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50TH CELEBRATIONS / JOURNEY OF AUROVILLE / KOLKATA
2019, Documentary, 5 minutes
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 16:50 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
‘The Journey of Auroville: Kolkata Festival’ was part of a series of national events celebrating Auroville’s 50th Anniversary. The film gives an impression of the festival and it’s context.
Director, Script: Serena Aurora
Producer: Outreach Media
Camera, Editing: Aurovenkatesh, Serena Aurora
Contact: Outreach Media, Archives Building, Town Hall area, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 403 6912 E-mail: outreachmedia[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_xWWGWjphs
A NEW WORLD IS POSSIBLE, AUROVILLE ART CAMP – 2019
2019, Documentary, 5 minutes
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 16:30 – Cinema Paradiso
15 Indian national artists and 15 Aurovilian artists were selected to collaborate and work on the theme ‘A new world is possible’, inspired by a quotation from the Mother in The Agenda. As the project aimed to have an educational part as well, 5 Aurovilian students and 5 Indian national students participated in the art camp.
Director, Script: Serena Aurora
Producer: Auroville Outreach Media, Aurora’s Eye Films
Camera, Editor: Serena Aurora, Aurovenkatesh
Contact: Outreach Media, Archives Building, Town Hall area, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 403 6912 E-mail: outreachmedia[at]auroville.org.in
Website: http://thamarai.org/
AROKIYATHIN ADIPADAI
2019, Fiction, 11 minutes, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Saturday 11 January, 22:16 – Cinema Paradiso
A film about the importance of installing toilets in Indian villages, instead of asking them to defecate at the outskirts of the village and compromising their safety.
Director, Script: Yatra Srinivassan. Assistant Directors: G.K. Gopi, R.V. Thamizh, Sey
Producer: water.org/BWDA. Production Assistance: S. Adhilakshmi, J. Jayabharathi, V. Priya
Camera: Rajaram
Editor: Yatra Editing Studio; Editing Assistant, GC and titles: G.K. Gopi
Sound: Yatra Arts Media
Special Effects & Mixing: Gajapathy PRG Studio, Chennai
Stills: R.V. Thamizh
Dubbing Artist: Stella, Yatra Srinivassan, Prabhu, Meenakshi
Contact: Yatra Arts Media, near New Creation Sports Ground, Kuilapalayam, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 3071 / +91 975 103 3162 E-mail: yatraartandculture[at]gmail.com
ASHOK LEYLAND NATURE PARK
2018, Documentary, 7 minutes
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 20:44 – Outdoor Screen
A team of the Auroville Botanical Gardens designed and created a wetland forest nature park on the compound of the Ashok Leyland Technical Centre in the north of Chennai. After only 18 months, the results are already astonishing.
Director, Editor, Sound: Christoph Pohl
Producer: Christoph Pohl
Script, Narration: Paul Blanchflower
Camera: G.P. Aravindan; Helicam Operator: A. Anbu Prabhu
Assistants: R. Jeeva, Silambarasan, M. Mahesh, V.C. Santosh
Voice Recording: Auroville Radio
Contact: brainfever media productions, Anusuya, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 3083 E-mail: cp[at]brainfever.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/258575105
Website: http://brainfever.in
ASHVAMITHRA
HORSE-FRIEND
2018, Fiction, 79 minutes, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 21:04 – Outdoor Screen
Mithra, who used to be an outgoing child, has stopped talking after the death of her father. Arun, a child speech therapist, who has a stammering problem with adults because of his own traumatic past, offers to meet Mithra to understand her situation and help her get back to her old self.
Director, Script: Earthling Koushalya
Producer: Iyarkaiyaar Ramesh; Production Support: Mithran Arumugam
Camera: Maverick Dass
Sound: Iyarkaiyaar Ramesh
Editor: Stanzin Raghu
Associate Cinematography: Aurovenkatesh
Art Director: Danasu
Music: SriVijay
Audio Post-production: Sankararaman K.
Creative director: Stanzin Raghu
Cast: Harish Uthaman, Tareetha E.T., Living Smile Vidya, Mageswari Arunagiri
Contact: No 13, 18th Cross Tagore Nagar, Pondicherry – 605103, India
Phone: +91 960 082 9832 E-mail: acchorfilms[at]gmail.com
Website: https://www.accessiblehorizonfilms.com
AUROVILLE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
2018, Short Experience, 3 minutes
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 16:40 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
Going around the Matrimandir.
Director, Producer, Camera, Editor: Fred C.
Music: M. Christophe Monthieux
Contact: Fred C., Citadines, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +33 609 670 918 E-mail: fred1[at]auroville.org.in
Website: www.martinautourdumonde.com
AUROVILLE C’EST VRAI
2014, Music Video, 3 minutes, English, French (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 18:12 – Cinema Paradiso
Screening on: Sunday 12 January, 10:30 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
5 illustrated music videos about Auroville.
Director, Script, Producer, Camera, Editor, Sound: Bhakti Mills
Contact: Bhakti, Auromodel, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 949 901 9389 E-mail: bhakti[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLicHEdzaDexBNLySLSBSC9BNQ-EPOf79Y
AUROVILLE, LA CITÉ UTOPIQUE
2018, Documentary, 52 minutes, English (with French subtitles) and French (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Tuesday 7 January, 21:53 – Outdoor Screen
This documentary aims to present Auroville to people all around the world. It has been broadcasted in France, Brazil, Italy, etc.
Director: Fred C.
Producer: Fred C., Estelle Mauriac for Cinétévé
Camera, Editor: Fred C., Maud Manier
Music: M. Christophe Monthieux
Contact: Fred C., Citadines, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +33 609 670 918 Email: fred1[at]auroville.org.in
Website: www.martinautourdumonde.com
BODY
2018, Experimental, 24 minutes
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 17:34 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
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Director, Producer, Editor, Sound: Malcolm
Contact: Malcolm, Courage, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 908 015 9721 E-mail: sumtinels[at]gmail.com
Link: https://vimeo.com/335163520
BUZZIN’ FLY
2019, Animation, 1 minute
Screening on: Saturday 11 January, 17:47 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
Screening on: Sunday 12 January, 11:19 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
A man deals with a common house fly.
