A 3-day in-situ workshop in Auroville by Dr. Christoph Klütsch(as a part Open Space Documentary Arts Programme)18th to 20th April 2024 OVERVIEW This 3-Day Workshop Exploring Gilles Deleuze’s Film Philosophy will be an immersive journey through the concepts of Gilles Deleuze’s film philosophy, with a connection to the Irumbai Temple and its cinematic parallels. We willContinue reading “Sacred Rhythms & Film Philosophy: Deleuze’s Concepts of Movement Images”
Category Archives: Film Appreciation
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”
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 “
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’”
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”
Real Sites to Cinematic Spaces
Analyzing the mechanics of a spatial constructs in cinema…
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
STUDY CIRCLE – 13th – 18th March, 2023
Film Institute @ Auroville is delighted to introduce an open study circle, 5:00 to 6:30 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: *Note that venueContinue reading “STUDY CIRCLE – 13th – 18th March, 2023”
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