2024 schedule

DAY 1: Monday, January 22

Time

Cinema Paradiso

Outdoor Space

17:00 – 18:00

Welcome to the Opening Ceremony – Town Hall Plaza

18:00 – 19:30

Eat, meet, mingle and enjoy performances!

19:30 – 22:00

19:30 All That Breathes, Shaunak Sen, 94 min

Note: Online discussion with filmmaker Shaunak Sen tomorrow

B

19:30 Two Minutes to Midnight, Yael Bartana, 47 min

Note: Online discussion with filmmaker Yael tomorrow

B

20:17 The Great Indian Kitchen, Jeo Baby, 101 min

Note: Online discussion with filmmakers tomorrow

B

21:04 Sea Change, Nefertiti Chakrabarti, 3 min

A

21:07 Adithalam, Yatra Srinivassan, 37 min

A

DAY 2: Tuesday, January 23

Time

Cinema Paradiso

17:00 – 18:00

Conversation with Filmmakers

Online: Jeo Baby & Jomon Jacob, The Great Indian Kitchen, Yael Bartana, Two Minutes to Midnight, Shaunak Sen, All That Breathes

F

Time

Cinema Paradiso

Outdoor Space

18:00 – 19:30

Eat, meet, mingle and enjoy performances!

19:30 – 22:00

19:30 This Stained Dawn, Anam Abbas, 90 min

Note: Online discussion with filmmaker Anam Abbas tomorrow

B

19:30 Endangered Craft Mela Auroville 2023, Nefertiti Chakrabarti, 2 min

Note: In person discussion with filmmaker tomorrow

A

19:32 Sri Aurobindo & The Earth’s Future –

Part 1 : From Darkness to Light, Olivier Barot,

144 min

Note: In person discussion with filmmaker tomorrow

A

21:00 Auroville Exchange: Two Filmmakers.

Two Perspectives. One Goal, Serena Aurora, 15 min

Note: In person discussion with filmmaker tomorrow

A

21:15 Siege in the Air, Muntaha Amin, 30 min

Note: Online discussion with filmmaker Muntaha tomorrow

B

DAY 3: Wednesday, January 24

Time

Cinema Paradiso

17:00 – 18:00

Conversation with Filmmakers

In Person: Serena Aurora, Auroville Exchange: Two Filmmakers. Two Perspectives. One Goal, Nefertiti Chakrabarti, Endangered Craft Mela Auroville 2023, Olivier Barot, Sri Aurobindo & The Earth’s Future – Part 1: From Darkness to Light

Online: Muntaha Amin, Siege in the Air, Anam Abbas, This Stained Dawn

F

Time

Cinema Paradiso

Outdoor Space

18:00 – 19:30

Eat, meet, mingle and enjoy performances!

19:30 – 22:00

19:30 In the Light of Sri Aurobindo – Plays and Savitri in Auroville, Madhusudan Agrawal, 31 min

A

19:30 Meat the Vegan (PREMIERE), Mélusine Schellenberger, 34 min

C

20:01 Fallin’, Valentina Beatriz, 5 min

A

20:04 A Maattram, Yatra Srinivassan, 23 min

A

20:06 Thirai Virutham, Sugumar Shanmugam, 56 min

A

20:27 Bangla Surf Girls, Elizabeth D. Costa, 86 min

Note: In person discussion with filmmaker Elizabeth tomorrow

B

21:02 The Clean Up, Rupam Mishra & Pinar Ekinci, 9 min

A

21:11 Crater, Earthling Koushalya, 34 min

Note: In person discussion with filmmaker tomorrow

A

DAY 4: Thursday, January 25

Time

Cinema Paradiso

17:00 – 18:00

Conversation with Filmmakers

In Person: Earthling Koushalya, Crater, Elizabeth D. Costa, Bangla Surf Girls

F

Time

Cinema Paradiso

Outdoor Space

18:00 – 19:30

Eat, meet, mingle and enjoy performances!

