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2022 online platform on Shift72

2022 online platform on Shift72

The 7th edition of the Auroville Film Festival will take place as a hybrid festival with live audience screenings in Auroville as well as online screenings on the Shift72 platform: https://auroville.shift72.com/ Notes regarding the online platform: All films will be available to watch from January 18, 2022 onwards. All films are available for free (click...
Jury for Human Unity Films

Jury for Human Unity Films

Francis Neemberry In 2005, with my partner Doris, I started making videos under the name of Auroville Video Productions. For over thirteen years we made a number of documentaries on Auroville and large amount of interviews with Aurovilians about their experiences living in Auroville. Richa Hushing Alumna of Film and Television Institute of India, Richa...
Jury for Auroville Films

Jury for Auroville Films

Aanchal Kapur Aanchal Kapur has over thirty years of work experience as a gender and development trainer, documentation & communication specialist. She is the founder of Kriti: a development praxis and communication team, Kriti Film Club and Gestures. Since March 2020, she has been curating & organizing issue-based film festivals on Doculive. Premendra Mazumder Premendra...
AVFF 2022 - Human Unity Films

AVFF 2022 – Human Unity Films

Officially selected films of AVFF 2022 in the international category “Films that develop the theme of human unity” ARAMBH (THE BEGINNING) 2019, India, Hindi, 21min Screening: Tuesday 18th Jan, 21:37hrs – Cinema Paradiso Aarambh (The Beginning) tells a universal story about one of humanity’s fundamental questions: What happens after death? The question is asked by...
AVFF 2022 - Auroville Films

AVFF 2022 – Auroville Films

Officially selected films of AVFF 2022 in the category “Films made by Aurovilians, bioregion residents or guests of Auroville” A JOURNEY OF RESTORATION 2018, Documentary, 21min 49sec, English Screening on: Saturday 22nd January, 16:40hrs – SAIIER This film is a documentation of a project between RAMCO and Auroville Botanical Garden. See how a limestone quarry...
2022 poster

2022 poster

Thanks to Dominique and Marco here comes our poster for the 7th Auroville Film Festival 2022
submit your film to AVFF 2022

submit your film to AVFF 2022

*** E N T R I E S * C L O S E D *** Submit your film to the 7th edition of the Auroville Film Festival, which will take place January 18 – 23, 2022. Entries for the international category of “Films that develop the theme of human unity” are to be submitted...
partnership with European Union Film Festival in India

partnership with European Union Film Festival in India

We are pleased to announce our partnership with the 25th European Union Film Festival in India.  It will be held digitally from 5-30 November. Registrations are now open: http://festivalscope.com/signup.html Registration is free and users are able to watch all 42 films on Festival Scope. All the information: www.euffindia.com
The 6th Auroville Film Festival is open

The 6th Auroville Film Festival is open

The 6th Auroville Film Festival is now open for submissions! The festival dates are 7th – 12th January 2020. Please follow the links below to submit your film. Films that develop the theme of Human Unity should be submitted before June 30th. Films by residents of Auroville and the bioregion, by students of Auroville and...
Submission deadlines coming up

Submission deadlines coming up

  Submission Deadlines Coming Up Films That Develop The Theme Of Human Unity: June 30, 2019 All Auroville Categories: August 31, 2019     The submission deadlines for our upcoming 6th Auroville Film Festival are coming close. For the international category of Films that develop the theme of Human Unity the submission deadline is June 30, 2019. For...
AVFF 2020 logo & dates

AVFF 2020 logo & dates

  We moved our dates to January in a bid to completely avoid the rains. Placed just before Pongal, the sixth Auroville Film Festival 2020 will be from January 7 to January 12. We are so grateful for the work of Boyoung and Catherine, who created the logo for this edition.

Auroville Radio recordings 2017

links to other Auroville Radio programs covering the film festival event: 13th Dec: Auroville Food Festival within AVFF17 14th Dec: VOX POP on AVFF17 14th Dec: AVFF17, GEN Green Belt 16th Dec: AVFF17 Opening Ceremony 17th Dec: AFF17 – Desire 17th Dec: AVFF17 Swaha Blues Band 22th Dec: Line of Goodwill, Tibetan Doctor, Housing/Entry Service Closed,...
concluding video report 2017

concluding video report 2017

Thanks to Serena and Outreach Media here is a cncluding video report of our 5th Auroville Film Festival, December 16 – 23, 2017. The next Auroville Film Festival will be in 2019… AVFF 2017 from AVOUTREACHMEDIA on Vimeo. Auroville’s 50th anniversary celebrations began today, Saturday 16th December 2017, kicking off with the 5th Auroville Film...
award winners 2017

award winners 2017

See the catalogue with all award winning and special mentioned films and photos of the award ceremony by Marco S. below. AVFF 2017 team says thank you, good bye, see you again in 2019 and takes rest now… download pdf
festival blog: Day 8

festival blog: Day 8

FINAL DAY 8, DEC 23, ENVELOP PLEASE! & THE WINNER IS: The Judges hung out at Roma’s Kitchen till late afternoon, to determine the WINNERs. They have been in consultation for most of the week (all judges were given all the MOVIES in their CATAGORIES on external HD months before the event). There are a...