On the occasion of100 Years of Ritwik Ghatak (4 Nov 1925-6 Feb 1976)Join us for the first STUDY CIRCLE of Module 2, OSDA, 25.15:00 IST, 4 November 2025 with the screening ofAjantrik (Unmechanical / Not a machine / The Pathetic fallacy) followed byDiscussion & Tea 17:30Cinema & I (Select readings)at Auroville Film Institute (AVFI)1 OuterContinue reading “100 Years of Ritwik Ghatak”
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Composing Reality: Structures of Mediation in Documentary Editing
Cinema Praxis Series14:30 hrs IST, 8th & 9th November, 2025, 02 days OVERVIEW:This course approaches documentary editing as a way of composing the impressions of reality, towards emerging discourse and experience, through discovering within the images the rhythms and contradictions of the world itself. Every cut, pause, continuation, or rupture becomes a thought about: howContinue reading “Composing Reality: Structures of Mediation in Documentary Editing”
Temporality and the Sensation of Cinematic Time
Cinema Praxis Series23-24 August, 2025, 14.30 – 18.20 IST, online OVERVIEW:The relationship between cinema and time has always been a central enigma of the moving image.More than any other art form, cinema is bound to temporality, not simply recording events, butimpressing upon us the sensation of time itself. Time in cinema is never only aContinue reading “Temporality and the Sensation of Cinematic Time”
Spatial Poetics in Nonfiction Cinema
3rd August, 2025, 01 day, 04-05 hours OVERVIEW:This intensive online session would explore how cinematic practice can construct, encounter, and transform space, not merely as background, but as an active participant in the nonfictional experience. At the intersection of observation, conceptualisation, cinematographic choices, and the rhythmic textures of editing and sound, this course examines howContinue reading “Spatial Poetics in Nonfiction Cinema”
“There shall be a cinema studio, a cinema school…”— The Mother, 23 June 1965 On 26 June 2025, sixty years and three days later, we offer this report not as a declaration of arrival—but as a quiet marker of emergence. What was once envisioned is now in motion, shaped by love, learning, and the labourContinue reading
Hands On – Documentary Film Workshop in Ladakh
The workshop from 12th July to 8th September 2025 in Ladakh focuses on deep ecology and documentary filmmaking. Participants will explore storytelling through personal and cultural perspectives, producing short documentaries while engaging with local communities and landscapes. Open to diverse participants with an interest in documentary arts.
OPEN SPACE DOCUMENTARY ARTS PROGRAMME, 2025
Starting 12 July 2025 1-year immersive diploma programme by the Auroville Film Institute in collaboration with Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh . It is a multi-site, dynamic, production oriented diploma, incorporating experiential learning modules in Auroville-Pondicherry and Ladakh. OVERVIEW:Open Space Documentary Arts Programme finds its relevance in the proliferating new media environment, where the formContinue reading “OPEN SPACE DOCUMENTARY ARTS PROGRAMME, 2025”
Hands On Filmmaking Workshop at Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj
with Kamal Swaroop | From 11th January to 13th February 2025 WORKSHOP OVERVIEW: Context: (What is Maha Kumbh) The Maha Kumbh Mela, is a religious congregation and the world’s largest peaceful gathering, attended by millions. At the heart of this epic festival lies a symbol steeped in cosmic significance — the “Kumbh” or sacred potContinue reading “Hands On Filmmaking Workshop at Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj”
LATENT CONCURRENCIES
A BETA PRESENTATION BY THE BATCH OF 2024 OPEN SPACE DOCUMENTARY ARTS PROGRAMME15, 16, 17 NOV, 2024 11 AM ONWARDS LATENT CONCURRENCIES is a participatory new media installation; having a database consisting of several stand-alone documentary artworks from various stages of development. It showcases two distinct geographic and socio-cultural environments – Auroville and Ladakh – invitingContinue reading “LATENT CONCURRENCIES”
Gesture & Posture
From 19 Nov to 23 Dec 2024 _ ONLINE, with Drupad Gaonkar Mondays and Tuesdays, 19:00 to 21:00 hrs IST COURSE OVERVIEW :The world and life in it get an aesthetic meaning from the rich play of gestures and postures.We “read” gestures, from the slightest movement of facial muscles to the most powerful movements of massesContinue reading “Gesture & Posture”
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