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 can be regenerated into a national park.
Director, Editor: Serena Aurora, Paul Blanchflower
Producer: Aurora’s Eye Films, RAMCO, Auroville Botanical Gardens
Cinematographer: Aurovenkatesh, Serena Aurora
Music: Mathew Littlewood, Sankarshan Kini
Drone Footage: Drone Zone, Anbu Prabhu
Script: Paul Blanchflower
Production Company: Aurora’s Eye Films
Graphic and Colour: Aurovenkatesh
Cast: Ahilya
E-mail: serena_aurora [at] auroville.org.in
Link: https://youtu.be/FBzaSLlPfB4
ANIMA
2019, Documentary, 3min 41secs, English (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Wednesday 19th January, 17:58hrs – SAIIER
Jyoti Naoki Eri, a Japanese artist held an art exhibition at Centre d’Art in Auroville. This exhibition consisted of his Vessel series, Window series and Lotus series paintings which he worked on extensively for the past 5 years. This exhibition is an attempt to integrate his life experiences and spiritual understanding with life in Auroville through different colors and shapes.
Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Script: Jyoti Naoki Eri
Music: Yoko Komatsu (Piano), Jatinder Singh Durhailay (Dilruba)
Production Company: Studio Eri, Auroville
Video: Sasi Somu, Jyoti Naoki Eri
Photography: Monna Eri, Jyoti Naoki Eri
Email: jyoti [at] auroville.org.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/601605970
Website: https://jyotinaokieri.com
ANOTHER SEA IN THE SKY
2018, Experimental, 10min 15sec, English (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Sunday 23rd January, 16:00hrs – SAIIER
This is a poetic visual journey combining a poem, video and music to share Jyoti Eri’s perspective of yoga in an artistic manner. The spectators are free to interpret this film, giving it a new life.
Director, Script, Cinematographer, Producer, Editor: Jyoti Naoki Eri
Script Assistant: Monna Eri
Sound: Atomic Phantom
Visuals: Kyoto Aquarium, Japan
E-mail: jyoti [at] auroville.org.in
Website: https://jyotinaokieri.com
Link: https://vimeo.com/548531918
ART, PEOPLE AND CRISIS
2019, Documentary, 7min 14sec, English (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Wednesday 19th January, 17:44hrs – SAIIER
This is an interview with Birgitta Volz about art, crisis and the meaning of death. Birgitta explains her artistic journey through 5 questions.
Director, Script, Producer: Birgitta Volz
Cinematographer, Editor, Sound: Ocean Bekker
E-mail: birgittavolz [at] hotmail.com
Website: http://www.birgittavolz.de
ARTRYST- A FLUID AFFAIR
2014, Documentary, 58min 2sec, English
Screening on: Wednesday 19th January, 21:52hrs – Outdoor
Danny Brandt, a serene & spiritual artist, has an interesting and unique relationship with Art. He has a fluid affair with Drag Queen Calexus Carrington where he breathes life into her to manifest the art form that he loves so much and is passionate about. He alternates between his two universes of Danny’s and Calexus’ while retaining the striking contrast in each of their personalities.
Director, Script, Producer, Sound: Earthling Koushalya
Production Company: Accessible Horizon Films
Creative Production: Tami L Most
Music Arrangement: Maverick Dass
Cinematographer: Maverick Dass, Earthling Koushalya
Editor: Maverick Dass, Earthling Koushalya, Iyarkaiyar Ramesh
Created by: Maverick Dass, Iyarkaiyar Ramesh, Stanzin Raghu
Production Assistance: Mark Enslin, Tami L Most, Dr. Carol Huang, Anja McClain
Cast: Danny Brandt, Fawaz Ameer Hamsa, Vengatesh B, Thara, Ezhilarasan
E-mail: acchorfilms [at] gmail.com
Link: https://vimeo.com/387242616
Website: https://www.accessiblehorizonfilms.com
AUROVILLE WATER VISION
2021, Documentary, 7min 29sec, English
Screening on: Friday 21st January, 16:05hrs – Cinema Paradiso
Enjoy this animated meditation, listening and dreaming of the Auroville water vision for the next years to come….