Director, Script, Producer, Camera, Editor, Sound: Tom
Contact: Tom, Discipline Farm, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 894 056 6639 E-mail: tommo[at]auroville.org.in
CLAYWORK AT MANDALA
2019, Documentary, 4 minutes
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 16:34 – Cinema Paradiso
The bio-region of Auroville and Pondicherry has, over the last few decades, become a hub of clay studios. In this film we meet Adil Writer from Mandala Pottery, one of the clay studios in Auroville which specialises in functional-ware, promoting the handmade. Besides the tableware Mandala is known for, ceramists here are also known for their sculptural studio ceramics. They are representing and, in several ways, promoting the culture of arts and crafts of Auroville all over the world.
Producer: Mandala Pottery Auroville
Director: Alessandra, Marco, Mariana
Camera: Alessandra Silver, Marco Saroldi
Sound: Mariana Cortina
Editor: Alessandra Silver
Music: Sankarshan Kini
Contact: Adil, Mandala Pottery, Dana, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 285 E-mail: mandalapottery[at]auroville.org.in
Website: http://meltingspot.auroville.org/
COLOR
2018, Experimental, 28 minutes
Screening on: Sunday 12 January, 10:33 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
The shaded tint of everything without nothingness grabbing and releasing invisible blindfolds loosely knotted across openly closed naturally fabricated bright shadows with arid saturation of blooming greys and booming silence.
Director, Producer, Editor, Sound: Malcolm
Contact: Malcolm, Courage, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 908 015 9721 E-mail: sumtinels[at]gmail.com
Link: https://vimeo.com/333044688
CONNECTION IS BACK!
2017, Fiction, 3 minutes
Screening on: Saturday 11 January, 17:48 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
How hard it is to find a toilet sometimes.
Made for Kino Auroville.
Director, Script, Producer: Marco Saroldi
Producer: Marco Saroldi
Camera: Fred Cebron
Editor: Tom Mo
Cast: Aashey, Chloe, Maël, Marco, Moghan, Rena, Tom
Contact: Marco Saroldi, Samasti, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 994 330 9340 E-mail: marcos[at]auroville.org.in
DEATH
2018, Experimental, 24 minutes
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 17:58 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
Enter the exit via departing curtains too close to comfort casual sleep-wakers passing ruins sweetening bitter endings upward downfall into outer limitless bounds of illuminating darkness.
Director, Script, Producer, Editor, Sound: Malcolm
Contact: Malcolm, Courage, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 908 015 9721 E-mail: sumtinels[at]gmail.com
Link: https://vimeo.com/333050382
EAT LOCAL WEEK AT SOLITUDE FARM AUROVILLE
2017, Documentary, 6 minutes
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 21:39 – Outdoor Screen
‘Why should we eat what grows locally and how do we cook it?’
Joy Of Impermanence is a community project created in the township of Auroville in India. One of their dreams is to live sustainably, which also means eating locally.
As an experiment, they only ate what was locally grown, three meals a day, for one week, under the guidance of Krishna, the founder of Solitude Farm in Auroville. Watch and discover all that is locally grown in Auroville and the health benefits and delicious recipes they learned.
Director, Script, Editor: Serena Aurora
Producer: Outreach Media, YouthLink, Aurora’s Eye
Camera: Serena Aurora, Eugenie Dumont
Sound & Music: NEPSOUND (Ivan Avakian)
Cast: Andres Acosta, Krishna Mckenzie, Mathilde Vimala, Nikethana Venkatesan
Contact: Outreach Media, Archives Building, Town Hall area, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 403 6912 E-mail: outreachmedia[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpF3GtewiMU
EBBLESS
2018, Experimental, 4 minutes
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 21:57 – Cinema Paradiso
Keep your arms and legs inside the ride for all time.
Director, Editor: Malcolm
Contact: Malcolm, Courage, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 908 015 9721 E-mail: sumtinels[at]gmail.com
Link: https://vimeo.com/276188836
EVER SLOW GREEN – RE-AFFORESTATION IN AUROVILLE, SOUTH INDIA
2019, Documentary, 56 minutes
Screening on: Tuesday 7 January, 20:00 – Cinema Paradiso
50 years ago, a unique afforestation project took root on an eroded desert plateau in Tamil Nadu, South India, when people from diverse countries came together to establish the international experimental township of Auroville.
Initially driven by the necessity to make the harsh conditions more livable, the idealism of some early residents lead them to develop expertise in cultivating the Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest, a rare forest type native to the coastal belt of Tamil Nadu.
Today, the lush Auroville forest is an outstanding example of eco-restoration that recreates and preserves a type of tropical forest that is on the verge of extinction.
Ever Slow Green tells the story of Auroville’s 50-years-young forest through some of the diverse characters who have dedicated their lives to bringing it to fruition.
