Films made by Aurovilians, bioregion residents or guests of Auroville
A SHORT DREAM-LIKE FILM
2013, Fiction, English, 5 min
A girl in Auroville, as though in a dream.
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Sound, Editing: Auroson Bystrom
Cast: Amara
Contact: Auroson Bystrom, Certitude, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Outdoor We 18 19:55, Conference Room Su 22 15:15
ADIL WRITER – JOURNEYS
2011, Documentary, English, 7 min
Presentation video for Aurovilian ceramic artist and painter Adil Writer. The video presents Adil’s artistic path of working with ceramics, starting at Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry, in 1998, showcasing its founders Deborah Smith and Ray Meeker, and taking us further to Mandala Pottery in Auroville, which Adil now runs with his partners Anamika, Chinmay and Krishnamurti.
Director, Script: Adil Writer
Producer, Sound, Editing: Christoph Pohl, brainfever media productions
Camera: Ireno Guerci; Additional Photography: John Mandeen; Music: Kaki King
Cast: Deborah Smith, Ray Meeker, Adil Writer, Anamika
Contact: Christoph Pohl, c/o Radiance, Aurodam, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Website: http://www.brainfever.in, http://www.adilwriter.com
Link: https://vimeo.com/40129944
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Th 19 19:30, Conference Room We 18 10:13
ARIKANMEDU
2013, Documentary, English / Tamil with English subtitles, 34 min
In 220 BC, Arikanmedu housed an important trading port. Boats from Hispania and Rome were crossing the Mediterranean, through Alexandria, the Red Sea, and Arabia, on a three-year dangerous journey to India. At that time, the overland Silk Road was not yet established.
Merchants of the Indian sub-kingdoms of the Cholas, Pandyas, Vijayas, etc, and from Indonesia met at Arikanmedu to share their most prized products, and also brought their beliefs, rituals and culture.
An aesthetic experience about a traditional ritual of the Pondicherry region.
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Sound, Editing: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló
Second camera: Rakhal
Cast: Mr. Thirunavu Karasu, Pon. Kirouchenassamy, K. Ponnusundaram
Contact: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Citadines, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: https://vimeo.com/72111150
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Sa 21 15:08 Conference Room Su 22 15:28
AUROVILLE BOTANICAL GARDENS
2011, Educational, English / Tamil, 32 min
A series of five humorous short films that relate, through the experiences of a volunteer helping one of the environmental education teachers, the different aspects of the environmental preservation work done at the Auroville Botanical Gardens.
1. Preparations 2. Local Biodiversity 3. Vegetable Seeds
4. Plastic Waste Management 5. Collecting Seeds
Director, Script: Michel Gronoff
Producer: Auroville Botanical Gardens Video Production, Paul Blanchflower
Funders: Foundation for World Education, Stichting de Zaiier
Camera, Editing: Christoph Pohl; Sound: Christoph Pohl, RV
Assistant Director: Claire; Cast: Wazo, Satyamoorthi
Contact: Auroville Botanical Gardens, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Website: http://auroville.wix.com/avbg
Link: http://vimeo.com/avbotanicalgardens/videos
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Fr 20 15:44, Conference Room Sa 21 15:17
BIOGAS
2013, Documentary, English, 3 min
This video explains the operation of the biogas system. The biogas digester is one of the recent developments in renewable energy. It is designed to produce methane gas for domestic cooking and heating. It’s clean, maintenance-free and delivers pressurized biogas.
Director, Script, Camera, Sound, Editing: Aurovenkatesh K
Producer: Kaliyaperumal V
Additional Crew: Vijayakumar, Ayyanar
Contact: Aurovenkatesh, 59/26, Auroville Main Road, Bharathi Nagar, Periyamudhaliyar Chavady, Vanur Thaluk, Villupuram District, Kottakuppam, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIEK9FN4OQg
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Sa 21 15:42, Conference Room Su 22 09:30
BOB DYLAN’S “ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER” BY EMERGENCE
2013, Music video, English, 6 min
Emergence play “All Along the Watchtower” in their own style of Acoustic Indo-pop.
Director, Camera: Madhana Gopal
Producer: Madhana Gopal Productions, Madhana Gopal
Script: Emergence Music; Sound: TJ; Editing: Madhana Gopal
Crew: Earth Sync Studio’s team
Cast: TJ, Emergence
Music, Lyrics: Bob Dylan
Contact: Krishna Mckenzie, Solitude Farm, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyT3HGB2d8c
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Fr 20 15:39, Conference Room Su 22 15:10
BREEZE OF AUROVILLE
2013, Documentary, English, 9 min
A few glimpses of my view of Auroville
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Sound, Editing: Ingrid Tscharntke
Contact: Ingrid Tscharntke, Arati 2, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Conference Room We 18 15:44, Conference Room Sa 21 09:42
COFFEE MOMENTS AT MARC’S CAFÉ
2013, Documentary, Silent, English subtitles, 4 min
Auroville is home to many creative entrepreneurs. Marc is the one who makes sure the local population is well supplied with freshly roasted high quality coffee from India. This video is a glimpse of what’s happening at Marc’s Café.