Director, Producer, Editor: Serena Aurora
Design, Animation: Mayank Gajbhiye, Aditya Hegde, Neela Tayade
Script: Aditi, Helen
Voice Over: Aditi
Production Company: Aurora’s Eye Films
E-mail: serena_aurora [at] auroville.org.in
BEFORE THE STORM
2018, Experimental, 4min 8sec, English
Screening on: Thursday 20th January, 20:00hrs – Cinema Paradiso
The 22nd episode of the famous column explains how humans utilised objects before the storm of 2022. Before the Storm, is a Kino Movie made in Auroville for a Kino Kabaret held from 4th to 8th April 2020 that relooks at the purpose of objects differently.
Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor: Marco Saroldi
Sound: Audionautix
Script: Marco Saroldi, Dominique Jacques
E-mail: marcos [at] auroville.org.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/405330870
Website: https://vimeo.com/user59565451
BLACK AMERICA
2019, Documentary, 44 min, English
Screening on: Sunday 23rd January, 20:00hrs – Outdoor
What is it like to be Black in America? And how did it come to this?
This is a dialogue with Malcolm, who explains the history and facts about the American system and how it led up to the riots and protests of today.
This film is a broad stroke description of the racial climate in the United States through the eyes and voice of a black native. Accompanied by archival footage of historical atrocities and public outcry, this film seeks to connect the dots while illustrating the kind of environment which has led to such an explosive present state following the murder of George Floyd.
Director, Script, Producer, Cinematographer, Sound, Editor: Serena Aurora
Production Company: Aurora’s Eye Films
E-mail: serena_aurora [at] auroville.org.in
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc4NJqRBlrM
CHERISH A THATCHED ROOF IN AUROVILLE
2019, Documentary, 8min 8sec
Screening on: Friday 21st January, 16:18hrs – Cinema Paradiso
It’s an observation of men working on a roof, who don’t seem to be thinking of it as ‘business’. The film maker captures the meditative concentration and love for the many movements involved.
Director, Script, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Sound: Rena Kienberger
Coordinator: Mohan, Auroyali
Cast: Boominathan & his team
E-mail: rena [at] auroville.org.in
CONVERSATION ON DEATH WITH AUROVILIANS
2018, Documentary, 58min 4sec, English (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Sunday 23rd January, 20:55hrs – Cinema Paradiso
After realising she has a 50% chance of dying in Auroville, Danielle De Diesbach interviews 18 Aurovilians about their views on death.
Director, Editor: Serena Aurora
Producer: Serena Aurora, Auroville Outreach Media
Cinematographer: Aurovenkatesh, Serena Aurora
Script: Danielle De Diesbach
Sound Design: Kardash
Production Company: Aurora’s Eye Films
Featuring: Danielle, Elaine, Frederick, Liliana, Dr. Uma, Serena, Barbara, Bagha, Manoj, Jonah, Anwar, Henrike, Michael, Renu, Raman, Christiane, Kalsang
Voice Over: Aditi, Mathias
E-mail: serena_aurora [at] auroville.org.in
Link: https://youtu.be/bNnKqnkzzSY
Website: https://auroraseye.wordpress.com/
CORONA LOCKDOWN
2018, Short, 11min 3sec, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Sunday 23rd January, 16:30hrs – SAIIER
This film is about the Corona virus and the impact of the lockdown on people and on Mother Earth. The protagonist invites the virus to his room and in a conversation with it, expresses his thoughts on the difficulties and sufferings of people affected by it.
Director, Editor, Script: Yatra Srinivassan
Producer: S. Adhilakshmi
Production Company: Yatra Arts Media
Assistant Director: Haribasker Jayaraman
Camera – J. Jayabharathi
Music: V.R. Suresh Sabapathi
Visual effects: Hariharan Anbazhaghan
Art Work: S. Priyadarshini
Lightening: S. Yuvasri
Boom Mike: V. Priyadarshini
Shooting Asst.: K Krishnamoorthy
English Subtitles: Louise Robinson
Cast: Yatra Srinivassan
E-mail: yatrasrinivassan [at] gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuO13kRQXPQ
EN UDAMBU (MY BODY)
2018, Fiction, 17min 41sec, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Saturday 22nd January, 17:35hrs – Cinema Paradiso
A young lady does something unpredictable when 2 perverted men challenge her very existence!