Director, Producer, Editor: Christoph Pohl
Script: Christoph Pohl, Lesley Branagan
Camera: G.P. Aravindan, Sound: Avanes Avakian, Chloé Sanchez, Christoph Pohl
Cast: Dave Storey, David Nagel, Diego Zecchinel, Glenn Baldwin, Jaap den Hollander, Jana Earley, Johnny Allen, Joss Brooks, Natasha Storey, P. Elumalai, Patrick Rollet, Paul Blanchflower, R. Kanniyappan, Renu Neogy, Rishi Walker, Shona van Dam, Walter Gastmans
Associate Producer: Lesley Branagan
Camera Assistants: K. Kathiravan, M. Manisugan
Drone Cinematography: A. Anbu Prabhu
Drone Assistant: Guna Shanuram
Field Sound Recording: Avanes Avakian
Interview Sound Recording: Christoph Pohl
Bird Sound Recording: Chloé Sanchez
Sound Editing Assistant: Marie-Pierre Lacombe
Sound Mixing & Mastering: Nepsound
Maps & Titles: Roeland Trauwaen
Archive Image Editing: Marco Saroldi
Archive Images sourced from: Auroville Archives, Olivier Barot, Biggie Schwarz, Diego Zecchinel, David Nagel, Jan Allen, Renu Neogy
Music: Greg Davis from ‘Curling Pond Woods’ (2004)
Additional Music: Chloé Sanchez
Colour Correction: Marco Saroldi, Christoph Pohl
Contact: brainfever media productions, Anusuya, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 3083 E-mail: everslowgreen[at]gmail.com
Website: www.brainfever.in/ever-slow-green
FANTASTIC PLASTIC
2018, Documentary, 15 minutes, English, Tamil (with English Subtitles)
Screening on: Tuesday 7 January, 21:34 – Outdoor Screen
Screening on: Sunday 12 January, 11:04 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
With the ban on single-use plastic hitting Tamil Nadu on the 1st of January 2019, the filmmakers felt it was a good time to create awareness about plastic and understand the material a bit better in order to use it properly. This short documentary is looking at the way waste is dealt with in the international community Auroville in Tamil Nadu and the local villages surrounding it. It also explores the solutions of waste management, including recycling, upcycling and zero waste. Finally, the film studies the ‘language’ of plastic: the numbers in the triangles.
Director, Script, Editor: Serena Aurora
Producer: Outreach Media
Camera: Aurovenkatesh
Sound: NEPSOUND
Photos: Marco Saroldi
Song: Shanks, Matt
Translation: Nikki
Colour grading: NEPSOUND
Archive footage: Auroville Digital Archives
Interviewed: Ribhu, Ezumalai, Palani, Kali, Laure, Anbu, Ramanan, Gugan
Contact: Outreach Media, Archives Building, Town Hall area, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 403 6912 E-mail: outreachmedia[at]auroville.org.in
FROM MY LITTLE HUT IN THE FOREST
2018, Documentary, 8 minutes
Screening on: Saturday 11 January, 18:13 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
Are you ready for some contagious laughter? Have a look and explore the behind-the-scene personal stories of the family of Sadhana Forest, a reforestation project in Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India. In this odyssey you will sail back in time with the Rozin family to those authentic moments during the first 12 years of Sadhana Forest through three stories which are part of a 1.5 hour audiobook called: ‘From my little hut in the forest’, written by Yorit Rozin.
Producer, Script: Yorit Rozin
Director: Yorit Rozin, Tom Mo
Camera, Editor: Tom Mo
Sound: Yorit Rozin, Mithun
Contact: Yorit, Sadhana Forest, Sadhana Forest Road no. 1, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 809 867 7815 E-mail: yoritr[at]sadhanaforest.org
Link: https://youtu.be/G5OE5RFNvs0
Website: https://sadhanaforest.org/
GHOST TOWN
2019, Other, 4 minutes
Screening on: Tuesday 7 January, 21:49 – Outdoor Screen
A take on the special ‘Ghost Town’ in Auroville.
Director, Script, Producer, Camera, Editor, Sound: Tom
Contact: Tom, Discipline Farm, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: + 91 894 056 6639 E-mail: tommo[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/groups/kinoaurovillemonthly/videos/334280328
GOLDEN HANDS
2018, Documentary, 5 minutes
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 16:38 – Cinema Paradiso
Holtangpa was an artist from Nimoo in Ladakh. He received the Padma Shri award for his work. In Ladakh, he taught many students and restored many monasteries. Ann had the privilege to film him when he was restoring his last monastery.
Director, Producer, Script, Camera: Ann Riquier
Editor: Yatra Multimedia
Sound, Music: Subramanian
Contact: Ann Riquier, Invocation 4, First floor, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 944 379 0661 E-mail:dolma[at]auroville.org.in
HELL TURNED INTO PARADISE
2018, Documentary, 3 minutes
Screening on: Saturday 11 January, 18:10 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
Teksid steel mill transformed into a public space in Torino, Italy.
Director, Script: Marco Saroldi, Dominique Jacques
Producer, Camera, Editor: Marco Saroldi
Music: Adam
Contact: Marco Saroldi, Samasti, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 994 330 9340 E-mail: marcos[at]auroville.org.in
HIS FATHER’S VOICE
2019, Feature, 105 minutes
Screening on: Sunday 12 January, 10:30 – Cinema Paradiso (plus Q&A with filmmaker and crew)
A young dancer returns to India from America, to reconnect with his musician father, and to reclaim the love of his childhood, that was lost to him when his parents separated.
Director, Script: Kaarthikeyan Kirubhakaran
Producer: Ashwini Pratap Pawar, Shankar Kiru, Kaarthikeyan Kirubhakaran
Camera: Kaarthikeyan Kirubhakaran
Editor: Shaurya Pratap Singh, Keerthana Murali
Sound: Elangovan Ranga
Contact: Kaarthikeyan Kirubhakaran, Kavadi, Morattandi, Auroville Post, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 978 998 6736 E-mail: kaa[at]kaavadiproductions.com
Website: www.hisfathersvoice.film
Link: http://bit.ly/HisFathersVoice-Vimeo
HOTTER THAN HELL
2018, Documentary, 5 minutes
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 16:43 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
In-depth investigation into the hot Indian summer. Will the Auroville people survive the tropical heat? Made for Kino Auroville.
Director, Producer, Editor: Marco Saroldi
Script: Marco Saroldi, Tom Mo
Camera: Tom Mo
Contact: Marco Saroldi, Samasti, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 994 330 9340 E-mail: marcos[at]auroville.org.in
HOW TO MAKE VIDEO ART IN 4 EASY STEPS
2018, Experimental, 3 minutes
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 17:31 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
Homage to Nam June Paik’s ‘Electric Opera #1’ from 1968. Pursuing a question that bothered the director for some time in a semi serious manner. Made for Kino Auroville.
