less than 0.1 percent remains. It is a resilient environment, essential for the next generation on the Coromandel coast.
• 22:17 | Project Wightiana (India, 2025, Dir. Cheenu Wild, Documentary, 10min, English w/ English subtitles, NR G) The film follows the journey of a forgotten wild Indian coffee species – Coffea Wightiana – in the Silence Forest of Auroville. A native, climate-resilient species that may hold answers to the future of coffee.

• Date: 31 January 2026

• Time: 7:00 PM

• Venue: CRIPA Auroville

• Performance Description: * About Time is a travelogue unfolding through anecdotes, analyses, rememberings, rumours, documents, and dreams.

  • The work explores the bodies of dancers across the Kaveri delta in peninsular India and Central Java in Indonesia, where song, gong, body, and dance take turns in the ritual churning of time.

  • Composed as 24 “time-pieces,” the work revisits themes frequented by German writer W.G. Sebald (1944-2001), including memories, histories, biographies, fictions, and photographs.

• Artistic Context: * This performance is one installment in Kiran Kumār’s long-term artistic research project, “Epistolary Ancestries,” a corpus of ten open letters addressed to adopted ancestors.

  • The project reimagines the role of dance as a trifold practice of art, science, and ritual to mobilize ancestral futures.

• Supported By: CRIPA Performing Arts.

Presented by Bharat Nivas, The Pavilion of India, Auroville.

Event Overview

Experience a traditional Bharatanatyam repertoire performed in the original methodology of the art form by Anuratha Swaminathan.

Anuratha is the disciple and daughter-in-law of the renowned Guru B. Herambanathan, a ‘Sangeet Natak Akademi’ and ‘Kalaimamani’ awardee, and a hereditary Nattuvanar of the Thanjavur School of Bharatanatyam.

Performance Details

• Date: Saturday, 24th January 2026

• Time: 07:00 pm

• Venue: Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas, Auroville

Live Orchestra

The performance features a live orchestra led by Guru Thanjavur Swaminatha Pillai Herambanathan:

• Nattuvangam: Thanjavur Swaminatha Pillai Herambanathan

• Mridangam: Vasantharaja

• Vocal: Vel Murugan

• Violin: Kiruba Murali

Contact & Logistics

• Enquiry Contact: Krishna at +91 97878 80211

• Parking: Available outside at the Main Gate

Venue: Kuruvinatham Village, Bahour Commune, Puducherry.

Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MtLMAHUMcNHmvzMV8?g_st=iw

Schedule:
Please assemble at 9:00 am for a field walk to explore and experience the village and its lush agricultural fields.
• 9:00 am – 10:00 am – Field Walk
• 10:00 – 1:00 pm – Workshop
• 1:00 – 3:00 pm – Lunch break (local food provided by host as part of the workshop)
• 3:00 – 6:00 pm – Workshop
• 6:00 – 7:00 pm – Preparation
• 7:00 pm – Performance

Donation: ₹1500 by Google Pay to 9843235452 and share the payment screenshot.

Kindly note: Comfortable clothing to allow free movement. Bring a musical instrument if you play. Please bring a pair of any preferred character costume to join the performance.

Link for Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd827lAZAX8RaWCdqAGy3x03Z2_ran57sGldnQWTlHsjAB9gQ/viewform?usp=header

Venue: Kuruvinatham Village, Bahour Commune, Puducherry.

Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MtLMAHUMcNHmvzMV8?g_st=iw

Schedule:
Please assemble at 9:00 am for a field walk to explore and experience the village and its lush agricultural fields.
• 9:00 am – 10:00 am – Field Walk
• 10:00 – 1:00 pm – Workshop
• 1:00 – 3:00 pm – Lunch break (local food provided by host as part of the workshop)
• 3:00 – 6:00 pm – Workshop
• 6:00 – 7:00 pm – Preparation
• 7:00 pm – Performance

Donation: ₹1500 by Google Pay to 9843235452 and share the payment screenshot.

Kindly note: Comfortable clothing to allow free movement. Bring a musical instrument if you play. Please bring a pair of any preferred character costume to join the performance.