Director, Script, Editor: Earthling Koushalya
Production Company: Accessible Horizon Films
Producer: Mohandass Radhakrishnan
Cinematography: Maverick Dass, Auro Venkatesh
Sound: Mithran
Art Direction: Mithran, Earthling Koushalya
Music: Varun Rao, Maverick Dass, Earthling Koushalya
Vocals: Anushka Gunputh
Mixing, Mastering: Varun Rao, Maverick Dass
Art Director: Mithran, Earthling Koushalya
Location/Production Design: Mithran, Ramesh Mourthy
Production Sound: Mithran
Still Photography: Stanzin Raghu, Aurovenkatesh
DI Colour: Bardo Studio
Drone Team: Gopinathram, Karthik
Production Support: Dr. Arunagiri, Kalaivaanan, Mithran, Gopinathram, Thara, Kalaivanan, Jaganathan S, Nithyanandamurthy, Parijatham, Rajashegar, Madhu India, Aashay Singh
Casting Assistance: Dr. P Arunagiri, Kalaivaanan, Kirumaambakkam artists
Production: Stanzin Raghu, Ramesh Mourthy
Cast: Semmalar Annam K, Dhinesh Kumar, Manoj Chandar, Anandhi Jayaraman, Ramamurthy, Kalaivaanan
E-mail: acchorfilms [at] gmail.com
Website: https://www.accessiblehorizonfilms.com
Link: https://vimeo.com/530328138
GOD BLESS YOU
2019, Comedy, 7min 44sec, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Saturday 22nd January, 20:00hrs – Outdoor
What is the meaning of birthday celebration? Each character of this comedy film express his/her own observation on birthdays.
Director, Editor, Script: Yatra Srinivassan
Producer: Yatra Talkies
Production Company: Yatra Arts Media
Cinematographer: Aurovenkatesh
Art Direction: S. Priyadharshini, V. Priya, S. Yuvasri
Music: Gajadhanu
Title, VFX: Hariharan Anbazhagan
Assistant Director: Prasad Vimal Raj, J. Jayabharathi, Prabhu
Assistant Cinematographer: Arunkumar
Produced by: S. Adhilakshmi
English Subtitles: Louise Robinson
Cast : Yatra Srinivassan, Paarvathi Venkat, Krishna, Krishnamoorthy, Prabhu, J. Jayabharathi, V. Priya, S. Priyadharshini, Prasad Vimal Raj, Shanmugam, S. Yuvasri, Gokul, Monish, Nimthika, Harish
E-mail: yatrasrinivassan [at] gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j5p_nkOOi4
I AM AN INTUITION
2019, Drama, 4min 22sec, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Tuesday 18th January, 20:00hrs – Outdoor
This film is about an assistant director who has a passion for cinema. His intuition encourages him and creates many opportunities for him to achieve his goal. But he is not focused on his goal to become a film director. He is not utilizing his time and energy properly. He is lazy, postponing his work and wasting time every day. Finally his intuition gets upset with his behavior and is leaving him. At the last moment he starts writing a screen play and his intuition decides to stay.
Producer: Yatra Talkies
Production Company: Yatra Arts Media
Director, Script: Yatra Srinivassan
Cinematographer, DI: Thiruvamudhan
Editor: Hariharan Anbazhagan
Art Direction: Danasu
Music: Gajadhanu
Co-Directors: Danasu, Hariharan Anbazhagan
Cast: Yatra Srinivassan
Costume, Makeup: S. Adhilakshmi
Camera Asst.: Arun Kumar
Production Assistants: S. Adhilakshmi, J Jayabharathi, S. Priyadarshini, V. Priya, S. Yuvasri, Prasad Vimalraj
English Subtitles: Louise Robinson
E-mail: yatrasrinivassan [at] gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3vVabe7jWo
INFINITE POTENTIAL
2019, Short, 3min 33sec
Screening on: Friday 21st January, 16:00hrs – Cinema Paradiso
The ever-hastening evolution of consciousness and life on Earth continues. For what purpose? That is the existential quest we have all been living and co-experiencing for ages. And where do we go from here? This world of Infinite Potential is for each individual to unravel.
Director, Script, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor: Zech Joya Panganiban
Sound: Richard Strauss
E-mail: zechjoya [at] gmail.com
Website: www.sopanam.org
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KpyVGyvjVxBHTZVpR2CNip6213ZLacaK/view?usp=sharing
INSPIRATION TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE WATER: UN, SDGS & AUROVILLE WATER PRACTICES
2019, Documentary, 29min 47sec, English (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Saturday 22nd January, 16:09hrs – SAIIER
We are in a serious crisis and change is needed to avoid a catastrophe. In 2015, the UN compiled 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets as a utopian vision of a world where humanity can live sustainably. The SDGs were signed by 193 countries and aimed to be achieved by 2030, with more work to be done!