Director, Script, Producer, Camera, Editor, Sound: Christoph Pohl
Contact: Christoph, Anusuya, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 3083 E-mail: cp[at]brainfever.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/263632552
Website: http://brainfever.in
IN THE NAME OF SAFETY
2018, Experimental, 3 minutes
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 16:47 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
A collection of clips about safety rules in the workplace in India.
Director, Script, Producer: Dominique Jacques
Editor: Marco Saroldi
Voice: Thirumurugan
Contact: Dominique Jacques, Samasti, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 994 330 9340 E-mail: ade.jacques[at]gmail.com
IT’S TEA TIME
2019, Documentary, 5 minutes
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 21:45 – Outdoor Screen
This short video was done upon a request for the recipe of the delicious vegan chai and laddu, which are being served in the Tea Hut at Sadhana forest. While providing the recipes, the video is also describing the beautiful atmosphere which is happening every day between 4 to 6 pm. People from all the surrounding villages and towns, guests and volunteers come to enjoy vegan chai, laddus, good air and nice company in the middle of a forest.
Director, Script, Producer, Editor, Camera, Sound: Yorit Rozin
Contact: Yorit, Sadhana Forest, Sadhana Forest Road no. 1, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 809 867 7815 E-mail: yoritr[at]sadhanaforest.org
Link: https://youtu.be/JpPWNotVUp8
EVERYBODY GOT BY IVOR CUTLER
2018, Experimental, 3 minutes
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 18:07 – Cinema Paradiso
Celebrating the genius of Scottish poet, songwriter and musician Ivor Cutler, we follow an unassuming man and his dog.
Director, Script, Producer, Editor, Camera, Sound: Tom
Cast: Charudutta Ram Prabhudesai
Contact: Tom, Discipline farm, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 894 056 6639 E-mail: tommo[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/groups/kinoaurovillemonthly/videos/245519704
IVOR CUTLER’S I THINK VERY DEEPLY
2018, Experimental, 2 minutes
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 18:10 – Cinema Paradiso
Marco takes on the role of Rodin’s thinker in a celebration of Scottish poet, songwriter and musician Ivor Cutler’s ‘I think very deeply’.
Director, Script, Producer, Editor, Camera, Sound: Tom
Cast: Marco Feira, Marco Saroldi, Dominique Jacques
Contact: Tom, Discipline Farm, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 894 056 6639 E-mail: tommo[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/groups/kinoaurovillemonthly/videos/249909477
KARMA YOGAM
2019, Fiction, 8 minutes, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 16:58 – Cinema Paradiso
Ilango is obsessed with work and earning money, so he can build a new house for his family. He never devotes time to his wife and his son and is always in his office. On the day of the inauguration of his new home, he falls seriously ill. He is introduced to yoga to improve his health, which changes his life completely.
Director, Script: Yatra Srinivassan
Producer: S.A.I.I.E.R
Camera: Rajaram; Shooting Assistants: Jayabharathi, V. Priya, Yuvasri
Sound: Yatra Arts Media,
Anandou, S. Adilakshmi, S. Priyadarchini, V. Priya, J. Jayabharti, S. Raghul, M. Taijasa
Editor: Yatra Editing Studio; Editing & VFX: Hariharan
Art Director: Danasu
Associate Directors: Thambidurai, Danasu, Hariharan
Production Supports: S. Adhilakshmi, E. Mangalakshmi
Project Team: Lt General Ashoke Chatterjee, Varatharajan, Thillai Ganapathi, Thambidurai, Yatra Srinivassan, Anandou, Muthukumarai
Assistance: J. Jayabharti, V. Priya, S. Yuva Sri
Cast: Thambidurai, Sheela, Dev, Yatra Srinivassan, Prabu, Gowri Shankar, Balamuralikrishna, B.
Contact: Yatra Arts Media near New Creation Sports Ground, Kuilapalayam, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 3071 / +91 975 103 3162 E-mail: yatraartandculture[at]gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFvir2KfHYA
KATTRALIL YOGAM
2019, Fiction, 12 minutes, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 22:48 – Cinema Paradiso
Murali has difficulty to focus on his studies and to listen to his parents. His grades are poor and he lacks concentration in all his activities. His parents take him to a priest and a doctor, but nothing seems to help. Finally, a friend of the family introduces him to yoga, which changes his life completely.
Concept: Yatra Srinivassan, Thambidurai
Director, Script: Yatra Srinivassan; Associate Director: Thambidurai, Dhanasu, Hariharan
Producer: S.A.I.I.E.R
Camera: Rajaram
Sound: Yatra Arts Media
Editor: Hariharan
Art Director: Dhanasu
Project Team: Lt General Ashoke Chatterjee, Varadharajan, Thillai Ganapathi, Thambidurai, Yatra Srinivassan, Anandou, Muthukumari
Production Support: S. Adhilakshmi, E. Managalakshmi
Assistance: Shanmugam, Jayabharthi, V. Priya, S. Yuva Sri
Cast: Yatra Srinivassan, S. Freetha Devy, S. Nittin, Thambidurai, Kalaimamani Pandeeswaran, B. Anandou, T. Jayanthi, Gowri Shankar, K. Aravindh, P. Aravindh, G. Kanithiran, T. Dev, T. Aravindh, M.Taijasa, K. Pragalathan, E. Prabhu, S. Chaaru Sree, D. Sanjai, I. Sudarshan, A.Akash, A. Aravindh, V. Vishnu, M. Bharath
Contact: Yatra Arts Media, near New Creation Sports Ground, Kuilapalayam, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 3071 / +91 975 103 3162 E-mail: yatraartandculture[at]gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg9UiZEqEEM&t=75s
KOHAM-SOHAM
WHO AM I, I AM THAT
2019, Documentary, 29 minutes
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 16:30 – Cinema Paradiso
‘Koham Soham’ signifies ‘Who am I? I am That’ in Sanskrit.
Inspired by Sri Aurobindo’s short poem ‘Who’, this film is created in the form of an Oratorio in three movements, with composed orchestral music inspired by the musicality, rhythm, imagery and movement of the poem.