Link for Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd827lAZAX8RaWCdqAGy3x03Z2_ran57sGldnQWTlHsjAB9gQ/viewform?usp=header

• Putting up signage
• Setting up tents on the 17th and 18th
• Setting up chairs and tables daily, 18th-25th
• Setting up the stage for the performances and removing the set up, 18th-25th
• Setting up the outdoor screen daily and removing it, 18th-25th
• Ushers at the screening/discussion venues, 18th-25th
• Documentation (writing, photography, reels), 18th-25th
• Taking down tents and returning equipment, 26th

If you have the time, energy and willingness to commit to an amazing event, please reach out to us.

Elena

7418105246

CRIPA warmly welcomes the community to the AVFF ‘26 screenings. Doors open 15 minutes before showtime. For everyone’s enjoyment, kindly avoid crossing in front of the screen or using mobile phones when lights are off. Food and beverages are not permitted inside the hall.

Sunday 18 January, 2026

• 19:00 | Goodbye Julia (Sudan, 2023, Writer-Dir. Mohamed Kordofani, Feature, 120min, Arabic w/ English subtitles, NR R) Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona – a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage – tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home. Awarded at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in France.
• 21:00 | The Owl-Eyed Guardian And The Banyan Dream (India, 2024, Writer-Dir. Alessandra Silver, Fiction, 59min, Tamil-English w/ English subtitles, NR G) This visually captivating and deeply spiritual film sheds light on the untold story of Andhayee, the enigmatic guardian of Auroville’s origins.
• 21:59 | Anything Or Everything Could Be Theatre (India, 2025, Writer-Editor-Camera-Dir. Divya Mani, Documentary, 22min, English, NR G) In the coastal serenity of Auroville, the 2025 Adishakti Theatre Festival unfolds as a celebration of performance, spirit, and human connection.

Monday 19 January, 2026

• 19:00 | Pushpa Ka Rickshaw (India, 2023, Dir. Aajad Singh Khichi, Documentary-Short, 16min, Nimadi-Malvi w/ English subtitles) In a remote village of Charbardi, in central India, Puspha Didi breaks the stereotype by driving the e-rickshaw, the first woman driver in the entire tehsil, not marred by people casting doubts on her capabilities.
• 19:15 | Wisdom Of Happiness (Switzerland, 2024, Dir. Barbara Miller w/ Philip Delaquis, Documentary, 90min, English, NR G) The film is a profound new cinematic exploration of the innermost world of the Dalai Lama, perfectly attuned to our times. In an intimate heart-to-heart, the world’s greatest ambassador of compassion invites everyone along for a journey to the source of happiness.
• 20:46 | Standing Alone (India, 2025, Producer-Writer-Editor-Camera-Dir. Smiti, Documentary, 75min, Tamil-English w/ English subtitles NR G) This documentary series looks at the individual life-journeys of 6 women who are single mothers from villages situated near Auroville. There are many more… Each has her own unique story and yet the hardships faced are common.
• 22:01 | Adventures Of Nono (India, 2025, Writer-Editor-Camera-Sound-Dir. Santosh Manik, Documentary, 20min, Hindi w/ English subtitles, NR G) Adventures of Nono is set in the highlands of Ladakh. It is an intimate observational documentary that follows the everyday world of a two-year-old boy “Nono”, a child full of life, curiosity, and courage. Produced by Auroville Film Festival.

