Author Archives: AVFI

Mani Kaul and Search for New Cinematic Form through Theater: Ashad Ka Ek Din

Indian New Wave SeriesSpecially Curated Sessions of Film Analysis and Film Appreciationwith Deb Kamal Ganguly. 2nd & 3rd September 2023, 14:30 to 18:30 IST _Online. Course OverviewIndian New Wave Cinema, which flourished during 1970s, is considered as one of the most significant and exciting phases of cinematic creation in the long history of Indian cinema.Continue reading “Mani Kaul and Search for New Cinematic Form through Theater: Ashad Ka Ek Din”

STUDY CIRCLE – 15th – 19th May, 2023

Venue: Auroville Film Institute, India Space, Bharat NivasTime: 6:00 to 7:30 pm Mon |15-05-23| ScreeningThe Society of Spectacle (Guy Debord; 1974, 88mins.)You don’t hate Mondays, you hate capitalism. Satirical and self-critical filmadaptation of Guy Debord’s theoretical masterpiece, and a frontal attack onthe all-encompassing spectacle we live in. Tues |16-05-23 | ScreeningIntroduction to the End ofContinue reading “STUDY CIRCLE – 15th – 19th May, 2023”

Real Sites to Cinematic Spaces

Analyzing the mechanics of a spatial constructs in cinema…

STUDY CIRCLE – 8th – 12th May, 2023

Venue: Auroville Film Institute, India Space, Bharat NivasTime: 6:00 to 7:30 pm Mon |08-05-23 |Screening Dangerous Method (2004, 99 mins.), David CronenbergA look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis. Tues |09-05-23 |Reading Jungian Studies : Projections Identifying and working with our symbolic projections Wed |10-05-23 |ReadingContinue reading “STUDY CIRCLE – 8th – 12th May, 2023”

STUDY CIRCLE – 1st – 4th May, 2023

Study circle, 6:00 to 7:30 pm at the Auroville Film Institute, India Space, Bharat Nivas. Mon01-05-23ReadingJungian Studies – ProjectionsExploring heroes and villains within; and identifying symbols of personal value. Tues02-05-23ScreeningDangerous Method (2004, 99 mins.), David CronenbergA look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis. Wed03-05-23ScreeningPoetry and CinemaContinue reading “STUDY CIRCLE – 1st – 4th May, 2023”

STUDY CIRCLE – 24th – 28th April, 2023

The Fat and the Lean (1961, 16mins ), Roman PolanskiA small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of his mansion. Tues / 25-04-23 / ScreeningAu Hasard Bresson (1967, 32 mins.), Theodor KotullaDocumentary Short FilmContinue reading “STUDY CIRCLE – 24th – 28th April, 2023”

STUDY CIRCLE – 17th – 21st April, 2023

Film Institute @ Auroville is delighted to introduce an open study circle, 6.00 pm at the Auroville Film Institute, India Space, Bharat Nivas.  The Study Circle is designed in concurrence with the ongoing research and academic pursuits of the Film Institute Fellows. The sessions are open for all.  Upcoming Week’s Schedule:  Check our upcoming workshops –

Film-Philosophy with ‘Uncle Boonmee Who can Recall His Past Lives’

Analysis, appreciation, concept formation and film-philosophy. 6th & 7th May 2023_ONLINE14:30 to 18:30 IST with Deb Kamal Ganguly COURSE OVERVIEW :Defying the standard tropes of filmic experience in terms of character, narrative progression, the experiences of the films primarily in the works of several important directors of New Asian cinema are situated upon a renewed approachContinue reading “Film-Philosophy with ‘Uncle Boonmee Who can Recall His Past Lives’”

The Alluring Melodrama of Pedro Almodovar

SHOT BY SHOT with Anupam – April weekends_online