‘Koham-Soham’ is a module within ‘Know Your Rhythm’, a training program created by composer-educator Arnab Bishnu Chowdhury, inspired by paradigms of Integral Education. ‘Know Your Rhythm’ helps participants discover their own rhythm through immersive exercises of Musicality, Rhythm, Mantra and Yoga.
Director, Producer, Composer, Editor: Arnab Bishnu Chowdhury
Text: Sri Aurobindo
Camera: NASA Archives; Sound: Arnab and team
Musicians: Arnab, Aurelio, Basab Sen, Bryce Grinlington, Ellora Mukherjee, Prarthana Kalaskar, Riccardo Misto, Sal Sofia, Siobhan Swider, Suzanne Sekhon
OM Choral: students from Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Sri Aurobindo Ashram; Dakshina Chanting Group, Savitri Bhavan, Auroville
Contact: Arnab Bishnu Chowdhury, 76 Mariamman Koil Street, Vaithikuppam/Sangeetalayam, Pondicherry – 605012, India
Phone: +91 989 402 9256 Email: arnabninad[at]gmail.com
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3rdue2n3x3943i7/Koham-Soham.mp4?dl=0
Website: http://www.ninad.in
NATURE
2018, Experimental, 32 minutes
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 22:23 – Outdoor Screen
Once one wants oneness, one’s won.
Director, Producer, Script, Sound, Editor: Malcolm
Contact: Malcolm, Courage, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 908 015 9721 E-mail: sumtinels[at]gmail.com
Link: https://vimeo.com/335078137
NEERINDRI AMAIYATHU ULAGU…
NOTHING IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT WATER…
2019, Fiction, 11 minutes, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Sunday 12 January, 16:58 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
A college student brings his friends to his village home during the holidays. The family welcomes the friends and proudly declare that their water comes from the local well. They all start suffering from stomach ache and diarrhoea. While being treated at the local Health Centre, a health and sanitation worker explains that the well is badly contaminated. He also indicates there are safer alternatives.
Director, Script: Yatra Srinivassan; Assistant Directors: G.K. Gopi, R.V. Thamizh, Sey, Ganesh
Producer: water.org/BWDA. Production Assistance: K. Krishnamoorthy, S. Adhilakshmi, J. Jayabharathi, V. Priya
Camera: Rajaram, S. Velu
Sound: Yatra Arts Media
Editing: Hariharan
Art Director: Danasu
Music: Gajadhanu
Special Effects & Mixing: Gajapathy PRG Studios, Chennai
Dubbing Artist: Stella
CG and Titles: G.K. Gopi
Stills: S. Velu, R.V. Thamizh
Cast: G.K. Gopi, Sey, Roshan Kannan, Yatra Srinivassan, Uvathy Priya, Varalakshmi, Paarvathi, Jayabharathi, V. Priya
Contact: Yatra Arts Media, near New Creation Sports Ground, Kuilapalayam, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 3071 / +91 975 103 3162 E-mail: yatraartandculture[at]gmail.com
PICCOLI FRAMMENTI
2019, Experimental, 1 minute
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 16:30 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
Collage of faces and moments of Auroville Art Service’s collaborators.
Director, Editor, Camera, Sound: Valentina Beatriz
Producer: Valentina Garozzo
Script: Valentina Beatriz, Valentina Garozzo
Cast: Piero Cefaloni, Olivier Normandin, Valentina Garozzo, Marco Feira, Krishna Devanandan, Julien Courivaud, Rashmi Gandaki, Thaïs Lecauchois, Lokesh Moorthy, Ramesh Payeri, Valentina Beatriz, Prakash San, Sandra, Catherine Leo, Aurelie Fischer
Contact: Valentina Garozzo, AV Art Service, Sharnga, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +39 346 225 8949 Email: valentina.avarts[at]gmail.com
POIYATTAM
2019, Fiction, 5 minutes, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 16:50 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
When Vasu calls one of his best friends, Arun, because he needs help, Arun says he can’t help him because he is sick. Vasu discovers that Arun has lied to him and is having food in a restaurant.
Director, Script: Yatra Srinivassan
Producer: S.A.I.I.E.R.; Production support: S.Adhilakshmi, S. Priyadarshini
Camera: Rajaram; Sound: Yatra Arts Media; Shooting Assistance: Prabhu, Shanmugam, J.Jayabharathi, S. Yuvasri
Editor: Yatra Editing Studio; Editing & VFX: A. Hariharan
Art Director: Danasu
Music: VR. Suresh Sabapathy; Camera, R.Rajaram
English Subtitles: Louise Robinson
Cast: Yatra Srinivassan, Balamuralikrishna, Krishnamoorthy, Shanamugam, Nittin, Aravindh, Danasu, S. Yuvasri
Contact: Yatra Arts Media, near New Creation Sports Ground, Kuilapalayam, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 3071 / +91 975 103 3162 E-mail: yatraartandculture[at]gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcHBTPa_HxI
PORTRAITS I
2018, Documentary, 3 minutes
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 16:33 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
Auroville video portraits is a series of short videos that aims to create a portrait of Auroville through its people.
Producer: Outreach Media
Script: Mariana Cortina
Director, Camera: Marco Saroldi
Editor: Valentina Beatriz
Music: Olafur Amalds
Contact: Outreach Media, Archives Building, Town Hall area, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 403 6912 E-mail: outreachmedia[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/273673344
Website: http://www.outreachmedia.auroville.org/
PORTRAITS IV
2018, Documentary, 4 minutes
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 16:36 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
Auroville video portraits is a series of short videos that aims to create a portrait of Auroville through its people. Portraits IV is about human unity.
Producer: Outreach Media
Script: Mariana Cortina
Director: Marco Saroldi
Camera: Marco Saroldi, Alessandra Silver
Music: Svaram
Voice over: Serena
Contact: Outreach Media, Archives Building, Town Hall area, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 403 6912 E-mail: outreachmedia[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/329314539
Website: outreachmedia.auroville.org
PORUTHATHU POTHUM
2019, Fiction, 9 minutes, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Saturday 11 January, 22:07 – Cinema Paradiso
A girl from a poor family is determined to finish her education. Her mother supports her, hoping it will give her a better life. Her father doesn’t understand the value of it however and makes it very difficult for her.