Tuesday 20 January, 2026

• 19:00 | A Clay Connect (India, 2024, Editor-Dir. Serena Aurora, Documentary, 5min, English-Tamil w/ English subtitles, NR G) Traditional clay pottery in India is dying out since the younger generation has no interest in keeping the art form alive. This film captures the crossover of generations, featuring how contemporary and traditional styles blend to create unique pieces.
• 19:05 | An Afternoon With Das Anna (India, 2025, Writer-Editor-Camera-Sound-Dir. Pia Sukhija, Documentary, 6min, Silent, NR G) Set in the streets of Auroville, the City of Dawn, this no-dialogue documentary spends an afternoon with Das, a quiet cobbler in Auroville whose daily rituals unfold into the rhythm of the street. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 19:11 | The Wait (South Africa, 2023, Writer-Dir. Imran Hamdulay, Short, 15min, Afrikaans-English-Xhosa w/ English subtitles, NR R) The film is an allegory of South Africa’s complex society, where a sense of powerlessness and hope exist together at all times.
• 19:26 | Go My Way/Yo Voy Conmigo (Spain, 2024, Writer-Dir. Chelo Loureiro, Animation-Short, 7min, Spanish w/ English subtitles, NR G) Elisa likes Martin, but Martin doesn’t seem to realise it. All the advice Elisa receives to make Martin fall in love with her is to change not only her appearance, but also who she really is.
• 19:33 | Gingerbread For Her Dad (Kazakhstan-Poland-Russian Federation, 2024, Writer-Dir. Alina Mustafina, Documentary-Feature-Drama, 84min, English-Kazakh-Polish-Russian w/ English subtitles) 85-year-old Lyabiba doesn’t remember her father, who died in World War II. Her only memory is of shouting joyfully about receiving ‘consolation’ gingerbread cookies after her father’s death notice. Lyabiba’s daughter and granddaughter (the film’s director) decide to find the mass grave in Poland where Lyabiba’s father was buried.
• 20:57 | Disconnected Echoes (India, 2025, Writer-Editor-Camera-Sound-Dir. Polash PK, Documentary, 18min, Bengali-English with English subtitles, NR G) In July 2024, filmmaker Polash was in Ladakh when communication with his family in Bangladesh was cut off due to civil unrest. This documentary captures his emotional journey and isolation, alongside stories of separation from local families he stayed with in Ladakh. Produced by Auroville Film Festival.
• 21:15 | Blooming Hour/மலரும் நேரம் (India, 2025, Writer-Editor-Camera-Sound-Dir. Logeswaran M, Documentary, 14min, Tamil w/ English subtitles, NR G) Trust brewing between the morning birds and the man who recently began feeding them. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 21:29 | Who Do You Think You Are? (Canada, 2025, Producer-Editor-Dir. Alan Baiss w/ Joseh Garcia, Documentary, 65min, English, NR G) Inspired by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, asking what global crises are asking of us.

Wednesday 21 January, 2026

• 19:00 | Earth-chitecture: Building With Mud (India, 2024, Producer-Writer-Editor-Camera-Sound-Dir. Sampriti Roy, Documentary, 11min, English, NR G) Demonstrations on how to make CSEB and ferro cement for buildings featuring Ayyappan, Radhika and Satprem.
• 19:10 | Green SuperHeroes 2030 (United States, 2024, Writer-Dir. Los Angeles Barea, Documentary, 79min, English, NR G) A group of 10 young environmentalists changing the world for the better. Their powers make the planet greener.
• 20:29 | Ground Zero: Self-portrait Of An Ocean Abuser (Spain, 2024, Writer-Dir. David Gaspar, Documentary, 28min, Spanish w/ English subtitles, NR R) The film invites us to become aware of the problem of pollution in the oceans and the conflict it generates within us. Through an ironic and biting perspective, it tries to make us reflect on our responsibility in this regard with the aim of helping us improve our commitment to the oceans with small gestures.
• 20:57 | Breaking Language/Romer el Español (Argentina, 2025, Dir. Sofia Castro, Documentary-Experimental, 17min, Argentinian Sign Language w/ English subtitles, NR G) Merging Argentinian Sign Language, dance, and documentary, the film presents the perspectives of four Deaf artists as they examine ideas of identity and resistance within a cultural and linguistic minority, the need for poetic and artistic creation in one’s own language, and the importance of feminism within the Deaf community.
• 21:15 | And, Towards Happy Alleys (Islamic Republic of Iran-India, 2023, Writer-Dir. Sreemoyee Singh, Documentary-Feature, 75min, Persian with English subtitles, NR R) A passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran, which also offers a frank view of the precarious situation for critics of the regime and shows the uncompromising daily struggle of Iranian women against their oppression.