Director, Producer, Editing: Marc Tormo
Script: Melissa Verma & Victoria de la Fuente; Camera: Melissa Verma
Style Settings: Victoria de la Fuente
Cast: Marc Tormo, Bhuvana, Jose Luis Herrero, Melissa Verma and Victoria de la Fuente; Editing: Aloé Tormo Mir
Contact: Marc Tormo, Madhuca, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnZqHhFn5uQ
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Sa 21 15:00, Conference Room Su 22 10:49
DEEPAM
2013, Documentary, English, 26 min
This film shows the work and the activities we do with the children at Deepam who come from the surrounding villages and who are differently abled. There they receive health and social care, education and therapy.
This film shows some celebrations made doing during the year. It also shows activities such as games and play. There are glimpses of therapy sessions seen such as physiotherapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy.
Deepam started as a small project under trees in 1992 and has gradually developed into a beautiful therapy centre.
Our work is entirely carried on by donations. This film was made to be shown to donors and friends of our project.
Director, Script, Editing: Angelika Ehrle
Producer: Yatra Multimedia, Yatra E. Srinivassan, Rajaram
Sound: Yatra Filmstudio
Contact: Yatra Multimedia, near New Creation, Kuilapalayam, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zatn6GtLEWs
screening times: Outdoor Sa 21 19:45, Conference Room Su 22 16:19
DIFFERENT FEELINGS
2013, Experimental, English, 11 min
The film is based on abstract and digital paintings made by Juergen Puetz.
At various points, works of other artists are also included.
The film is to be conceived as ‘abstract’ since different meanings can be given to the images depicted and to the sub-images created by the merging of different individual images or paintings.
The audio track was selected with care.
The film is largely autobiographical as it reflects periods in the creative life and process of the artist.
This film is dedicated to Andy Warhol.
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Editing: Juergen Puetz
Music: “Suite for Cello and Harp” by Lou Harrison
Contact: Juergen Puetz, Palmyra, Aurobrindavan, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: https://vimeo.com/72246124
screening times: Conference Room We 18 15:32, Conference Room Sa 21 09:30
DRIVE FRIENDLY
2012, Fiction, Tamil with English subtitles, 2 min
An awareness film about traffic rules.
Director, Script, Camera, Sound, Editing: Aurovenkatesh K
Producer: Kaliyaperumal V
Additional Crew: Deivanayaki
Cast: Vijayakumar, Ayyanar, Jayaraj
Contact: Aurovenkatesh, 59/26, Auroville Main Road, Bharathi Nagar, Periyamudhaliyar Chavady, Vanur Thaluk, Villupuram District, Kottakuppam, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jus8CvNur40
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Fr 20 15:00, Conference Room Su 22 15:00
EL MAGO
THE MAGICIAN
2013, Documentary, Spanish with English subtitles, Colombia, 14 min
A story about Camilo, a young man who decides to leave behind his friends, family and studies to become a magician.
Director: Miguel Silva
Producer: Tres Elementos, Maria Andrea Garcia
Script: Nicolás Prada; Camera: Maria Francisca Monrroy
Sound, Editing: Andres Felipe Berrío
Contact: Miguel Silva, Cra 12 #102-07,Bogotá, Cundinamarca 00000, Colombia
screening times: Cinema Paradiso We 18 19:39, Conference Room Fr 20 10:08
FENDER BLENDER
2013, Comedy, Silent, Israel, 4 min
This comedic short showcases the symphonic powers of the human-mechanized bicycle blender and one memorable banana smoothie.
It was filmed in Sadhana Forest.
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Sound, Editing: Yoav Lutzky
Cast: Craig Cabeen Sietsma, Dylan Hess
Music: “By the Beautiful Blue Danube” by Johann Strauss
Contact: Yoav Lutzky, Maccabi 47, IL, 43253 Raanana, Israel
Link: https://vimeo.com/70029843
screening times: Outdoor We 18 20:00, Conference Room Fr 20 09:54
GARBOLOGY
2011, Documentary, English, 2 min
The plastic bag story. Shot for Garbology project as a teaser and it’s here to share with the world what happens when you just throw a plastic bag.
It has been screened at the Auroville Festival in New Delhi.
Director: Vimal Bhojraj
Producer: Auroville Collaborative
Script, Camera, Sound, Editing: Vimal Bhojraj
Contact: Auroville Collaborative, Saracon Campus, Kottakarai Plaza, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: https://vimeo.com/36825873
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Fr 20 15:08, Conference Room Su 22 15:03
GLIMPSES OF TRANSFORMATION
2012, Documentary, English, 9 min
Priya Sundaravalli and Pierre Legrand present their work which was exhibited in Transformation, the art exhibition at the Auroville Festival, New Delhi, September 14 – 21, 2012. The videos are part of a series viewable on AurovilleTV.
PRIYA, 5 min
“These works are inspired by the Aboriginal concept of altjeringa or dreamtime, where the past and the future coexist in the present moment. Nature, life forms and our common ancestors from the ancient past, guide the texture and imagery. Clay as a medium aspires to manifest weightlessness, transparency, and a quiet beauty.”
PIERRE, 5 min
“By a combined use of writing mantras in a special, evolving script of my invention and by exploring different supports and materials, I aim at reaching convincing translations of experiences occurring at this level, through porosity, lightness and colors.”