The movie presents 8 universal aspects of today’s global water crisis, and some of the good practices used in Auroville which also contribute to the aims of SDG6.
Director, Producer, Sound Design, Narration, Camera: Serena Aurora
Research: Bogi, Bogalrka, Rita Nagi
Script: Bogi, Allan, Marianna, Aditi, Felix, Jingyi
Cinematographer and Editing: Aurovenkatesh
Sound: Kardash
Production Company: Aurora’s Eye Films
E-mail: serena_aurora [at] auroville.org.in
Link: https://youtu.be/8cVg1vxrOBw
Website: https://auroraseye.wordpress.com/
JAPANESE GARDEN PROJECT
2019, Documentary, 3min 44sec, English (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Wednesday 19th January, 17:37hrs – SAIIER
This is a short introduction to the Japanese Garden project in Auroville Botanical Gardens. Noel and Jyoti started this project in 2018 as an effort to create a Japanese style garden by using locally sourced plants and material. They also used many recycled materials which are commonly used in Japanese master piece gardens. The work is not yet complete however we feel it is ready to welcome visitors to experience the garden.
Director, Script: Jyoti Naoki Eri
Producer: Jyoti Naoki Eri, Noel Parent
Cinematographer: Jyoti Naoki Eri
Coordinator: Noel Parent
Sound: Atomic Phantom (Jyoti Naoki Eri)
Editor: Jyoti Naoki Eri
Production Company: Studio Eri, Auroville
E-mail: jyoti [at] auroville.org.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/600963680
JOI OF HUMAN UNITY
2018, Documentary, 28min 35sec, English (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Saturday 22nd January, 17:02hrs – SAIIER
Anitya is the first project under the Joy Of Impermanence project. In this film we learn how they have been working on living together in human unity.
Director, Producer, Script: Serena Aurora
Production Company: Aurora’s Eye Films
Cinematographer, Editor: Aurovenkatesh, Serena Aurora
Sound Engineering, Sound Remixes: Kardash
Featuring: Residents of Joy of Impermanence Anitya community
E-mail: serena_aurora [at] auroville.org.in
Link: https://youtu.be/AFft4iUltLM
Website: https://auroraseye.wordpress.com/
KAMALA HARI KRIDA
2018, Experimental, 13min 5sec
Screening on: Sunday 23rd January, 16:12hrs – SAIIER
This is a beautiful flower meditation sequence for Satyagraha, the stronghold of truth for Auroville. The visual content of the film features one water lily pond in Karnataka’s Belgaum mountain district and features one water lily from Auroville.
Rudra & Vichitra veena track was provided with trust and love by maestro Gianni of the Saraswati Music House, Assisi, Italy. The music comes from the album ‘Deep Relaxations’ (1996). At the end, there is a vocal embellishment by Srimati Prema which invokes the spirit of Saraswati Devi completely.
Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor: Param Tomanec
Music: Gianni Rizzichi, Prema Rangarajan
Production Company: Darkblue Pictures
Co-Producer: Nagesh Chhabria, Neeraj Kapoor.
Associate Producer: Alessandra Argenti
Production Supervision: Godfrey Reggio
Cast: Param Tomanec
E-mail: darkbluepictures [at] gmx.com
Link: https://youtu.be/CnahjLxt6vc
LEARNING FROM THE INTANGIBLE
2021, Documentary, 85 minutes, English (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Friday 21st January, 20:45hrs – Cinema Paradiso
The
world is crying out for change, in every area of human
development.
How to
redesign education with this specific evolutionary purpose?
This
is a journey into Integral Education and the challenges between this
dream of tomorrow and the reality: TLC unveils as a living
experiment.
Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Alessandra Silver
Screenwriter: Alessandra Silver, Omid Hashimi
Producer: TLC
Sound: Sankarsan Kini
Music: Svaram
Featuring: TLC students, parents and facilitators
Production Company: InLight
E-mail: alessandra [at] auroville.org.in
Link (Trailer): https://youtu.be/uwozdKYycpY
Website: https://www.media4change.tv/
LOCKDOWN – 48 ATHISAYAM
2018, Comedy, 5min 14sec, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Wednesday 19th January, 17:53hrs – SAIIER
This is a Tamil short film, of a comic genre, about the success story of an alcoholic person. His wife celebrates, worships and respects him because he stopped consuming alcohol from TASMAC for 48 days of lockdown.
