Author Archives: AVFI

The Documentary Impulse

With Deb Kamal Ganguly25th to 29th March, 2024 ; 14:30 to 18:30 IST_Online Duration: 5 days, 4 hours per day COURSE OVERVIEW:This course is designed primarily for the regular participants as one of the initial modules for the one-year multi space documentary program offered by AVFI. At the same time the course is also offeredContinue reading “The Documentary Impulse”

Macbeth in Spotlight

Theatre & Cinema series 08th to 10th March 2024 _Online.  20:00 to 23:00 IST | 15:30 to 18:30 CET | 09:30 to 12:30 EST | 14:30 to 17:30 GMT OVERVIEW:  “Macbeth in Spotlight” aims to understand why Shakespeare’s voice still echoes through us endlessly across diverse mediums, cultures and minds, stirring something profound within usContinue reading “Macbeth in Spotlight”

3E – Explore, Experiment, Express

3E-Explore, Experiment, ExpressA 5- weeks filmmaking workshopWith R V Ramani ONLINE – ONSITE BLENDED MODALITY SCHEDULE 108th to 10th January 2024 – Online – 10am to 1pm – Interactions, Film Exercises, Reviews11th to 17th January 2024 – Research, Film Exercises, Travel (Participants reach Auroville by 17th Jan) SCHEDULE 2Residential Workshop in Auroville (2 weeks)18th toContinue reading “3E – Explore, Experiment, Express”

The Art of Pitching, Impact & Distribution

Creative Retreat with Irena Taskovski: award-winning producer & distributor; CEO -Taskovski Films.In Auroville3rd to 7th January 2024 OVERVIEW:Auroville Film Institute is delighted to announce a creative retreat with Irena Taskovski – for emerging producers and directors of creative documentaries – for their project development. Emerging filmmakers often have great energy, ideas and access. But, sometimesContinue reading “The Art of Pitching, Impact & Distribution”

Open Space Documentary Arts

If you are interested for 2025 program write to us at filminstitute@auroville.org 1 YEAR PG DIPLOMA IN DOCUMENTARY ARTS  Title: OPEN SPACE DOCUMENTARY ARTS PROGRAMMEStarting : March 2024 Modality: Multi-site programme incorporating experiential learning modules in Auroville-Pondicherry and Ladakh. Multidisciplinary, multimodal, dynamically designed, integrative, interactive and application-oriented programme.  OVERVIEW: In an increasingly warring world withinContinue reading “Open Space Documentary Arts”

Contemporising – Katha Sarit Sagara

A Creative Reading and Writing Workshop With Kamal Swaroop12 Weekends, Online. Starting 17th February, 2024, onwards14:30 to 18:30 IST. OVERVIEW: In the 11th-century kingdom of Kashmir, the king and his son clashed for the throne, chaos reigned. In desperation, Queen Suryavati handled the crumbling state machinery, her distress deepening.It was then that the court poet andContinue reading “Contemporising – Katha Sarit Sagara”

Time and Cinema 

Specially Curated Sessions of Film Analysis and Film Appreciation 25th & 26th November 2023, 14:30 to 19:00 IST _Online.Total contact hours: 08/10 COURSE OVERVIEW:The relationship between ‘time’ and the form of cinema has been one of the key questions that have captured the thought and imagination of filmmakers and film theorists since the early daysContinue reading “Time and Cinema “

STUDY CIRCLE – between 13th to 21st oct 2023

Venue: Auroville Film Institute, India Space, Bharat NivasTime: 5:30 to 7:00 pm The sessions are open for all. Fri 13-10-23 Lecture ScreeningIntroduction to Indian PhilosophyIndian Philosophy by Dr. Satya Sundar Sethy, Department of Humanitiesand Social Sciences, IIT Madras.Sat 14-10-23 Lecture ScreeningA Brief Discussion on the Vedas & the UpanishadsIndian Philosophy by Dr. Satya Sundar Sethy,Continue reading “STUDY CIRCLE – between 13th to 21st oct 2023”

Abbas Kiarostami: The ‘Face of Poetry’ at the ‘Window of Cinema’

Poetry and Cinema SeriesSpecially Curated Sessions of Film Analysis and Film Appreciation7th & 8th October 2023, 14:30 to 18:30 IST _Online. COURSE OVERVIEW:Aesthetes, especially cinema aesthetes often wonder what poetry is in cinema. What makes a film poetic; how filmmakers create poetic masterpieces? Within the discourse of Poetry and Cinema – the name of AbbasContinue reading “Abbas Kiarostami: The ‘Face of Poetry’ at the ‘Window of Cinema’”