Director, Script, Camera, Sound, Editing: Christoph Pohl
Producer: brainfever media productions, Christoph Pohl
Contact: Christoph Pohl, c/o Radiance, Aurodam, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Website: http://brainfever.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/50351109
Link: https://vimeo.com/50351764
screening times: Cinema Paradiso We 18 19:30, Conference Room Su 22 10:53
GOING OUT OF AV
2012, Documentary, English, 13 min
An escapade to the first biennale of art in India.
A wish to share beauty with those who couldn’t get there.
A way to prolong this artistic immersion.
Experiencing a moment and a space, where Art is one and of one piece with Life.
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Editing: Claire Mussier
Sound Postproduction: RV
Music: Moby
Footage: from CNN, Kochi Biennale, Auroville l’Esquisse d’un Monde
Contact: Claire Mussier, Sukhavati, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Cinema Paradiso We 18 15:23, Conference RoomFr 20 15:02
KUNSTHALLE HAMBURG
2013, Experimental, English, 19 min
This film was made during a visit to the Kunsthalle in Hamburg on the 19th of July 2013.
All pictures were taken with a Samsung mobile phone and with permission of the Kunsthalle.
The film reflects the mood of the artist while visiting the Kunsthalle, through the eye of the mobile phone lens.
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Editing: Juergen Puetz
Music: “Suite for Violin, Piano and Small Orchestra” by Lou Harrison
Contact: Juergen Puetz, Palmyra, Aurobrindavan, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: https://vimeo.com/71723760
screening times: Conference Room Th 19 17:15, Conference Room Su 22 09:45
LIQUID FLOW ESSENCE
2011, Experimental, Silent, 5 min
A glimpse of what is taught during a one-week Liquid Flow Essence course.
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Sound, Editing: Daniel Bongard
Cast: Dariya, Ana
Contact: Daniel Bongard, Svedame, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBiYFkS0-fU
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Fr 20 15:03, Conference Room Su 22 15:05
LIVELY UP YOUR EARTH GANGNAM STYLE
2013, Experimental, English, 2 min
An advertisement for last year’s Lively Up Your Earth Eco-Music Festival at Solitude Farm, Auroville. Gangnam style!
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Editing: Kristen Gravelle
Sound: Agni Leman
Cast: Disco Aiya, Sarasvati the Cow
Contact: Kristen Gravelle, Pitchandikulam, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dah4l1Dl5c
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Su 22 15:00, Conference Room Sa 21 10:29
LIVING SYMBOLS
2013, Experimental, English, 23 min
The film is based on abstract and digital paintings made by Juergen Puetz.
At various points, works of other artists are also included.
The film is to be conceived as ‘abstract’ since different meanings can be given to the images depicted and to the sub-images created by the merging of different individual images or paintings.
The audio track was selected with care.
The film is largely autobiographical as it reflects periods in the creative life and process of the artist.
This film is dedicated to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Editing: Juergen Puetz
Music: “Double Concert” by Lou Harrison
Contact: Juergen Puetz, Palmyra, Aurobrindavan, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: https://vimeo.com/72243900
screening times: Conference Room Th 19 15:57, Conference Room Su 22 10:26
LUNIYAKHEDI
2013, Documentary, English, 15 min
In 2012, Prahlad Singh Tipaniya, “one of the most compelling folk voices of Kabir”, visited Auroville. During his stay, Prahlad visited Sadhana Forest, learning about the project’s ecological efforts. Moved by this, he invited Sadhana Forest to his home in Madhya Pradesh, the village of Luniyakhedi. Six months later the highly motivated volunteer Sadhana Forest team landed in Luniyakhedi with a JCB in tow. This is the journey of the Sadhana Forest team and their earth-moving work to restore the degraded lands of Luniyakhedi. They did this in just seven days, which culminated with mellifluous and energetic Kabir music.
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Editing: Yoav Lutzky
Sound: Grace Knott; Transcripts: Ivy Amal Bitar; Sound recording: Brandon Bender, Grace Knott, Kate Estivill, Osher Rozin, Vineet Kumar, Yorit Rozin
Sadhana Forest Auroville team: Arul Murugan, Aviram Rozin, G. Munuswami (Balu), Brandon Bender, Grace Knott, Jamey Ellis, Kate Estivill, Osher Rozin, Shalev Rozin, Vineet Kumar, Yoav Lutzky, Yorit Rozin
Contact: Yoav Lutzky, Maccabi 47, IL, 43253 Raanana, Israel
screening times: Outdoor Sa 21 19:30, Conference Room We 18 10:20
MASI MAGAM – HINDU FESTIVAL
2013, Documentary, Silent, 6 min
On the auspicious occasion of Masi Magam, the Hindu gods assemble at the beach in Pondicherry. This is video of a Tamil festival is set to music.
Director, Script, Camera, Sound, Editing: Aurovenkatesh K
Producer: Kaliyaperumal V
Contact: Aurovenkatesh, 59/26, Auroville Main Road, Bharathi Nagar, Periyamudhaliyar Chavady, Vanur Thaluk, Villupuram District, Kottakuppam, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-U0Q7DVqeA
screening times: Conference Room We 18 15:26, Conference Room Sa 21 10:50
METROXICAL NEW YORK
2012, Documentary, English, 42 min
Music. Metro. New York. Future of society. A poetic narrative about underground subway music in New York City and how it forms the basis for a futuristic collective society.