Thursday 22 January, 2026

• 19:00 | H2O My Love/H2O Mon Amour (France, 2023, Writer-Dir. Laëtitia Martinoni, Short, 18min, French w/ English subtitles, NR R) Is it reasonable to fall in love during the end of the world? Alice and Simon meet as the water war rages.
• 19:18 | Sunday (Uzbekistan, 2023, Writer-Dir. Shokir Kholikov, Feature, 96min, Uzbek w/ English subtitles, NR R) An elderly couple is living a peaceful life in a quiet Uzbek village. The elderly parents cherish their old home and are resistant to any change, leading to a conflict between the generations, where the struggle between tradition and progress reaches a breaking point.
• 20:54 | 30 Years Of Keeping The Music Flowing – Auroville Choir (India, 2024, Producer-Writer-Dir. Serena Aurora, Documentary, 38min, English, NR G) Like the melting pot that Auroville is, the choir is an amalgamation of singers from across countries, age groups, and disciplines, performing music spanning different decades and centuries.
• 21:32 | Where Trees Weep/Donde Se Quejan Los Pinos (Spain, 2024, Producer-Dir. Ed Antoja, Short, 10min, Spanish w/ English subtitles, NR R) A rural community wakes up to a crime scene in the middle of the forest. Little by little, a series of previous situations show us the conflicts that happened in the same place.
• 21:42 | India Textile Part 1 (Russia-India, 2024, Writer-Editor-Camera-Dir. Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova, Documentary, 19min, Russian w/ English subtitles, NR G) A masters student sets out to discover the ancient art of Indian textiles.
• 22:02 | India Textile Part 2 (Russia-India, 2025, Writer-Editor-Camera-Dir. Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova, Documentary, 21min, Russian w/ English subtitles, NR G) A masters student sets out to discover the ancient art of Indian textiles.
• 22:22 | Indygama (India, 2024, Writer-Editor-Camera-Dir. Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova, Documentary, 6min, English, NR G) An anagama kiln in south India draws in ceramists with its magical and organic firings.

Friday 23 January, 2026

• 19:00 | It Comes in Waves (India, 2025, Producer-Writer-Editor-Sound-Dir. Nefertiti Chakrabarti, Documentary, 4min, English, NR G) Shot on 16mm film, hand-developed in a basement and spliced in the mountains. A kaleidoscope of a small town in India, once colonized, now free.
• 19:03 | Art Form/Kalai Vadivam (India, 2024, Writer-Editor-Dir. S. Yuvasri, Documentary, 5min, Tamil w/ English subtitles, NR G) A form of folk theatre from Tamil Nadu known as kattaikkuttu or therukoothu, featuring traditional theatre, song, dance, and ritual.
• 19:09 | Last Resort/Chareh (Islamic Republic of Iran, 2024, Producer-Writer-Dir. Samiramis Kia, Short, 15min, Persian w/ English subtitles, NR R) An Iranian mother must find the will to change her destiny to be able to obtain custody of her daughter.
• 19:24 | Junks And Dolls/Ashghal-ha Va Arousak-ha (Islamic Republic of Iran, 2023, Dir. Manijeh Hekmat, Feature, 75min, Farsi w/ English subtitles, NR R) A couple is destined to build up their life in the heart of a waste depot in the Iranian north forests. They begin to make different things with the junk they find and start to make friends with the other people… but what remains of the people who are determined to fight their nature?
• 20:39 | Sound Of Air (India, 2025, Producer-Writer-Editor-Camera-Sound-Dir. Rishi Vengadesan, Documentary, 14min, English-Hindi w/ English subtitles, NR G) Explores changes to Indian classical music after the introduction of the harmonium and the relationship between the instrument maker and musicians.
• 20:53 | Don Benjamin (Spain, 2024, Writer-Dir. Iván Zahinos, Short, 29min, Spanish w/ English subtitles, NR R) For Don Benjamín, the jungle has always been God, life, food, health, beauty and tradition. Now, the world in which he built a home for his family turns to smoke and ashes. This film is a journey both raw and poetic through a magical region in danger: the Bolivian Amazon.
• 21:22 | The Farming Land (India, 2025, Producer-Writer-Dir. Mukul Kumar, Experimental-Dance, 15min, Silent, NR G) A surreal meditation on the weight of being. Won ‘Outstanding Indian Debut’ at Manifest Dance Film Festival 2025.

