Daniel’s blog – Day 3
AVFF Day 3 In the villages of northern Tamil Nadu, kids secretly sneak out of home – but it is not for smoking or mischief. They go to watch and perform in Therukkoothu, a traditional performance art of south India involving theatre, song and dance, and centring on the land’s ancient gods and mythology. In...
Gautam’s blog – Day 2
AVFF Day 2: January 23, 2024 I attended the panel discussion with Yael Bartana of “Two Minutes to Midnight” and Aman Mann of “All That Breathes”. Although, I didn’t watch “Two Midnights…” I found the premise of a world run by women to be compelling and alluring. As an associate Cristophe said, the movie was...
Daniel’s blog – Day 2
8th Auroville Film Festival, Day 2 Sometimes we need to step outside our world for a clearer view, and this is exactly what two filmmakers do in “Auroville Exchange”. Hailing from two opposite ends of India, Auroville’s Serena Aurora and Lobsang from Zanskar Valley in Ladakh each explore one another’s world on their quest for...
Gautam’s blog – Day 1
Auroville Film Festival 2024: First Thoughts on Day 1 The Auroville Film Festival 2024 promises to be an electrifying immersive experience, if we are to go by the jolly good show of the opening ceremony. It sizzled and popped. What josh! The most scintillating part was the Kalaripayattu performance. With swords, and shields and steel...
Daniel’s blog – Day 1
8th Auroville Film Festival, Day 1 It is January 22nd, and the blowing of a conch marks the start of the 8th Auroville Film Festival at the Town Hall campus. The audience are treated to a concert by the Saragam drummers, a martial arts show by Kshetra Kalari demonstrating the use of swords, daggers, a...
awards photos and videos
Award Winners of the 7th Auroville Film Festival 2022. Watch videos with the two juries announcing the awards in the respective categories as well as short award acceptance video messages by the winning filmmakers below:
award winners 2022
Congratulations to the award winners of the Auroville Film Festival 2022! International category of “films that develop the theme of human unity”: Wisdom Award A Letter From India by Naveed Mulki & Shaktiraj Singh Jadeja A small diverse village of 30000 in southwest India demonstrates its ability to live a harmonious existence. The film is...
featured on Cinestaan
Dear Cinestaan editors, thank you very much for this feature on your platform! https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2022/jan/21/32965/auroville-film-festival-showcasing-over-70-films-online
Filmmakers Speak videos
watch short introductions / interviews / Q&As with participating filmmakers here: Keep checking back as more recordings will be added as they become available!
Daljeet officially opens AVFF 2022
Daljeet Wadhwa, co-director of this year’s Auroville Film Festival officially opens the festival! Watch the films for free on https://auroville.shift72.com
music live streams
This year the accompanying live concerts by Aurovilian musicians took place as live streams on this page. Recordings of each stream are still available below. The program: Tuesday, January 18, 18.30 – 20.00 IST: NoizeGate Wednesday, January 19, 18.30 – 20.00 IST: (Dusha cancelled) Last Minute Thursday, January 20, 18.30 – 20.00 IST: Bulletproof Funk...
award trophies 2022 by Rakhee
Marco, the artistic director of the festival, introduces the award trophies, this year made by Aurovilian ceramic artist Rakhee Kane. And, as in all the previous editions, we have the MongBra challenge trophy, a brass sculpture made by Johnny depicting a Mongoose and a Cobra, which is being return to us in every next edition....