International Film Festival of Kerala, Aug 2012
Director: Kousalya Jeganathan, Mohandass Radhakrishnan
Script: Kousalya Jeganathan
Producer: Accessible Horizon Films, Ramesh Mourthy, Raghu Jeganathan
Camera, Sound: Mohandass Radhakrishnan; Asst Camera: Raghu Jeganathan
Editing: Ramesh Mourthy, Kousalya Jeganathan, Mohandass Radhakrishnan
Contact: Accessible Horizon Films, 13, 8th Cross, Tagore Nagar, Pondicherry 605013, India
screening times: Outdoor Th 19 19:45, Conference Room Su 22 16:46
MUDRA MOTIFS
2013, Experimental Documentary Photography, English, 4 min
Identities and other differences.
Sharing the same physical form, Man and Divine merge, creating a montage of Unity with a human face. The film captures moments during travel, contemplation and worship at Masi Magam (Pondicherry), Durga Puja (Kolkata), Guruvayur Temple (Kerala) and Shantiniketan (Bengal).
Mudra Motifs is dedicated to Mr. William Greaves, a renowned American actor/filmmaker and long-time member of The Actors Studio, who had a profound effect on Arnab during his adolescent years in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram
Arnab has collaborated with Sopanam Mediaworks (Upasana) in two films, “Evolution Fast-Forward” (part I) and “The Secret Knowledge” (parts I and II).
Mudra Motifs participated in the India Is contest.
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Sound, Editing: Arnab B. Chowdhury
Idea, Edits: Prarthana Kalaskar; Visual Adviser: Hemant Shekhar
Contact: Arnab B. Chowdhury, Door Number 76, Mariamman Koil Street, Vaithikuppam, Pondicherry, India
Link: https://vimeo.com/63844051
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Sa 21 15:04, Conference Room Su 22 09:33
NARCISSE
NARCISSUS
2013, Animation, French with English subtitles, 9 min
Who does not know of the myth of Narcissus? The demi-god caused all to fall madly in love with him but died tragically, being in love only with his own image! Less well known elements of the myth are the prediction made by Tiresias, Nemesis’ cursed intervention, the nymph Echo’s love for Narcissus and the dramatic story of love and loss that follows.
It is a tale illustrating that death and revival are intertwined. A mythological story retains its longevity because the truths it reveals are as relevant in contemporary times are they were in ancient times.
Director: Tutsy Navarathna
Producer: La Compagnie des Films de L’Inde, Basile
Script, Camera, Editing: Basile
Filmed in Second Life.
Text inspired by Les Metamorphoses d’Ovide with English translation by François Grenier.
Paintings of Narcissus: Caravaggio, John William Waterhouse
Special thanks: Iono Allen, Oliver Barot, Denis Lefdup, Lalie Sorbet, Pixie Rain, Yesikita Coppola, Mi, Francis Neemberry
Skin/Avatars: Fallen Gods, Alpha Tribes, Mynerva, CMFF FantaSkin, DrLifeSkin
Costumes: Gizza, Bare Rose, Tableau Vivant, Minos
Tatoos: Vestigium; Hair: Burley, EMO-tions, Boon
Accessories: Fallen Gods, Mynerva, Repulse
Music: “Vortex” by Carbon Based; “In Between” by Midimal; “One God Dub”, “The Flow” by Kaya Project; “The Plaint” by Henry Purcell
Contact: Basile, Dana, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: https://vimeo.com/66641365
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Sa 21 15:04, Conference Room Su 22 09:33
NON-TILLAGE DIRECT SOWN RICE CULTIVATION NATURAL FARMING
2010, Documentary, English, 14 min
Life is fertility. An introduction to Natural Farming as practiced at Solitude Farm, following the philosophy of Masanobu Fukuoka. As well as technical information, we see how life is fertility and all we have to do is do nothing.
Director: Krishna McKenzie
Producer: Ananda and Krishna Circle Garden Productions, Krishna McKenzie
Camera, Sound: Ananda DeMan; Editing: Krishna McKenzie, Ananda DeMan
Crew: Khaled ZeMhan, Volunteers of the month
Cast: Krishna McKenzie, Mohamed Khaled
Contact: Krishna Mckenzie, Solitude Farm, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0xmEDq3NIs
screening times: Conference Room Th 19 16:20, Conference Room Su 22 10:04
OM AND THE OM CHOIRS – BRINGING DOWN THE NEW MUSIC TO HEAL AND TRANSFORM
2013, Documentary, English, 51 min
A documentary of the OM Choir on 21-02-2012, The Mother’s birth anniversary.
“The voice that chants to the creator Fire,
The symbolled OM, the great assenting Word,”
(Savitri, p.310)
In 1961 the Mother gave the adesh to Narad to bring down a new music. She said that one must go far above words and bring down the pure Music. The OM Choirs aspire to bring down the New Music for the New World in a collective body.
We sing only OM, the creative and effectuating word, after starting with warming-up and voice exercises given by Narad. All are welcome to join who sincerely wish to be open to the New Music.