Saturday 24 January, 2026

• 19:00 | No Other Land/Lā Arḍ Ukhrá (Falesteen-Norway, 2024, Writer-Dir. Basel Adra w/ Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Documentary, 95min, Arabic-Hebrew-English w/ English subtitles, NR R) The film was recorded between 2019 and 2023 and shows the destruction of a Falasteenian community in the occupied area, which had been resisting forced displacement after a ‘firing zone’ was declared on their land. This movie won more than 40 international awards.
• 20:35 | My Comrade/Amar Comrade (India, 2024, Producer-Dir. Tathagata Ghosh, Short, 25min, Bengali-Santali w/ English subtitles, NR R) When a wounded rebel accidentally takes refuge in the home of a tribal villager, both men’s lives spiral into a tense interplay of politics and forbidden love.
• 20:59 | A Fly On The Wall (Switzerland-India, 2024, Producer-Dir. Shonali Bose w/ Nilesh Maniyar, Documentary-Feature, 83min, English, NR R) Loved ones pour in from different parts of the world to raise one last toast with Chika Kapadia, who has an appointment at Dignitas for physician assisted suicide in the coming week, having chosen not to be tied to tubes and wires in his last moments. A filmmaker friend tasked with shooting Chika’s countdown to death records her own feelings, weaving a tale of dignity in death through the lens of friendship.
• 22:22 | In The Wake Of The Wind (India, 2025, Producer-Writer-Editor-Camera-Dir. Pia Sukhija, Documentary, 7min, English w/ English subtitles, NR G) An exploration of a single day in the lives of a nomadic herder community on the Changthang Plateau in Ladakh. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.

Sunday 25 January, 2026

• 19:00 | In The Name Of (India, 2024, Producer-Writer-Editor-Dir. Rizwan Hussain, Short-Drama-Silent, 5min, English, NR G) In a village town, two elderly men find themselves at a bus stop, their routine interrupted by a sudden event nearby. As they spring into action, their unexpected response to the situation resonates deeply and leaves a profound impact that transcends the ordinary.
• 19:05 | Early Years In Auroville 1969-1976 (India, 2025, Producer-Writer-Camera-Dir. Lisbeth Nusselein, Documentary, 9min, English, NR G) Lisbeth’s journey in 1970 to Auroville from the Netherlands, told through archival photographs covering travel, arrival, life, work, the Mother, and community.
• 19:14 | Letter to Mother (India, 2025, Writer-Editor-Dir. Partha P Datta, Documentary-Short, 5min, Bengali w/ English subtitles, NR G) On an evening field filled with children, Partha stands apart due to an injured leg. The film is a letter to his mother, expressing his quiet loneliness. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 19:19 | If/যদি (Jodi) (India, 2023, Producer-Dir. Tathagata Ghosh, Short, 26min, Bengali w/ English subtitles, NR R) An arranged marriage tears a lesbian couple apart, but with a mother’s love, perhaps another future is possible.
• 19:45 | Village Rockstars 2 (India, 2024, Producer-Writer-Dir. Rima Das, Feature, 108min, Assamese w/ English subtitles, NR G) In a charming village in Assam, India, a teenage girl passionately chases her dream of becoming a musician. Faced with harsh realities, she embarks on a journey to rediscover the profound connection between music and life, seeking a new harmony in the symphony of her dreams.
• 21:33 | Morning Star Auroville: Supporting Families Through Pregnancy, Birth, And Beyond (India, 2024, Editor-Dir. Serena Aurora, Documentary, 15min, English, NR G) A health and wellness initiative in Auroville supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and early parenting, urges a cultural shift to recognize birth as a life-changing experience for the family.
• 21:48 | Orain (Spain, 2024, Dir. Ainara Oto Barberena, Documentary, 15min, Spanish w/ English subtitles, NR G) Sara has to make a documentary about Orain, a special education school. She needs to get the perfect images, but her attempts are frustrated by a series of crazy situations that bring her to the brink of a nervous breakdown. With the help of the kids, Sara learns the importance of living in the present.
• 22:03 | Once Upon A Forest (India, 2024, Dir. Paul Blanchflower w/ Aurovenkatesh, Documentary, 13min, English with English subtitles, NR G) The film explores the Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest, the rarest forest type in India. Today less than 0.1 percent remains. It is a resilient environment, essential for the next generation on the Coromandel coast.
• 22:17 | Project Wightiana (India, 2025, Dir. Cheenu Wild, Documentary, 10min, English w/ English subtitles, NR G) The film follows the journey of a forgotten wild Indian coffee species – Coffea Wightiana – in the Silence Forest of Auroville. A native, climate-resilient species that may hold answers to the future of coffee.