Director, Editor, Script: Yatra Srinivassan
Producer: Yatra Talkies
Production Company: Yatra Arts Media
Music: V.R. Suresh Sabapathy
Cinematographer: J. Jayabharathi, S. Yuvasri
Production Assistance: S. Adhilakshmi, S. Priyadharshini, R. Vasantha
Cast: YatraSrinivassan, Krishnamoorthy, V. Priya, J. Jayabharathi, S. Yuvasri
English Subtitles: Louise Robinson
E-mail: yatrasrinivassan [at] gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpqVmPEMZag
MASQUERADE
2021, Student Short, 5min 12sec, English
Screening on: Saturday 22nd January, 20:09hrs – Outdoor.
A short film that captures the equivocation of friendship and human behavior in the modern world, characterized by teenagers.
This is the only film made by a school student in this film festival.
Director, Editor, Producer, Script: Nitheesh Varma
Cinematography: Barath
Cast: Dev Selyan, Raghul, Neha, Tenzin Jangchup, Aravind, Kathiravan, Taijus
Email: 12rrnitheesh [at] gmail.com
MATHUPRIYAN
2018, Drama, 7min 35sec, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Sunday 23rd January, 16:42hrs – SAIIER
This film is about an alcoholic, who buys liquor from the TASMAC during Corona lockdown. and his family’s situation in the lock down with the reopening of TASMAC shops.
His wife worries about his alcoholism, the present family situation of the lock down and reopening of TASMAC shops. His daughter, a tailor and her friend who’s a nurse treating Covid patients, share their feelings with each other.
Director, Script, Editor: Yatra Srinivassan
Production Company: Yatra Talkies
Cinematographer: J. Jayabharathi, S. Yuvasri
Sound: V.R. Suresh Sabapathy
Production Assistance: S. Adhilakshmi, K. Krishnamoorthy, S. Priyadharshini, R. Vasantha
English Subtitles: Louise Robinson
Cast: YatraSrinivassan, UvathyPriya, V. Priya, J. Jayabharathi, S. Yuvasri
Email: adinivass [at] gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3jgi85jKj0
NINE BIRTHS – MUDRA
2019, Experimental, 3min 57sec, English (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Wednesday 19th January, 18:03hrs – SAIIER
This is Jyoti’s ongoing project about geometry and the human body. It is an attempt to see the sacred aspect of numbers and geometry manifested in human body. This piece (not yet completed) features a respected Odissi dancer Rekha Tandon, who studied Odissi and tantra from eminent teachers.
Director, Script, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Painting: Jyoti Naoki Eri
Sound: Atomic Phantom
Production Company: Studio Eri
Email: jyoti [at] auroville.org.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/602698503
Website: https://jyotinaokieri.com
OUR CASHEW STORY
2018, Documentary, 41min 8sec, English (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Saturday, 22nd January, 17:32hrs – SAIIER
In a world where we are increasingly disconnected from our food, this short film explores the cashew industry – the growing, harvesting and processing of cashews, the seasonal pesticide spraying and its environmental and health effects, and the alternatives to pesticides using Auroville and its bio region in India as a case study. In this documentary we would like to reconnect people with cashews and help them understand our cashew story. The film aims to raise awareness and increase consciousness about the cashew industries asking the viewer to participate in helping where they can to change the story. This is a comprehensive film about the range of complexities of the cashew industry and the many stories in the food chain from growing to consumption.
Director, Producer, Editor, Sound effect: Serena Aurora
Script: Serena Aurora, Nikethana
Producer: Outreach Media, Stichting de Zaiier
Cinematographer: Aurovenkatesh, Serena Aurora
Music: Will Golledge
Drone: Prabuddha, Om Patra, Fred, Francis, Nick
Graphics: Aurovenkatesh
Research: Nikethana Venkatesan, Serena Aurora
Title Animation: Aurovenkatesh, Jagan
Transcription: Nikethana
Translation: Nikethana, Aurovenkatesh
Soundmix: Nepsound
Colour Grade: Ivan
Production Company: Aurora’s Eye Films
Cast: Priya, Meenatchi, Chellamma, Steffen, Alok, Rita, Anandhan, Manivannan, Ezhumalai, Dr. Lucas, Jasmin, Dr. Kurien Thomas, Arumugam, Gauri
E-mail: serena_aurora [at] auroville.org.in
Link: https://youtu.be/59osVIL-ebw
Website: https://auroraseye.wordpress.com/
PAASAM PATHUKAKUM
2017, Short, 5min 28sec, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Wednesday 19th January, 20:00hrs – Cinema Paradiso
This short film is about taking care of pet animals, with a special emphasis on dogs. The film expresses the gratitude that dogs show towards people and the way dogs protect our living space.