Director, Script: Narad (Richard Eggenberger)
Producer: Yatra Multimedia, Yatra E. Srinivassan
Camera, Sound: Yatra E. Srinivassan; Editing: Rajaram, Yatra E. Srinivassan
Contact: Yatra Multimedia, near New Creation, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Conference Room Th 19 15:06, Conference Room We 18 10:25
OUT OF THIS WORLD
2013, Experimental, English, 15 min
The film is based on abstract and digital paintings made by Juergen Puetz.
At various points works of other artists are also included.
The film is to be conceived as ‘abstract’ since different meanings can be given to the images depicted and to the sub-images created by the merging of different individual images or paintings.
The audio track has been selected with care.
The film is largely autobiographical as it reflects periods in the creative life and process of the artist.
This film is dedicated to John Coltrane.
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Editing: Juergen Puetz
Music: “Out of this World” by John Coltrane
Contact: Juergen Puetz, Palmyra, Aurobrindavan, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: https://vimeo.com/68514807
screening times: Cinema Paradiso We 18 15:00, Conference Room Fr 20 15:36
PANAM EDUKKA PAADAM KATHUKITTEN
LEARNED A LESSON FOR WITHDRAWING MONEY FROM THE BANK
2013, Fiction, Tamil with English subtitles, 7 min
A father and son go to the bank to withdraw money for purchasing land. He forgets to bring a pen and he borrows one from another person. He doesn’t know how to fill the withdrawal form, stands at a wrong counter and forgets to bring the passbook. Finally he is unable to withdraw any money from the bank. This is a comedy movie which gives practical awareness about withdrawing money from a bank.
Director, Script, Editing: Yatra E. Srinivassan
Producer: Maxon TV, Mohamed Muhaiminu
Camera: Rajaram; Sound: PRG Gajapathy
Art Director: Danasu, Vasanth; Music Director: Jana Madukarai
Co-Directors: Danasu, Vinoth; Assistant Directors: Thambidurai, Kannan, Cameraman: Praveen; Make-up: Karim
Cast: Durai Janarthanan, Yatra E. Srinivassan, Aurora, Thambidurai, Vinoth, Jabastin
Contact: MAXON TV, Jawaharlal Nehru Street, Pondicherry, India
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtZNdtsY0Bo
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Fr 20 15:10, Conference Room Su 22 15:20
QUALITIES AND REALITIES: AUDREY
2012, Documentary, English, 8 min
Audrey shares with us her experience and reflections about a whole “life of art”. She opened an atelier in Creativity community to teach and share experiences in shapes and colors.
She speaks about the importance of developing a way for expression and communication in Auroville.
It was broadcast on AurovilleTV 12/12/12.
Director, Producer, Sound, Editing: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló
Script: Lola Pardo; Camera: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Lola Pardo
Contact: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Citadines, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Th 19 20:07, Conference Room Fr 20 09:39
QUALITIES AND REALITIES: AWARENESS IN QUALITIES
2012, Documentary, English, 9 min
Awareness in Qualities shows part of the frequent activities that Rosa facilitates in Deepanam Shool for children. This diverse technique uses the expression of the body for an enjoyable learning experience.
Rosa also teaches this technique to adults who want to experience awareness through the body.
It was broadcast on AurovilleTV 12/12/12.
Director, Producer, Sound, Editing: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló
Script: Lola Pardo; Camera: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Lola Pardo
Contact: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Citadines, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Th 19 19:52, Conference Room Fr 20 09:30
QUALITIES AND REALITIES: CIRCUS
2012, Documentary, English, 7 min
Circus is a joyful experience for children who like to develop abilities in the body through acrobatic gymnastics.
The values they are working with are courage, to learn to face the difficulties of a new experience and equality to share together a performance.
Kalou is making circus possible in Auroville.
It was broadcast on AurovilleTV 12/12/12.
Director, Producer, Sound, Editing: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló
Script: Lola Pardo; Camera: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Lola Pardo
Contact: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Citadines, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Th 19 20:00, Conference Room Fr 20 09:47
QUALITIES AND REALITIES: FOOD LINK
2012, Documentary, English, 5 min
Food Link is the connection between the farmers and our dining table.
It is a service with a holistic point of view; the farmers who need support with distribution can use this service.
Because food is a basic need that touches all of us and can help us grow, it is important that food distribution is very clear and very honest.
Inge works as a coordinator in Food Link.
It was broadcast on AurovilleTV 12/12/12.
Director, Producer, Sound, Editing: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló
Script: Lola Pardo; Camera: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Lola Pardo
Contact: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Citadines, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Th 19 15:07, Conference Room Fr 20 15:51
QUALITIES AND REALITIES: KAILASH CLINIC
2012, Documentary, English, 7 min
Kailash Clinic is a huge project and involves many therapists and doctors in different fields.
Their aim is to share knowledge to enrich each other, to fuse specialties and to treat patients with different therapies, thus giving a holistic treatment. In this way they can treat patients quickly and on many different levels simultaneously.
Veronica is a therapist in Kailash Clinic.
It was broadcast on AurovilleTV 12/12/12.
Director, Producer, Sound, Editing: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló
Script: Lola Pardo; Camera: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Lola Pardo
Contact: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Citadines, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Th 19 15:00, Conference Room Fr 20 15:29
QUALITIES AND REALITIES: NEW POUR TOUS
2012, Documentary, English, 7 min
Pour Tous is a center of distribution for all articles that Aurovilians need for daily life, providing an experimental way to avoid consumerist behavior. Many volunteers come every day to help cooking, computing, dealing with different aspects.
