What is CONTINUITY?

Exploring Continuity Principles in Cinema? 30th April 2024,  14:30 to 18:30 IST _Online OVERVIEW:This session would illustrate the historical stages of development of various aspects of Continuity Principles, mainly practiced with great success in classical Hollywood era. These principles got gradually adapted, modified, challenged in other cultures of filmmaking in the world. It would beContinue reading “What is CONTINUITY?”

Hands On – Documentary Film Workshop in Ladakh

24th June to 17th August 2024 (55 Days) OVERVIEW:Context: Located across a trans-Himalayan high-altitude desert, Ladakh today, as the northern frontier of India, balances a popular imagination between a pristine monastic spirituality and international borders. Historically a crossroad between the Tibetan Himalayas and west Asia, Central and sub-continental Asia, Ladakh has been a witness toContinue reading “Hands On – Documentary Film Workshop in Ladakh”

Ecofiction as Epiphany

Introduction to the Cinematic Mise-en-scène A Masterclass with Dr. Soudhamini 10th to 13th May  2024 in Auroville  OVERVIEW:Between climate denial and dystopia lies a fertile space for self-sensitization which this short course facilitates through the grammar of the cinematic mise-en-scène.  If the Japanese haiku is about distilled observation and startling juxtapositions – akin structurally to theContinue reading “Ecofiction as Epiphany”

Open Space Documentary Arts

Auroville Film Institute in collaboration with University of Ladakh, introduces: 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 within and around,Continue reading “Open Space Documentary Arts”