Shakti Arts warmly welcomes the community to live music performances and a selection of films curated by AVFF ’26.

Sunday 18 January, 2026

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: Creedence Clearwater Revival

Screenings

• 19:30 | Farming The Revolution (India, 2024, Dir. Nishtha Jain, 105min, NR R) In 2020 Gurbaz Sangha, a young Punjabi farmer led thousands to Delhi protesting new Farm Laws. Joined by over half a million from diverse backgrounds they remained at borders despite COVID lockdown, vowing to stay until laws were repealed.
• 21:15 | Purna Maha Kumbh Mela (India 2025, Dir. Lalit Verma, 22min, NR G) Experience the Purna Maha Kumbh Mela. A journey within.
• 21:37 | The Waves Will Never Stop (India, 2025, Dir. Karthik Sreenivasan w/ Sai Krishna L V, Sanjana Reddy, 10min, NR G) Fisherman Narayanan carries memories of the 2004 Tsunami that shattered his village. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 21:47 | The Poetics Of Change (India, 2025, Dir. Logeswaran M, 10min, NR G) Experimental narrative, exploring Ladakh as a time capsule through juxtaposed shots. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.

Monday 19 January, 2026

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: A Line Meant To Be

Screenings

• 19:30 | Moon Juice/Chander Rosh (India, 2025, Dir. Nefertiti Chakrabarti, 3min, NR G) Shot on a single reel of super 8 film with no editing. Premiered at Straight 8 2025 at the British Film Institute.
• 19:33 | Moribund: An Art Project (India, 2025, Dir. Birgitta Volz, 6min, NR G) Dedicated to Auroville, currently under pressure. Presents the destruction of Auroville as symbolic of environmental vandalism. Birgitta’s art reflects the crisis.
• 19:39 | Moments Of Joy (India, 2025, Dir. Santosh Manik, 11min, NR G) A poetic journey into the mind of Ladakhi poet Padma Angmo. Her verses blend with the rhythms of nature and daily life, asking us to slow down and rediscover joy in simplicity. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 19:50 | Afrotōpia (Gabon, 2025, Dir. David Mboussou, 128min, NR G) Set in Equatorial Africa, in the heart of the Congo Basin, the film follows Ezekiel, a 25-year-old aspiring filmmaker who lives under the authority of his father, Maurice, a powerful businessman who opposes his artistic ambitions.

Tuesday 20 January, 2026

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: Suryan

Screenings

• 19:30 | The Cosmic Atomic/Brahmandam Pindandam (India, 2025, Dir. Kanchan Avchare, 20min, NR G) Traces the journey of civilization from the harnessing of fire through technology. An absurdist take on the purposelessness of the universe.
• 19:49 | Bride Of Aravan (India, 2023, Dir. Lesley Branagan, 49min, NR G) Captures the register of life as a transgender woman in south India through the protagonist Bawadharini.
• 20:39 | I Stole Your Ashes/He Robado Tus Cenizas (Spain, 2024, Dir. Felipe Olaya, 23min, NR R) Isabel has become a widow at 65. After stealing the urn of ashes, Isabel takes refuge in a park to say goodbye to the love of her life.
• 21:02 | Ballad Of The Mountain (India, 2024, Dir. Tarun Jain, 17min, NR G) An outcast girl must fight the bullies and overcome her fears to pursue her ambition to fly to the other side of the mountain.
• 21:19 | The Nightingale’s Song (UK-USA, 2024, Dir. Adam Loften w/ Emmanuel Vaughn-Lee, 40min, NR G) The voices of nightingales have lit up the forests of England for over a million years. As climate change impacts their grounds, they may disappear within 50 years.