It is a place for responsible shopping, with the added benefit of socialization.
Anandi is the manager-coordinator of New Pour Tous.
It was broadcast on AurovilleTV 12/12/12.
Director, Producer, Sound, Editing: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló
Script: Lola Pardo; Camera: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Lola Pardo
Contact: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Citadines, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Th 19 15:12, Conference Room Fr 20 15:22
QUALITIES AND REALITIES: DANCE SPACE
2012, Documentary, English, 7 min
. . . is the expression of the inner feelings through the collective dance, sharing the movements that guide us towards the development of our inner experience through the music and dance.
Dariya is the catalyzer of this dance experience.
It was broadcast on AurovilleTV 12/12/12.
Director, Producer, Sound, Editing: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló
Script: Lola Pardo; Camera: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Lola Pardo
Contact: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Citadines, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Conference Room We 18 15:00, Conference Room Sa 21 09:57
QUALITIES AND REALITIES: TERRA SOUL PROJECT
2012, Documentary, English, 7 min
Terra Soul is a new farm project.
They are making it possible to combine farming with a rich community life. Their workshops attract many volunteers. They work to make possible a harmonious sustainability.
Juan is one of the stewards of Terra Soul.
It was broadcast on Auroville TV 12/12/12.
Director, Producer, Sound, Editing: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló
Script: Lola Pardo; Camera: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Lola Pardo
Contact: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Citadines, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Conference Room We 18 15:07, Conference Room Sa 21 09:50
QUALITIES AND REALITIES: TREE CARE
2012, English, 11 min
Tree Care is a unit which takes care of the greenery in Auroville and is a labor option for young people who like to work with nature. Their team works in friendly collaboration and they want to convey the importance of the relation between the forest and us.
Anadi, Arseny and Julian are some of the team members.
It was broadcast on Auroville TV 12/12/12.
Director, Producer, Sound, Editing: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló
Script: Lola Pardo; Camera: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Lola Pardo
Contact: Juan Felipe Rodriguez Aguiló, Citadines, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Conference Room We 18 15:15, Conference Room Sa 21 10:04
SADHANA FOREST KENYA – THE BEGINNING
2012, Documentary, English with English subtitles, Kenya, 5 min
The first visit of Sadhana Forest to North Kenya on October 2012 was a chance to explore the needs of the Samburu tribe and to evaluate whether the contribution of Sadhana Forest was needed. Talking with Samburus and hearing their feedback on our ideas are documented in this film. It is also a chance to see the local wildlife, mainly zebras, and the landscape.
Since then, Sadhana Forest Kenya has been established and 11 hectares of land have been purchased for the project. The Governor of Samburu County has given his support and we hope to start the work soon.
Director, Script: Aviram Rozin
Producer: brainfever media productions, Christoph Pohl
Camera, Sound: Yorit Rozin, Osher Shanti Rozin, Jaspreet Bains
Editing: Christoph Pohl
Contact: Aviram Rozin, Sadhana Forest, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Website: http://brainfever.in, http://sadhanaforest.org
Link: https://vimeo.com/53199317
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Su 22 15:02, Conference Room Sa 21 10:31
SECRET KNOWLEDGE
2013, Experimental, Silent, 10 min
PART I: DUALITY
PART II: SQUARE LIGHT
Sri Aurobindo’s symbol is a world in itself, the more you dwell in it the more it reveals; it is at once a symbol and dynamic power in action. It is not enough that the symbol is intellectually understood, it has to be lived, it has to be brought to one’s life and physical movements. This short film is a non-verbal meditation upon the symbol of Sri Aurobindo following the trails of past iconic language.
Director, Script: Manoj Pavitran
Producer: Sopanam, Hemant Shekhar
Camera, Editing, Motion Graphics: Hemant Shekhar; Sound: Arnab Chowdhury
Contact: Hemant Shekhar, Sopanam, CSR building, Auroshilpam, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Website: http://www.sopanam.org
Link: http://vimeo.com/54835488
Link: http://vimeo.com/54578701
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Th 19 19:42 Conference Room We 18 09:45
SHADES OF LIFE
2013, Documentary, English, 8 min
It’s a movie about a city. From a distance, every city is the same and we cannot know or experience the true colors of it until we are part of it. We can compare this concept with the color white. As we know, white is made up of many colors and it’s difficult to know all the colors it includes. Maybe it’s better that we don’t know all of it. That is the fun of it!
Jury special mention award in filmmaking competition hosted by MIT School of Design, Pune.
Director, Editing: Chinmay Shah
Camera: Shalav Mane
Contact: Chinmay Shah, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: http://youtu.be/we-uOGHknhU
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Su 22 15:10, Conference Room Sa 21 10:37
SHARAN
2012, Documentary, English, 8 min
SHARAN stands for Sanctuary for Health and Reconnection to Animals and Nature. Living healthily and sustainably is a part of our instincts. We may have lost these instincts as a result of modernization and globalization, but if we are able to access them again, real health ensues, not just for ourselves, but also holistically for the planet and every living creature on it.
This is a film about the vision behind SHARAN and what SHARAN is doing to achieve it.