Director, Script: Yatra Srinivassan; Assistant Director: Gopi
Producer: S. Adhilakshmi; Production Assistance: S. Adhilakshmi, Jayabharathi
Camera: Rajaram; Sound: Yatra Arts Media
Editor: Yatra Editing Studio; Editing and VFX: Hariharan A.; Music: V.R. Suresh Sabapathy
English Subtitles: Louise Robinson
Cast: Yatra Srinivassan, S. Freetha Devy, V. Priya, S. Yuvasri , Padma Amma, Krishnamoorthy, Prabhu, Shanmugam
Contact: Yatra Arts Media near New Creation Sports Ground, Kuilapalayam, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 3071 / +91 975 103 3162 E-mail: yatraartandculture[at]gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAxhx4ERadQ
Website: www.yatraartsmedia.org/
SADHANA FOREST KENYA
2019, Documentary, 3 minutes
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 16:31 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
After 5 years on the land, Sadhana Forest Kenya has made a profound impact on the lives of many Samburu people. Many indigenous, drought-resistant, food-production trees have been planted and thousands of local people have been trained in appropriate water conservation and tree planting. The seedlings are provided with no charge and so is water for domestic use and electricity to charge mobile phones.
Director: Bruno Telesforo, Aviram Rozin
Producer: Sadhana Forest
Script, Editor, Sound: Bruno Telesforo
Camera: Robert
Contact: Sadhana Forest, Sadhana Forest Road no. 1, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 809 867 7815 E-mail: sadhanaforest[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://youtu.be/F5id2cjwAy8
Website: https://sadhanaforest.org/
SEAS: SOUL ENCOUNTERS FOR THE AUROVILLE SOUL
2018, Captation, 87 minutes
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 16:55 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
On Saturday the 17th of February 2018, a shared event called SEAS was hosted at the Amphitheater, travelling the SEAS narrative together: Soul journeying through time and space, as described by Sri Aurobindo in his book Savitri. An experiment and challenge to see if we could gather in celebration together through ‘entering-into-attainment’ rather than being entertained. Allowing everyone to experience the possibility of co-creating a collective space that is powerful, calm and concentrated… A participation of the being, the Soul, to transcend together.
Director, Producer, Editor: Fred C.
Camera: Fred C., Ashka
Contact: Fred C., Citadines, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +33 609 670 918 Email: fred1[at]auroville.org.in
Website: www.martinautourdumonde.com
SELF CONFIDENCE
2019, Documentary, 6 minutes, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Saturday 11 January, 17:55 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
This video is about wheelchair-bound basketball players from Puducherry. It shows that self confidence is strength.
(Technical) Director, Producer, Script: Yatra Srinivassan
Camera: Rajaram
Editor: R.V. Thamiz
Sound: Yatra Arts Media
Colour Grading: G.K. Gopi
Production Assistants: S. Adhilakshmi, S. Priyadharshini, J. Jayabharathi, V. Priya, S. Yuvasri
Cast: S. Sivakumar, R. Rajashegar, D. Veerappan, S. Rajavel, S. Ashok, A. Ramkumar, A. Jhonpetter, P. Vinoth, K. Kanmani, B. Musthapha, P. Veeran
Contact: Yatra Arts Media near New Creation Sports Ground, Kuilapalayam, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 3071 / +91 975 103 3162 E-mail: yatraartandculture[at]gmail.com
Link: https://youtu.be/BIVxGqjoazQ
Website: http://www.yatraartsmedia.org/
SUNRISE IN THE TROPICAL GARDEN
2019, Experimental, 4 minutes
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 21:48 – Cinema Paradiso
5 multidisciplinary artists from across the globe are brought together in Auroville to experiment with sound, movement and light. Compelled by the energy of one enchanting garden, each artist’s distinct personality is illuminated by the nature of their craft in this short film.
At sunrise, in the beautiful garden of Krishna, we hear the sound of her handpan melting with the morning bird song. The sound awakens Lucile, a contemporary dancer and she observes Savithri, an Indian classical dancer. They meet each other for the first time and discover each other through their dance, moving freely in the spirit of the morning, inspired by the abundance of luxurious flora and soft notes of the handpan.
Director, Editor, Camera: Magda Iris
Producer, Script: Krishna Brigitte
Sound: Tom Bear
Cast: Krishna Brigitte, Lucile, Savithri
Phone: +91 709 480 6718 E-mail: krishnabrigitte[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5qsdWuMx6g&t=1s
Website: https://magdairis.com/
SUPRAMENTAL BIRD
2019, Documentary, 1 minute
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 18:15 – Cinema Paradiso
Ramesh is an active member of Auroville’s community. In this film he shares his views on art.
Director, Editor, Camera, Sound: Valentina Beatriz
Producer: Valentina Garozzo
Script: Valentina Beatriz, Valentina Garozzo
Cast: Ramesh Payeri
Contact: Valentina Garozzo, AV Art Service Office, Sharnga, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, Inda
Phone: +39 346 225 8049 E-mail: valentina.avarts[at]gmail.com
SWEET DREAMS…
2019, Documentary, 8 minutes
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 16:34 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
‘Sweet Dreams’ is the name of a series of ceramic sculptures Adil is currently making. Starting off as a baby face, these start taking on avatars of their own when he adds out-of-scale bodies & decorations to them. With this series as a premise, the movie also encompasses tableware that he makes and fires at his ceramic studio, Mandala Pottery, as well as large-scale clay paintings he creates at his painting atelier at home in Auroville.
