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Films made about Auroville and the Bioregion
AUROVILLE – FROM SEED TO SAPLING
2019, Documentary, 50 minutes
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 22:00 – Cinema Paradiso
‘Auroville – From Seed To Sapling’ is a 50-minute film directed by Jinu Thomas in collaboration with several young Indian volunteers. With a good amount of research and an eye for beauty, its aim is to act as a window into Auroville’s intriguing journey over a period of 50 years. The film was an initiative of Aurofilm, was encouraged by Outreach Media and supported by S.A.I.I.E.R. It is the perspective of a youth-team on the progress that has taken place in Auroville since its origin, subtly implying as well that there is still a long way to go…
Director: Jinu Thomas
Creative Director: Gerard Carabin, Surya CR, Susana Cabra
Producer: Aurofilm
Script: Jinu Thomas, Aishwarya Dattani
Camera: Jinu Thomas, Sandesh M.R., Isaac Perika, Aishwarya
Editor: Arun Kuprup
Contact: Aurofilm, Kalabhumi, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 2037 E-mail: aurofilm[at]auroville.org.in
BEGINNING
2018, Experimental, 2 minutes
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 16:30 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
‘As in a dark beginning of all things,
A mute featureless semblance of the unknown,
Repeating forever the unconscious act,
Prolonging forever the unseeing will.’ (Sri Aurobindo)
Director, Script, Producer, Camera, Editor: Marco Saroldi
Music: Orquesta Arrecife
Contact: Marco Saroldi, Samasti, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 994 330 9340 E-mail: marcos[at]auroville.org.in
ECOSERVICE AUROVILLE, THE ART OF WASTE
2019, Documentary, 13 minutes
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 21:26 – Outdoor Screen
Concerned by the topic of how we deal with our waste in Auroville, Rena decided to focus on the work done by Eco Service. Her main concern was to create awareness.
Director, Script, Camera, Editor, Sound: Rena
Producer: NoSchool Prod.
Interviewees: Agnes, Kali, Palani
Contact: Rena, Angira’s Garden, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 759 812 3660 E-mail: rena[at]auroville.org.in
FOLLOW THIS – INDIA’S UTOPIA
2018, Documentary, 17 minutes
Screening on: Saturday 11 January, 16:30 – Cinema Paradiso
A Netflix original documentary series. A BuzzFeed news production.
The film explores the origin of Auroville and tries to document what a regular day for an Aurovilian looks like. The film also talks about the relationship of Auroville with its neighbouring villages and how it has changed over the years.
Producer: Ted Gesing
Cast: Rega Jha, Akash Kapur, Paul Blanchflower, Johnny Allen, Gilles Guigan, Shona van Dam, Sathy Ranganathan
Website: https://www.buzzfeed.com/
GROWTH
2019, Experimental, 2 minutes
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 16:31 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
‘All evolution is in essence a heightening of the force of consciousness in the manifest being, so that it may be raised into the greater intensity of what is still unmanifest. From matter into life, from life into mind, from the mind into the spirit. It is this that must be the method of our growth. From a mental into a spiritual and supramental.’ (Sri Aurobindo)
Director, Script, Producer, Camera, Editor: Marco Saroldi
Music: Sunil
Contact: Marco, Samasti, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 994 330 9340 E-mail: marcos[at]auroville.org.in
JANANI’S JULIET
2019, Documentary, 53 minutes
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 22:03 – Cinema Paradiso
Kausalya lost her husband (Shankar) when they were attacked by her own family. They had married against their families wishes. Deeply disturbed by a spate of honour killings in India, a Pondicherry-based theatre group (Indianostrum) sets out to introspect the implications of caste, class and gender. They adapt Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. What emerges in the process is a critical reflection of, and commentary on, contemporary Indian society, where love struggles to survive.
Director, Camera, Sound Design, Editor: Pankaj Rishi Kumar
Producer: PSBT
Associate Director and Location Sound: C. Vinayak Ram
Sound mixing: Pritam Das
Contact: Pankaj Rishi Kumar, B 103, Gokul Town, Thakur Complex, Kandivilli East, 400101 – Mumbai, India
Phone: +91 932 497 4507 E-mail: kumartalkies[at]yahoo.com
Website: kumartalkies.blogspot.com
KALPANA AUROVILLE
2019, Short, 7 minutes
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 16:42 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
A film about the ideas behind the architecture and building of Kalpana Community in Auroville.