Director, Script: Angana Jhaveri
Producer: brainfever media productions, Christoph Pohl
Camera: Krishnan Vasant; 2nd camera: Udhayashankar
Sound, Editing: Christoph Pohl; Production Assistance: Louise Votrubec
Cast: Dr. Nandita Shah – Founder of SHARAN
Contact: Christoph Pohl, Radiance, Aurodam, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Website: http://brainfever.in, http://sharan-india.org
Link: https://vimeo.com/55163587
screening times: Outdoor Th 19 19:30, Conference Room Sa 21 15:00
SMART SHOPPING WITH PRABHU AND SAUNDARAJAN, FOOD WASTAGE, VISITING THE FARM, DO IT YOURSELF
2013, Animation, English, 12 min
These four little films attempt to create awareness about food choices and invite the audience to think if their day-to-day food choices are appropriate, healthy, supportive to the local farming community and environment-friendly. Moreover they invite everybody to grow whatever little food they can and to create a healthy and vibrant community. Prabhu and Saundarajan are a father and son duo. Questioning a lot of things around them, they ponder about where their food comes from and a lot of other things!
Director, Animation, Sound, Editing: Shreya Sen
Producer: Auroville Green Practices, Ford Foundation
Concept, Story, Script: Shreya Sen, Martin Scherfler; Sound Effects: Vijay Paul Punia
Music: Raju Das
Voices: Charudutta Prabhudesai, Jesse, Krishna Devanandan
Contact: Martin Scherfler, Auroville Consulting, Saracon Campus, Kottakarai Plaza, Irumbai Post, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: http://www.youtube.com/user/2013AGP?feature=watch
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Sa 21 21:03, Conference Room We 18 09:55
SURYA
2012, Experimental Documentary Photography, English, 7 min
A slide show accompanying the song composed by Gopika on Nadaka’s music, exploring the play of the sun on the Matrimandir.
Has been presented at the Auroville Festival, New Delhi.
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Photography: Giorgio Molinari
Producer: Arka
Editing: Basile
Sound: Nadaka; Singer: Gopika;
Contact: Giorgio Molinari, Arka, Crown Road, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Cinema Paradiso We 18 19:53, Conference Room Sa 21 10:56
THANE CYCLONE
2012, Documentary, Silent, 8 min
“31 DEC 2011 Cyclone Thane is expected to strike India’s south eastern coast early Friday morning. The districts of Cuddalore, Puducherry and Villupuram are expected to receive maximum rain.”
This dramatic video documents the effect of the Thane cyclone on the local coconut farms. The visuals are set to music.
Director, Script, Camera, Sound, Editing: Aurovenkatesh K
Producer: Kaliyaperumal V
Contact: Aurovenkatesh, 59/26, Auroville Main Road, Bharathi Nagar, Periyamudhaliyar Chavady, Vanur Thaluk, Villupuram District, Kottakuppam, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R2QQfF_SKI
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Sa 21 15:45, Conference Room Su 22 10:18
THE LAST SYLLABLE OF RECORDED TIME
2012, Fiction, English with English subtitles, 4 min
As impotent sleeping spectators we have stood by as multinational companies, bankers and traders have looted and pillaged the precious resources of our shared planet. As a species and as individuals, we need to find the wisdom and self-awareness to reflect upon who we are and what we can do to stop this tragic state of affairs.
Winner of the 1st Prize of the Machinimuwa V, Western Australia University. Winner of the Open This End Cinemapop Award Of Excellence in Film Direction 2012. First Jury Prize at the Machinima Expo 2012 (Los Angeles). Machinima Expo 2012 Open This End Award.
Director: Tutsy Navarathna
Producer: La Compagnie des Films de L’Inde, Basile
Script, Camera, Editing: Basile; Sound: “The Pursuit of Happiness” by Midimal;
Avatar: Vita Boudoir; Mask: YIPSmoodmask – University of Western Australia
Contact: Basile, Dana, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: https://vimeo.com/63641754
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Fr 20 16:16, Conference Room Sa 21 10:25
THE TEACHINGS OF FLOWERS – THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE MOTHER OF THE SRI AUROBINDO ASHRAM
2012, Documentary, English, 121 min
The Mother’s life from her birth and early childhood realizations and her work with Sri Aurobindo for humanity to bring the new consciousness and foster human unity. Sri Aurobindo’s attainments and work. The formation of the Ashram and Auroville. All set in a framework of the Mother’s flower teachings.
Director: Loretta Shartsis
Producer: True Swan Productions, Loretta Shartsis
Script, Sound, Music placement: Loretta Shartsis
Camera, Editing, Graphic Designer: Coren Lindfield
Music: Jean-Christophe Bonnafous
Research: Loretta Shartsis; Archival Material: Sri Aurobindo Ashram 2012
Post-Production Technician: Hemant Shekhar
Narrator: Loretta Shartsis
Contact: Loretta Shartsis, Invocation, Bhartat Nivas, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Conference Room Fr 20 15:56, Conference Room Th 19 09:30
THE TREK TO BARA SHIGRI GLACIER
2013, Documentary, English, 78 min
During the summer of 2012, a bunch of nine Aurovilian trekkers went on an adventurous trek along one of Asia’s largest glaciers, Bara Shigri. The glacier is located in the Chandra Valley of Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. The crew spent eleven spectacular days on the glacier, progressively camping at different areas, reaching an altitude of 5750m and walking a total distance of 83 km.