Director, Producer: Marco Saroldi
Script: Mariana Cortina
Camera: Alessandra Silver, Marco Saroldi
Editor: Alessandra Silver
Sound: Mariana Cortina
Music: Sankarshan Kini
Contact: Marco Saroldi, Samasti, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 994 330 9340 E-mail: marcos[at]auroville.org.in
Website: http://meltingspot.auroville.org/
THE AUROVILLE HARMONIES – FIRST FLASH MOB
2019, Documentary, 5 minutes
Screening on: Wednesday 8 January, 21:52 – Cinema Paradiso
The Sing and Swing song is the first song by the Auroville Harmonies Women’s Choir done as a flash mob around New Year’s Day 2019 at many surprise locations in Auroville.
Director: Serena Aurora
Producer: Outreach Media
Camera: Aurovenkatesh, Gino
Editor: Aurovenkatesh, Serena Aurora
Conductor: Antoine
Performers: Anastasia, Anusha, Cecilia, Cecilie, Egle, Friederike, Kathy, Lauren, Lesley, Shrutti, Tomoko, Veronique
Contact: Outreach Media, Archives Building, Town Hall area, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 403 6912 E-mail: outreachmedia[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_q_UQ2-hnM&t=4s
THE HIGHWAY OR THE HIGHER WAY
2018, Documentary, 18 minutes
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 20:25 – Outdoor Screen
Screening on: Sunday 12 January, 11:24 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
A highway is proposed to go through the intentional township of Auroville. This documentary explores what this would mean…
Director, Script: Serena Aurora
Producer: Auroville Outreach Media
Camera: Serena Aurora, Valentina Beatriz, Aurovenkatesh, Rena Roosa
Sound: Avanes Avakian (NEPSOUND)
Fiction Scenes: Aurovenkatesh, Valentina Beatriz
Interviews: Serena Aurora
Forest Footage: Rena, Aurovenkatesh, Valentina, Roosa
Forest Audio Recording: Chloé
Interviews: Jayabal, Yuval, Subbaiyaa, Mita, Gilles, Francois
Editor: Serena Aurora, Valentina Beatriz
Voice over script: Ain C.; Voice Over: Serena Aurora
Sound Post & Music: Ivan Avakian
Colourist: Aurovenkatesh, Ivan Avakian
Translation: Sivakumar, Nikethana Venkatesan
Drone Footage: Vimal, Francis, Fred C.
Archive Footage: Auroville Archives
Cast: Aikiyam School children, Shankar, Valentina, Doris, Harivasu, Jagan, Bharathy, Prabavathy, Veerasamy, Sudhan
Contact: Outreach Media, Archives Building, Town Hall area, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 403 6912 E-mail: outreachmedia[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPvhVyFMV7Y
THE OTHER DAY AT AUROVILLE ART SERVICE
2018, Documentary, 5 minutes
Screening on: Saturday 11 January, 21:41 – Cinema Paradiso
The other day at Auroville Art Service. A true story made for Kino Auroville, featuring Krishna.
Director, Script, Producer, Camera, Editor, Sound: Christoph Pohl
Contact: Christoph, Anusuya, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 3083 E-mail: cp[at]brainfever.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/293685085
Website: http://brainfever.in
THE SHAWL
2019, Documentary, 4 minutes
Screening on: Friday 10 January, 16:43 – Cinema Paradiso
Screening on: Sunday 12 January, 11:20 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
This movie is a tribute to Ghulam Ahmed Jaan from Srinagar, who has received an award for his embroidered shawls.
Director, Script, Camera, Editor, Sound: Ann Riquier
Producer: NoSchool Prod.
Music: Aristide Rosier
Contact: Ann, Invocation 4, First floor, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 944 379 0661 E-mail: dolma[at]auroville.org.in
THIS IS MY HOME TOO!
2019, Documentary, 4 minutes
Screening on: Saturday 11 January, 17:51 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
A beautiful glimpse into the life of 10 cows living in the Goshala (animal sanctuary) at Sadhana Forest. In this short video, the cows with their own voice are sharing their everyday experiences: where they came from, who are the people who take care of them, who are the friends that always visit them…at the end of the video, you will have some new friends to visit.
Director, Script, Camera, Editor, Sound: Yorit Rozin
Contact: Yorit, Sadhana Forest, Sadhana Forest Road no. 1, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 809 867 7815 E-mail: yoritr[at]sadhanaforest.org
TIBETAN SAND MANDALA
2019, Documentary, 5 minutes
Screening on: Sunday 12 January, 16:30 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
On the 21st of February 2019, four monks came to Auroville to make a sand mandala to celebrate 51 years of Auroville. This film covers the entire creation process, which took a total period of five days.
Director, Script, Editor: Serena Aurora
Producer: Aurora’s Eye Films
Camera: Serena Aurora, Aurovenkatesh
Contact: Outreach Media, Archives Building, Town Hall area, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 403 6912 E-mail: outreachmedia[at]auroville.org.in
TLALOC – TAI CHI AND ANARCHY
2018, Documentary, 6 minutes
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 18:18 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
Short portrait documentary featuring Tlaloc Takuda, made for Kino Auroville
Director, Script, Producer, Camera, Editor, Sound: Christoph Pohl
Cast: Tlaloc
Contact: Christoph, Anusuya, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 3083 E-mail: cp[at]brainfever.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/249909055
Website: http://brainfever.in
TOURISTS IN AUROVILLE
2018, Fiction, 5 minutes
Screening on: Saturday 11 January, 20:00 – Cinema Paradiso
A collection of interviews with ‘different tourists’ visiting Auroville
Director, Script, Producer, Camera, Editor, Sound: Tom
Music: Chiyan Vikram, Deiva Thirumagal
Cast: Charudutta Ram Prabhudesai
Contact: Tom, Discipline Farm, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 894 056 6639 E-mail: tommo[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/groups/kinoaurovillemonthly/videos/241368900
URBAN FURNITURE AND PLACE MAKING
2018, Other, 5 minutes
Screening on: Saturday 11 January, 18:00 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
This film is about the journey of students in a program that was designed to contribute towards urban furniture of Auroville, through enquiry into the principles of placemaking. The end result of the program was the creation of a cohesive unit with greater value than just the sum of its parts. The students engaged in the design and implementation of the Urban Furniture project in order to enhance the community experience and quality of life, by providing places to encounter.