Director: S.Yuvasri
Script: S. Yuvasri
Producer: S. Adhilakshmi
Cinematographer: Rajaram
Editor: Rajaram, J. Jayabharathi
Music: Gajadhanu
Produced by: S. Adhilakshmi, S. Priyadharshini
Cast: Yatra Srinivassaan, Sweety (the pet dog), S. Adhilakshmi, S. Yuvasri, Prasad Vima Raj, J. Jayabharathi, V. Priya
Production Company: Yatra Arts Media
E-mail: yatrasrinivassan [at] gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go5yHJE5X7U
PRE-MONSOON EPISODE 01 OF BARNABY JONES & MYSTERIES OF DR. ODDBALL
2020, Fiction, 1hr 2min 22sec, English
Screening on: Saturday January 22nd, 20:14hrs – Outdoor
A scientist, a detective, and an experiment in an unsuspecting town.
Director, Script, Cinematography: Jonak Joey Chakrabarti
Producer: Manas, Jonak Chakrabarti
Production Company: Pickle Me Ginger
Edit: Manas Chakrabarti, Nefertiti Titli Chakrabarti, Arnav Kakar
Cast: Gijs Spoor, Ahilya Bamroo, Bhavyo Trivedi, Lili Dreikhausen, Lucas Simon Zbinden
E-mail: jonak.joey [at] gmail.com
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h3uuxyo4l1l3f42/Pre-Monsoon-1080Web.m4v?dl=0
REVERIE
2018, Animation, 1min 47sec
Screening on: Wednesday 19th January, 17:42hrs – SAIIER
A free diver waltz with the marine life.
Director, Cinematographer, Sound: Kadambari, Aravindan, Aparajita
Script: Kadambari, Aravindan
Producer: Shalini
Editor: Aravindan
E-mail: aravindan.g.p [at] gmail.com
Link: https://youtu.be/Sl_wYNrYjko
ROBBERY IN THE TIME OF CORONA
2018, Comedy, 10min 54sec, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Friday 21st January, 20:00hrs – Outdoor
This is a comedy about playing computer and mobile games and how young people are obsessed with playing games on their mobiles. In this short film, robbers enter into the house while the youngsters are distracted, playing games on their phones – not noticing them. The robbers end up stealing all the gold and jewels!
Director, Script, Editor: Yatra Srinivassan
Production Company: Yatra Talkies
Production Assistance: S. Adhilakshmi, S. Priyadharshini, R. Vasantha
Producer: S. Adhilakshmi
Title, VFX: Hariharan Anbazhagan
Assistant Director: Prasad Vimal Raj
Boom Mic: S. Adhilakshmi
Cinematographer: S. Velu
Music, Sound Effects: Gajadhanu, PRG Studios, Chennai
Cast: Yatra Srinivassan, Jean Paul, V. Priya, Prasad Vimal Raj, J. Jayabharathi, S. Yuvasri
E-mail: yatrasrinivassan [at] gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnSfKpuRKFU
STILL DAYDREAMING
2018, Experimental, 2min 58sec, English (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Sunday 23rd January, 16:26hrs – SAIIER
This is a soundtrack of Jyoti’s daily life in Auroville related to the Covid lockdown experience that forced him to question what is essential in life. He composed this music as Atomic Phantom, his alias since the beginning of 2021, when he pursued composing music as part of his artistic endeavor. In spite of the social anxiety caused by the situation, for him, family life and connection with nature grew deeper than ever before.
Director, Script, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor: Jyoti Naoki Eri
Sound: Atomic Phantom
Production Company: Studio Eri
Email: jyoti [at] auroville.org.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/603947712
Website: https://jyotinaokieri.com
SURGICAL MASKS
2019, Documentary, 3min, English (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Friday 21st January, 16:40hrs – Cinema Paradiso
At the beginning of the first lockdown, Miniature, a unit of Auroville used their infrastructure to make 40000 surgical masks that were distributed in the community.