Director, Producer, Script, Sound, Editing: Ashwin Ezhumalai
Camera: Ashwin Ezhumalai, Jonah Skoles, Kumaran Selvam, Sergei Tretiakov, Vladimir Ivanov
Trekkers: Jean Legrand, Vladimir Ivanov, Sergei Tretiakov, Jonah Skoles, Ingmarie Putka, Kumaran Selvam, Anadi Skoles, Ashwin Ezhumalai, Smiti Arpi
Contact: Ashwin Ezhumalai, Bharat Nivas, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Su 22 15:26, Conference Room Sa 21 16:42
TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM RAJASTHAN, PUSHKAR
2013, Documentary, Silent, 5 min
These musicians belong to the Jati Bhopa, a tribe considered to be very low in the social scale. They are accompanied by the Ravanhatta, ancestor of the violin. Their life is very difficult. They live in tents on the edge of the desert a few kilometers from Pushkar. A few of them have small brick homes. Every day they go to Pushkar to try to earn a few rupees from tourists with their songs. If you go there, be generous and you will enjoy with them. This plaintive and melancholic music is an old traditional music of Rajasthan’s desert.
Director, Script, Camera, Editing: Basile Vignes
Producer: La Compagnie des Films de l’Inde, Basile Vignes
Music: Musicians of the Bhopa community at Pushkar
Contact: Basile, Dana, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCojrmPss9o
screening times: Conference Room We 18 16:53, Conference Room Sa 21 10:45
VARIED TRIO
2013, Experimental, English, 16 min
The film is based on abstract and digital paintings made by Juergen Puetz.
Occasionally, works of other artists are also included.
The film is to be conceived as ‘abstract’ since different meanings can be given to the images depicted and to the sub-images created by the merging of different individual images or paintings.
The audio track has been selected carefully.
The film is largely autobiographical as it reflects periods in the creative life and process of the artist.
This film is dedicated to Lou Harrison.
Director, Producer, Script, Camera, Editing: Juergen Puetz
Music: “Varied Trio” by Lou Harrison
Contact: Juergen Puetz, Palmyra, Aurobrindavan, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: https://vimeo.com/72247516
screening times: Conference Room Th 19 17:00, Conference Room We 18 09:30
VIRPANAIKU ALLA
NOT FOR SALE
2013, Fiction, Tamil with English subtitles, 17 min
An awareness film to protect agricultural lands from real estate development.
Director, Script, Camera, Sound, Editing, Title, Animation: Aurovenkatesh K
Producer: Kaliyaperumal V
Additional Crew: Vijaykumar, Ayyanar, Jagan, Prabu, Murali
Dubbing Artist: Jayaraj; Subtitle: Deivanayaki
Cast: Aurovenkatesh, Parasuraman, Abimannan, Vijaykumar, Ayyanar, Jagan, Prabu,Dharani, Sadhana
Contact: Aurovenkatesh, 59/26, Auroville Main Road, Bharathi Nagar, Periyamudhaliyar Chavady, Vanur Thaluk, Villupuram District, Kottakuppam, Auroville, TN 605101, India
screening times: Cinema Paradiso Tu 17 19:30, Conference Room Su 22 16:01
WATER FROM SUN
2013, Documentary, English with English subtitles, 8 min
A remote village in Madhya Pradesh, India, has no access to clean drinking water or electricity. The villagers are in a deplorable condition due to the lack of clean water and related health issues. A dirty open well, the only source of water for the village, dries up in summer, leading to a desperate situation. Haritika, a NGO, intervened and created a source of water approximately 2 km away to improve the situation. Haritika contacted Sunlit Future to find a solution by using solar energy to pump water for the village and to remove the drudgery of the villagers’ lives.
Sunlit Future overcame technological and geological challenges to pump water and created a major social impact on the village by using solar energy. This is a documentary of that work.
Director, Script: Divya Kapoor
Producer: brainfever media productions, Christoph Pohl
Camera, Sound: Kasper Konrad; Editing: Christoph Pohl
Script Assistance: Mandakini; Voiceover: Joy
Contact: Divya Kapoor, Sunlit Future, Aurosarjan, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Website: http://brainfever.in, http://www.sunlitfuture.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/73503178
screening times: Cinema Paradiso We 18 15:15, Conference Room Fr 20 15:15
YOUR SMILE IS PRECIOUS
2012, Documentary, English, 5 min
Dental care developed in the villages surrounding Auroville over 20 years by the Auroville Dental Centre – a still unique experience in rural India where most of the 800 million people have no access to dental care!
It shows that oral health for children, implemented through an original concept, can be achieved with limited means and eliminates the fear of the dentist.
This movie is a demonstration of what could be disseminated all over India and other countries in similar conditions resulting in a drastic reduction of health care needs and costs.
Director, Script, Editing: Rakhal Venet
Producer: Adecerra, Jacques Verré
Camera: Jacques Verré; Music: Jayantii Kumaresh; Voice-over: Kripa
Contact: Jacques Verré, Protection, Auroville, TN 605101, India
Link: https://vimeo.com/63306159
screening times: Conference Room Th 19 15:00, Conference Room Sa 21 10:15