Wednesday 21 January, 2026

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: Auroville Trio

Screenings

• 19:30 | Why/Чому (Ukraine-Spain, 2023, Dir. Natxo Leuza Fernandez, 22min, NR R) Why do they humiliate us? Why do they take everything from us? Why do I have to run away?
• 19:52 | The First Film (India, 2024, Dir. Piyush Thakur, 24min, NR G) In a small town of 1960’s India, where cinema is forbidden for women, a 14-year-old embarks on a quest to watch her first film.
• 20:16 | Dear Beautiful Beloved (Austria, 2024, Dir. Juri Rechinsky, 93min, NR R) There is a war going on in Europe. Our neighbors are fleeing from death and destruction. This film will give a face to some of their stories.
• 21:48 | Amudha (India, 2025, Dir, Rosann Robinson, 11min, NR G) Amudha is a young girl, who sells balloons near the beach. She and her sister are orphans.

Thursday 22 January, 2026

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: Jayala
• 18:30 | Live Music: Fakirah

Screenings

• 19:30 | Aloha ‘Āina (USA, 2024, Dir. Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee w/ Adam Loften, 47min, NR G) Today, Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio’s poetry is focused on protecting sacred sites and creating a future for Native Hawaiians rooted in ‘love for and of the land’.
• 20:17 | A Game of Destiny (India-UK, 2024, Dir. Zorba, 9min, NR G) At 6 years of age, Tibetan Kunsang found himself living in an orphanage as a refugee. 30 years later, Kunsang shares his story of life living in exile.
• 20:26 | Trashy Film/Kuppai Padam (India, 2025, Dir. Stanzin, 86min, NR G) A writer loses his laptop just before an important meeting and must race to find it with no memory of the last 12 hours.

Friday 23 January, 2026

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: Vera’s Jazz Band

Screenings

• 19:30 | Village Rockstars 2 (India, 2024, Dir. Rima Das, 108min, NR G) In a village in Assam, a teenage girl passionately chases her dream of becoming a musician. Faced with harsh realities, she seeks a new harmony.
• 21:18 | How Would One Know If One Forgets Something? (India, 2025, Dir. Karthik Sreenivasan w/ Sai Krishna L W, Stanzin Angdu, 9min, NR G) Traces memory, change, and the passage of time in the fragile landscape of Ladakh. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 21:27 | Kooli Koduthu Sooniyam (India, 2023, Dir. Yatra Srinivassan, 9min, NR PG-13) A family torn apart by the protagonist’s alcohol addiction.
• 21:36 | You Lift On A Stroke, There’s A Dog Shelter (India, 2025, Dir. Donny Lee Duke, 17min, NR G) A video-photo-poem documentary about the Auroville Dog Shelter and the relationship between a human and the Supreme.

Saturday 24 January, 2026

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: Edo & crew

Screenings

• 19:30 | Purga (Lithuania, 2024, Dir. Gintarė Valevičiūtė Brazauskienė w/ Antanas Skučas, 13min, NR R) Winter, 1942. Beyond the Arctic Circle, on an uninhabited island, deported people struggle to survive.
• 19:43 | Agent Of Happiness (Bhutan, 2024, Dir. Arun Bhattarai w/ Dorottya Zurbó, 94min, NR R) Amber is one of the many agents working for the Bhutanese government to measure people’s happiness levels among the remote Himalayan mountains.
• 21:17 | In The Light Of Time (India, 2025, Dir. Jahnavi Pradeep w/ Amogh Chauhan, 13min, NR G) Centered on prehistoric rock art sites along the Indus and Zanskar rivers, the film is a ‘love story’ between past, present, and future. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 21:29 | The Voice Of Others/La Voix Des Autres (France, 2023, Dir. Fatima Kaci, 30min, NR R) Rim is a Tunisian interpreter working in France on asylum procedures. Every day, she translates the stories of exiled men and women.