Director, Script, Editor, Cinematographer, Sound: Jeanluc B
Producer: Buro studio
E-mail: deburaud75 [at] gmail.com
Link: https://vimeo.com/409470782
TEMPLE TREE
2018, Documentary, 13min 3sec, English
Screening on: Friday 21st January, 16:13hrs – Cinema Paradiso
This film shows the magical bark printing work of the international artist Birgitta Volz, who is living in Auroville. It is a documentary about her last exhibition held at the Pavilion of Tibetan Culture which featured prints of the bark of the Temple tree located in the premises. All the prints were made in the Auroville Art Camp 2019.
Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer: Marko Bosko
Script: Marko Bosko, Birgitta Volz
Music: Ivan Avakian
Production Company: Aurofilm Productions Team: Surya, Susana
Photography: Marco Saroldi, Konny Von Schmettau, Birgitta Volz
E-mail: kalabhumi.marko [at] gmail.com
Link: https://youtu.be/EnW5OSW29YE
THE MAKING OF AUROVILLE CITIZENS’ ASSEMBLY
2019, Documentary, 38min 5sec, English (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Wednesday 19th January, 16:00hrs – SAIIER
Enjoy this animated meditation, listening and manifesting of the Auroville Citizen’s assembly with vision for the forthcoming years.
Director, Editor, Cinematographer, Sound, Producer, Script: Serena Aurora
Camera: Aurovenkatesh
Soundmix: Kardhash
Production Company: Aurora’s Eye Films
E-mail: serena_aurora [at] auroville.org.in
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OCBMlfeBlU
TRIBUTE TO THE SOUL OF GRATITUDE
2017, Documentary, 4min 24sec, Tamil (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Friday 21st January, 16:43hrs – Cinema Paradiso
This movie is a tribute to the author’s loyal and beloved pet dog called Sweety.
Director, Script: Yatra Srinivassan
Producer: S. Adhilakshmi
Cinematographer: S. Yuvasri
Sound, Editing: S. Yuvasri
Voice Over: Yatra Srinivassan
Production Company: Yatra Talkies
Cast: S. Adhilakshmi, R. Rajaram, S. Priyadharshini, J. Jayabharathi, V. Priya, K. Krishnamoorthy, P.Rajasergar, Prasad Vimal Raj, R. Tamizhselvi, E. Prabhu, Shanmugam, R. Vasantha
E-mail: yatrasrinivassan [at] gmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elJLP5ZGYuQ
WHAT’S GOING ON IN AUROVILLE?
2019, Documentary, 7min 4sec, English (with English subtitles)
Screening on: Saturday 22nd January, 16:00hrs – SAIIER
Auroville, an international township in South India, has people from over 60 different nationalities and more than 3000 residents. With this comes a huge diversity of arts, theatre, workshops, food, technology and much more. This short video shows just a few things that are happening in Auroville.
Director, Editor, Cinematographer, Sound, Producer: Serena Aurora
Production Company: Aurora’s Eye Films
Camera: Aurovenkatesh, Serena Aurora
Script: Aurora, Nikethana
Color grade: Aurovenkatesh
Voice Over: Nikethana
E-mail: serena_aurora [at] auroville.org.in
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiUhi_kuglU
WHITE MOUNTAIN
2018, Experimental, 4min 11sec, English
Screening on: Friday 21st January, 16:27hrs – Cinema Paradiso
This music and video edit, is inspired by the movies of back country snowboarding of Jyoti’s long-time friends in Nagano, Japan. Many of them are internationally respected snowboarders. Jyoti had an opportunity to be part of this community and this experience remained in him as an inspiration for over two decades. In this Covid lockdown he had a chance to reconnect with these experiences and realize this idea.
Snowboarding is a rather recently established and recognized sport but it is quite profound as it requires a deep connection with nature and body especially when one rides inside the snowy forests.
This sport connects the music and subculture of present time, almost as a spiritual exercise to some.
Director, Script, Editor: Jyoti Naoki Eri
Cinematographer: Yone Film
Sound: Atomic Phantom
Cast: ASA 3000 a.k.a. Masashi Nishina
Production Company: Studio Eri, Auroville
E-mail: jyoti [at] auroville.org.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/567119328
Website: https://jyotinaokieri.com
