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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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”
Psychology and Cinema: Through a Glass Darkly
Film Analysis and Film Appreciation8th and 9th June, 2024 | ONLINE OVERVIEW:The cinema universe of the great Swedish director Ingmar Bergman attained unprecedented artistic and expressive brilliance with the film Through a Glass Darkly (1961), the first offering of the trilogy with the unusual modernist thematic of ‘God’s silence’.Exploring the psychological depths of the femaleContinue reading “Psychology and Cinema: Through a Glass Darkly”
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?”
What is a SHOT?
With Deb Kamal Ganguly16th April, 2024 ; 14:30 to 18:30 IST_Online Duration: 4 hours COURSE OVERVIEW:What is a shot?Though the definition of ‘a shot’ may seem quite obvious to most to begin with, the session would contain ideas and examples of various figurative, communicative and aesthetic aspects to ponder over the concept of a shot,Continue reading “What is a SHOT?”
Sacred Rhythms & Film Philosophy: Deleuze’s Concepts of Movement Images
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”
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”
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 “
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