Specially Curated Sessions of Film Analysis and Film Appreciation 9th-10th November 2024_ONLINE14:30 to 18:30 IST with Deb Kamal Ganguly COURSE OVERVIEW :In the history of cinema, it is a rarity that the creators like Robert Bresson arrived and illuminated the possibility of cinematic creation as unique artistic and philosophical achievement on behalf of the frailty ofContinue reading “Film-Philosophy with ‘Diary of a Country Priest’ by Robert Bresson”
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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”
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”
3E – Explore, Experiment, Express
3E-Explore, Experiment, ExpressA 5- weeks filmmaking workshopWith R V Ramani ONLINE – ONSITE BLENDED MODALITY SCHEDULE 108th to 10th January 2024 – Online – 10am to 1pm – Interactions, Film Exercises, Reviews11th to 17th January 2024 – Research, Film Exercises, Travel (Participants reach Auroville by 17th Jan) SCHEDULE 2Residential Workshop in Auroville (2 weeks)18th toContinue reading “3E – Explore, Experiment, Express”
Open Space Documentary Arts
If you are interested for 2025 program write to us at filminstitute@auroville.org 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 withinContinue reading “Open Space Documentary Arts”
Real Sites to Cinematic Spaces
Analyzing the mechanics of a spatial constructs in cinema…
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”
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’”
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