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Practitioners guide to the History of Indian Documentary Cinema

Practitioners Guide to the History of Indian Documentary Cinema

Open Space Documentary Arts Programme
8–11 Sept 2026 | 3–6 pm IST | Online
Look at the history of Indian documentary not as a museum walk, but as a living map of form, politics and practice. Led by filmmaker & educator Anirban Datta, this 4-day online session traces Films Division to independent resistance cinema, the digital turn, and the politics of visibility today — so you can locate your own work more sharply within it.
Baseline contribution: ₹2500 (India) / €60 (international)

Digital certificates issued.

Tracing Durga – Artistic research retreat and workshop

7th-25th October 2026 | Kolkata, West Bengal A World of Ritual, Performance & SymbolsEdition 1, 2026 Overview Tracing Durga is a multidisciplinary artistic research retreat and workshop meant for artists, filmmakers, photographers, performers, designers, architects, sonic artists, curators, cultural practitioners, archivists and researchers drawn to ritual, public space, material culture, craft, labour, memory, sound, image,Continue reading “Artistic research retreat and workshop-Tracing Durga”

OPEN SPACE DOCUMENTARY ARTS PROGRAMME, 2026

1-year immersive diploma programme by the Auroville Film Institute in collaboration with Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh . It is a multi-site, dynamic, production oriented diploma, incorporating experiential learning modules in Auroville-Pondicherry and Ladakh. Last Date of Application: 15 August 2026 OVERVIEW:The Open Space Documentary Arts (OSDA) Programme is a one-year, production-oriented diploma that combinesContinue reading “OPEN SPACE DOCUMENTARY ARTS PROGRAMME, 2026”

Auroville Convivial: Live Talks

(An Auroville Timelines Project) English | Français | தமிழ் Date: Auroville Week (21 – 28 Feb 2026) Organizer: Auroville Film Institute Platform: Online (Live via Google Meet) Global Slots: Region Slot 1 (Afternoon) Slot 2 (Evening) India (IST) 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Europe (CET) 10:30 AM – 12:30 PMContinue reading “Auroville Convivial: Live Talks”

Craft, Ritual and Cinema: Mani Kaul’s Mati Manas

Specially Curated Sessions of Film Analysis and Film Appreciation as a part of Open Space Documentary Arts Programme. 29th-30th November 2025_ONLINE14:30 to 18:30 IST with Deb Kamal Ganguly COURSE OVERVIEW :Hovering curiously between the spectrums of documentary and fiction in different intensities, Mati Manas (Mind of Clay, 1985, 92 min) by Mani Kaul is a uniqueContinue reading “Craft, Ritual and Cinema: Mani Kaul’s Mati Manas”

Documentary as Situated Inquiry: Research Methodology towards Audio-visual Art

14:30 hrs IST, 5th, 6th & 7th November, 2025 | Online This course explores the evolving relationship between documentary practice and the social sciences, proposing the filmic process itself as a mode of inquiry. The documentary practitioner enters the world like an ethnographer, observing, participating, interpreting, but with a medium that feels and thinks throughContinue reading “Documentary as Situated Inquiry: Research Methodology towards Audio-visual Art”

100 Years of Ritwik Ghatak

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”

Composing Reality: Structures of Mediation in Documentary Editing

Cinema Praxis Series14:30 hrs IST, 8th & 9th November, 2025, 02 days OVERVIEW:This course approaches documentary editing as a way of composing the impressions of reality, towards emerging discourse and experience, through discovering within the images the rhythms and contradictions of the world itself. Every cut, pause, continuation, or rupture becomes a thought about: howContinue reading “Composing Reality: Structures of Mediation in Documentary Editing”

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”

Hands On – Documentary Film Workshop in Ladakh

The workshop from 12th July to 8th September 2025 in Ladakh focuses on deep ecology and documentary filmmaking. Participants will explore storytelling through personal and cultural perspectives, producing short documentaries while engaging with local communities and landscapes. Open to diverse participants with an interest in documentary arts.