Director, Editor, Camera, Sound: Vimal Bhojraj
Producer: ADEME/ Auroville Consulting
Script: Martin, Brahmanand, Vimal
Contact: Vimal, Auroville Consulting, Kalpana, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 948 942 3681 E-mail: vimal[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/358965842
RESOURCES
2018, Experimental, 2 minutes
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 16:33 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
‘My sadhana is not a freak or a monstrosity or a miracle done outside the laws of Nature and the conditions of life and consciousness on earth. If I could do these things or if they could happen in my Yoga, it means that they can be done and that therefore these developments and transformations are possible in the terrestrial consciousness.’ (Sri Aurobindo)
Director, Script, Producer, Camera, Editor: Marco Saroldi
Contact: Marco, Samasti, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 994 330 9340 E-mail: marcos[at]auroville.org.in
S.A.I.I.E.R
2018, Documentary, 12 minutes
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 17:19 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
A short movie on S.A.I.I.E.R – Sri Aurobindo International Institute of Educational Research. S.A.I.I.E.R coordinates educational activities in Auroville and undertakes educational research towards giving shape, in a practical manner, to the vision of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.
Director, Script, Camera, Editor: Claire, RV
Producer: Auroville Pictures
Sound: RV
Additional Crew: Satyavan B (apprentice)
Contact: Claire and RV, Sukhavati, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 958 513 9142 E-mail: aurovillepictures[at]gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBOxu_rEFG4
SAINTS OF PONDICHERRY
2019, Documentary, 49 minutes
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 16:30 – S.A.I.I.E.R Conference Hall
The Mahatma Gandhi Home for the Aged in Pondicherry is a home for single elderly ladies, who are struggling through the misfortune and misery that comes with living at the margins of society.
Director, Script, Producer: Ogynyan Enev
Narration: Lara Sawalha
Camera: Victor Popov
Editor: Ivan Gvozdev
Sound: V.P.
Audio Postproduction: Ruslan Uzunov
E-mail: ogyenev[at]hotmail.com
Link: https://filmfreeway.com/projects/1735295
THE FORTRESS
2019, Documentary, 16 minutes
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 16:30 – Cinema Paradiso
In December 2018, some students and teachers from Delhi lived in the Auroville Youth Centre for a while, in order to join a workshop organised by the Treehouse Community.
The aim was to rebuild together the treehouse 68/500 called ‘The Fortress’.
Director, Script, Producer, Editor, Camera: Filippo Tolentino
Colour Correction: Francesco Ranieri
Sound: Francesco Castrovilli
Phone: +39 327 576 0065 E-mail: filippotolentino[at]gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGoFas4XQ1E
TWO FLAGS
2019, Documentary, 86 minutes
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 20:00 – Outdoor Screen
‘Two Flags’ chronicles the life and politics of a quaint French town: Pondicherry. As the 4600 Tamil-French people belonging to the Tamil ethnic community gear up for the French Presidential elections (2017), the film explores the idea of identity, citizenship and home in the post-colonial era. ‘Two Flags’ is a chronicle of a legacy that is not easily evident, but manages to shine through ordinary events and occasional mishaps, and which brings together this tiny population in celebration, in grief, in anxiety and in serene acceptance.
Producer, Director, Camera, Sound Design, Editor: Pankaj Rishi Kumar
Sound: C. Vinayak Ram, Pritam Das, Pankaj Rishi Kumar
Contact: Pankaj Rishi Kumar, B 103, Gokul Town, Thakur Complex, Kandivilli East, 400101 – Mumbai, India
Phone: +91 932 497 4507 E-mail: kumartalkies[at]yahoo.com
WALKING MEDITATION
2018, Experimental, 6 minutes
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 16:45 – Cinema Paradiso
Walking in silence through the Auroville forest is nourishing my soul.
Director, Script, Camera, Editor, Sound: Rena
Music: Svaram Sounds
Producer: NoSchool Prod.
Contact : Rena, Angira’s Garden, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone : +91 759 812 3660 E-mail: rena[at]auroville.org.in
