From 19 Nov to 23 Dec 2024 _ ONLINE, with Drupad Gaonkar Mondays and Tuesdays, 19:00 to 21:00 hrs IST COURSE OVERVIEW :The world and life in it get an aesthetic meaning from the rich play of gestures and postures.We “read” gestures, from the slightest movement of facial muscles to the most powerful movements of massesContinue reading “Gesture & Posture”
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Film-Philosophy with ‘Diary of a Country Priest’ by Robert Bresson
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”
Space, Time, Subjectivity in Cinema
(With special emphasis on Documentary) as a part of OSDA and Hands on Filmmaking programme, 24 15:00 – 18.30 hrs IST – 6th and 7th of July, 2024 OverviewWhat is cinema, if it is not accumulation of blocks of space-time manifestations, perceived by camera-eye, heard by the recorder-ear, and arranged by some degree of individuated/collectiveContinue reading “Space, Time, Subjectivity in Cinema”
Melancholia in Godard’s Film Socialisme as Foucauldian Meta-subjective Dissent against Governmentality – by Debkamal ganguly
16:30 IST @ Auroville Film Institute, India Space, Bharat Nivas also, Online streaming via G-Meet. Overview:This presentation has been part of recently concluded international ‘Foucault Congress’, Kolkata Chapter, focussing on Michel Foucault’s concept of governmentality in the context of South Asia. In this presentation with reference to Jean-Luc Godard’s post-cinematic work ‘Film Socialisme’, some gesturesContinue reading “Melancholia in Godard’s Film Socialisme as Foucauldian Meta-subjective Dissent against Governmentality – by Debkamal ganguly”
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?”
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”
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”
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