Sunday 25 January, 2026

• 17:00 | Awards

Performance

• 18:00 | Live Music: Blackcurrant

Screenings

• 19:30 | Reflekt (India, 2025, Dir. Santosh Manik, 11min, NR G) Chronicles a filmmaking residency at the Auroville Film Institute. Produced by Auroville Film Institute.
• 19:41 | Where’s Masi? (India, 2025, Dir. Uttara Jadeja, 10min, NR PG-13) A homemade horror film about a young woman racing to save her friend from a sinister entity.
• 19:50 | The Strange Case Of The Human Cannonball (Ecuador, 2024, Dir. Roberto Valencia, 10min, NR R) A mysterious man is found lying in the square of a village inhabited by only six residents.
• 20:01 | Films Created In The Kino Kabaret (Auroville, 2026, Multiple Directors, 120min, NR G) All films were created within 48 hours on the 23rd and 24th of January 2026. The short films have in common one prop, one sound effect and one line of dialogue.

Venue: Kuruvinatham Village, Bahour Commune, Puducherry.

Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MtLMAHUMcNHmvzMV8?g_st=iw

Schedule:
Please assemble at 9:00 am for a field walk to explore and experience the village and its lush agricultural fields.
• 9:00 am – 10:00 am – Field Walk
• 10:00 – 1:00 pm – Workshop
• 1:00 – 3:00 pm – Lunch break (local food provided by host as part of the workshop)
• 3:00 – 6:00 pm – Workshop
• 6:00 – 7:00 pm – Preparation
• 7:00 pm – Performance

Donation: ₹1500 by Google Pay to 9843235452 and share the payment screenshot.

Kindly note: Comfortable clothing to allow free movement. Bring a musical instrument if you play. Please bring a pair of any preferred character costume to join the performance.

Link for Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd827lAZAX8RaWCdqAGy3x03Z2_ran57sGldnQWTlHsjAB9gQ/viewform?usp=header

: Friday 9th Jan
: 7.30pm.
: Cripa, Auroville.

AT THE TURN OF THE YEAR

Celebrate the festive season at Auroville Visitors Centre with live music, diverse food and desserts, open boutiques, and festive lights.

Dates: 23–30 December
Boutiques: open throughout the day
Food: national and international cuisines, cafés, snacks
Desserts: cakes, ice cream, and seasonal treats
Opening hours: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Location: Auroville Visitors Centre

Live Music Evenings

23 Dec (Tue) · 7:00 pm – Christmas in Auroville Concert
Shakti, Ludmi, Valerie, Ronny, Henrik, Sam, Simon, Lorenzo
27 Dec (Sat) · 11:00 am – Live Music · Handpan
27 Dec (Sat) · 7:00 pm – A Line Meant to Be
Shamanic Ambient · World · Downtempo Meditation
by Nadaprem, Tommaso & Dhruv
28 Dec (Sun) · 7:00 pm – Ronny Singing & Guitar Performance

An open space to explore, know more about Auroville and its culture, enjoy music, share food and smiles, and welcome the new year together.

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Their performance weaves together music and movement from traditions spanning the Southern Appalachian Mountains to North India.

The second half of the program invites the audience to participate in group dances, celebrating global traditions such as American Square Dance, Italian Tarantella, Irish Ceilidh, Greek Hora, and more.

: Saturday 3rd Jan
: 5pm
: Cripa, Auroville

Enjoy heartwarming performances
Dance to festive tunes
Meet Santa Claus – he’s waiting just for YOU!

Let’s make this Christmas unforgettable with laughter, music, and cheer.

: Monday 22nd December
: 4.30pm
: Cripa, Auroville

The program seeks to enable dance/performance-makers who are ready to engage deeply with the question of contemporaneity in dance by responding to context, history and criticality.
This week long intensive program otters masterclasses with protessional artists, workshops on dance making and production, film screenings, talks and shows at March | Dance 2026.

Additionally, the program gives participants the opportunity to have one-on-one sessions with mentors , Daniel Kok (Dance Nucleus, Singapore) and Rustom Bharucha (Kolkata), to discuss the shape of their individual areas of inquiry and its potential development.

More details to follow !

To apply, send the following to mail.basement21@gmail.com

– a description of a work in progress, or older work you would like to revisit, and a bit about the difficulties you faced in the process (500 words)

– what is your motivation to join the workshop (250-300 words)

– a short bio of your training and practice , as well as a link to the work/ portfolio (250 words)

Registration: Rs.10,000/-

Expenses related to stay and travel to be borne by the participant.

Deadline: February 5th