19:30 – 22:00

19:30 Solidarity Crime, Nicolás Braguinsky Cascini & Juan Pablo Aris Escarcena, 55 min

Note: Online discussion with filmmaker tomorrow

A

19:30 The Path of the 12 Petals: Shanta, an Initiatic Journey, Michèle Decoust, 38 min

Note: Discussion with filmmakers Michèle (online) and Alessandra (in person) tomorrow

B

20:08 Galaxy and Ganesha, Birgitta Volz, 5 min

B

20:13 Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness, Frauke Sandig & Eric Black, 102 min

Note: Online Q&A with filmmaker right after

A

20:25 Judges Under Pressure, Kacper Lisowski, 86 min

Note: Online discussion with filmmaker tomorrow

A

DAY 5: Friday, January 26

Time

Cinema Paradiso

17:00 – 18:00

Conversation with Filmmakers

In Person: Alessandra Silver, The Path of the 12 Petals: Shanta, an Initiatic Journey

Online: Nicolás Braguinsky Cascini & Juan Pablo Aris Escarcena, Solidarity Crime, Kacper Lisowski, Judges Under Pressure, Michèle Decoust, The Path of the 12 Petals: Shanta, an Initiatic Journey

F

Time

Cinema Paradiso

Outdoor Space

18:00 – 19:30

Eat, meet, mingle and enjoy performances!

19:30 – 22:00

19:30 Iniyan, Yatra Srinivassan, 38 min

Note: Discussion in person with filmmaker tomorrow

A

19:30 Introduction to the movie by Kaushal Oza, 10 min

19:40 The Miniaturist of Junagadh, Kaushal Oza, 30 min

Note: Discussion in person with filmmaker Kaushal Oza tomorrow

B

20:08 Persona [no] Humana, Alejandro Cuellar, Rafa G. Sánchez, 109 min

Note: Online discussion with filmmaker tomorrow

B

20:10 Do Not Feed the Pigeons, Antonin Niclass, 9 min

B

20:19 The Galaxy Project, Song-Wan Park, 11 min

A

20:30 The Cloud and the Man, Abhinandan Banerjee, 96 min

Note: Discussion online with filmmakers tomorrow

B

DAY 6: Saturday, January 27

Time

Cinema Paradiso

15:30 – 16:30

Conversation with Filmmakers

In Person: Kaushal Oza, The Miniaturist of Junagadh, Yatra Srinivassan, Iniyan

Online: Abhinandan, Bauddhayan and Monalisa, The Cloud and the Man, Alejandro Cuellar & Rafa G. Sánchez, Persona [no] Humana

F

Time

Cinema Paradiso

Outdoor Space

16:30 – 18:00

Kino Kabaret Films Screening

Short films made in the last 50 hours

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18:00 – 19:30

Eat, meet, mingle and enjoy performances!

19:30 – 22:00

19:30 The Bottle’s Journey, Jonak Chakrabarti, 4 min

A

19:30 The Blue Marble, Jeremy Carroll, 4 min

A

19:34 Kolam, Saumya Srivastava, 28 min

Note: Discussion in person with filmmaker tomorrow

D

19:34 Apnea, Stefano Poggioni, Claudia Cataldi, Elena Poggioni, 64 min

Note: Online discussion with Claudia tomorrow

B

20:02 When Goupi met the Mother Mira Alfassa (founder of Auroville) and found home, Serena Aurora, 7 min

A

20:09 Island Reverie, Nefertiti Chakrabarti, 6 min

A

20:15 The Brittle Thread, Ritesh Sharma, 97 min

Note: Discussion in person with filmmaker Ritesh tomorrow

B

20:38 The Story of Microplastic, Jonak Chakrabarti, 3 min

A

20:41 Turning Waste into Money in the Himalayas, Serena Aurora, 8 min

A

20:50 The Cycles of the Mind, Alexander Pereverzev, 65 min

A

DAY 7: Sunday, January 28

Time

Cinema Paradiso

15:30 – 16:30

Film discussions with Filmmakers

In person: Ritesh Sharma, The Brittle Thread, Saumya Srivastava, Kolam

Online: Claudia Cataldi, Apnea

Time

Cinema Paradiso

Outdoor Space

17:00 – 18:00

Awards and Closing Ceremony – Town Hall Plaza

18:00 – 19:30

Eat, meet, mingle and enjoy performances!

19:30 – 22:00

Screening of award winning films

Screening of award winning films