Director, Script, Editor, Camera, Sound: Vimal Bhojraj
Producer: Auroville Green Practices
Contact: Auroville Consulting, Kalpana, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 948 942 3681 E-mail: vimal[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbwu3ok1cqQ&t=8s
Website: https://www.agpworkshops.com
VORTEX – DEWATS
2018, Documentary, 8 minutes
Screening on: Sunday 12 January, 16:35 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
The aim of this video is to explain how waste water is an essential resource for water security. The film also illustrates the functioning of the Auroville Centre for Scientific Research (CSR).
Director, Script, Editor, Sound: Fred C.
Producer: CSR / Magic Bus Films
Camera: Fred C., Ashka
Voice over: Alan
Contact: CSR, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
E-mail: fred1[at]auroville.org.in
Website: http://www.green.aurovilleportal.org/agro/12-centre-for-scientific-research-csr
WALK OF HOPE, AUROVILLE AND THE BIOREGION 2018
2018, Documentary, 13 minutes
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 20:51 – Outdoor Screen
Walk of Hope was a peace initiative which aimed at spreading the message of oneness, inclusion and respect. It was a padayatra for peace and harmony by the Manav Ekta Mission, which covered 7500 kms from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. Led by Sri M, founder of Manav Ekta Mission, the journey spanned 16 months through 11 Indian states, bringing together citizens from all walks of life. Traversing the varied landscape of India, it sought a significantly restored nation – fit enough to be bequeathed to our future generations.
Restorative Auroville brought people from Auroville and its bioregion together, emphasizing that that which unites us as human beings is more fundamental than that which separates us. A walk for Human Unity, together and towards each other…
Director, Script: Serena Aurora
Producer: Outreach Media
Camera: Doris, Francis, Serena, Stephano, Oli; Dolly operators: Nikki, Gino
Drone Operator: Vimal
Editor: Serena Aurora, Valentina Beatriz
Colourist: Ivan
Music and Audio: Ivan Avakian
Speaker: Sri M.
Interviewed: Sri M., Kati Hoetger
Contact: Outreach Media, Archives Building, Town Hall area, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 403 6912 E-mail: outreachmedia[at]auroville.org.in
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I79YcKxzhYo&t
WELCOME TO PARADISE
2018, Documentary, 5 minutes
Screening on: Saturday 11 January, 18:05 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
Going back to Manali after 40 years is a kind of pilgrimage for Moghan. He almost doesn’t recognize the town. Desperately looking for the small Tibetan restaurant where he remembers eating the best momos in the world, he discovers it is still there, just hidden behind the huge crazy square where hundreds of happy Indian families are enjoying their holidays.
He finds a nice guest house in Old Manali, at the start of a mountain path. By some miracle, he discovers an untouched little paradise valley where few people go. He feels he can at least do something to preserve it.
Director: Moghan, Arti
Producer: Burning Heart Production
Script: Moghan
Camera: Arti
Editor: Marco Saroldi
Contact: Moghan, Creativity, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 975 111 0486 E-mail: moghan[at]auroville.org.in
YAAR INTHA DHAMU?
WHO IS DHAMU?
2019, Documentary, 26 minutes, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Thursday 9 January, 20:00 – Outdoor Screen
A film unearthing local myths, histories and culture of Kaluveli – a village set near the international township of Auroville – through the character of Dhamodaran (Dhamu), a performer of ‘Therukoothu’, a form of folk theatre. The film explores how Dhamu adapts the folk theatre and its myths and archetypes to address present day ecological issues.
Director: Richa Hushing, Rrivu Laha; Associate Director: Arun Pandian
Script: Rrivu Laha, Arul Koppuswami
Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra, Public Service Broadcasting Trust
Camera: Rrivu Laha
Editor: Richa Hushing, Arun Pandian; Associate Editor: Lavanya Ramaiah
Cinematographer: Rrivu Laha; Associate Cinematographer: Vishal Bawa, Priyank Sharma
Sound Mix: Sinoy Joseph
Colourist: Rajarajan
Assistants: Barguna Bhaskar, Avinash, Nixon, Prasanth
English Lyrics: Kaarthikeyan Kirubhakaran
Contact: Richa and Rrivu, Rolf’s House Annex, Felicity Community, Old Auroville Road, Auroville, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: + 91 996 987 9319 E-mail: richahushing[at]gmail.com
YOGA SHAKTHI
2019, Fiction, 10 minutes, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Sunday 12 January, 16:43 – S.A.I.I.E.R. Conference Hall
Mythili’s life changes when two of her friends from the women self help group take her to yoga class. She practices yoga regularly. After six months she is healthy, she has lost weight and her body has become stronger. She is working efficiently at home and living a happy life with her family.
Director, Script, Editor: Yatra Srinivassan; Associate Directors: Thambidurai, Danasu, Hariharan
Producer: S.A.I.I.E.R.; Production Support: S. Adhilakshmi, E. Mangalakshmi
Concept: Yatra Srinivassan, Thambidurai
Camera: Rajaram; Shooting Assistance: Jayabharthi, V. Priya, S. Yuvas Sri
Sound: Yatra Arts Media
Editing & VFX: Hariharan, Art Director, Danasu
Project Team: Lt. General Ashoke Chatterjee, Varadharajan, Thillai Ganapathi, Thambidurai, Yatra Srinivassan, Anandou, Muthukumari
Cast: Stella, Yatra Srinivassan, Yuvasri, Ganesh, Muthukumari, S. Adhilakshmi, S. Priyadarshini, G. Kanithiran, Thambidurai, Sundhar, Jayabharathi, V. Priya
Contact: Yatra Arts Media, near New Creation Sports Ground, Kuilapalayam, 605101 – Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: +91 413 262 3071 / +91 975 103 3162 E-mail: yatraartandculture[at]gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bgX-ODrXX4&t=75s