Films made by Aurovilians, bioregion residents or guests of Auroville
A Cowboy in Auroville
2016, India, Fiction, 4 min, French with English subtitles
John Wayne, a Newcomer, is discovering Auroville and gets into trouble.
Director: Fred Cebron
Email: fred1(at)auroville.org.in
A Dream Comes True
2017, India, Documentary, 5 min, English
The film narrates Aikya’s dream-come-true experience of being invited for a month-long training with the White Lion Leadership Academy after participating in the ’One United Roar‘ International Campaign with 11 kids from The Learning Community.
Note: Two kids came first and went to visit the White Lions in South Africa with their parents; they’re not featured here.
Director: Aikya
Email: natureandspirit(at)auroville.org.in
Acroyoga Play
2017, Belgium/India, Experimental, 3 min
AcroYoga performance filmed using hyperlapse video technique.
Director and Producer: Aurélie Fischer
Script: Aurélie Fischer, Damien Navineau, Luise Pape
Contact: Damien Navineau, Brihaspathi, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: damien.navineau(at)gmail.com
Phone: 0091-9047722740
An EcoVillage Ashram in Thailand Wongsanit
2016, Thailand, Documentary, 6 min, English
Wongsanit Ashram was founded in 1984 by social activist Sulak Sivaraksa and colleagues. It is a spiritual activist community devoted to developing and promoting an alternative lifestyle that is grounded in Buddhist Dharma, cultural diversity and environmental sustainability. It is home to educators and social activists who lead programmes in grassroots leadership, natural construction techniques, and empowerment of marginalised communities.
Director, Script and Producer: Serena Aurora
Email: serena_aurora(at)hotmail.com
Website: http://wongsanit-ashram.org/tha/, https://auroraseye.wordpress.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVW82CuolGE
Aquarium 9
2017, United Kingdom, Experimental, 3 min
People swimming in a big aquarium.
Director: Cecilia Cortes
Music: Marti Bharath
Email: ceciliaa.cortes(at)gmail.com
Asylum Park
2017, India, 20 min, English with English subtitles
A glimpse through a window into the lives of asylum seekers and refugees in Europe.
Director, Script and Producer: Shanu Sharma
Contact: Sasi, Douceur Community, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: sasi(at)auroville.org.in
Phone: 0091-9159355809
Awakening Matter
2017, India, Documentary, 11 min
From something inert, lifeless and heavy, matter is transformed into a thing of beauty, unique and living.
Director and Script: Smiti
Cast: Flame Pottery
Contact: Smiti Arpi, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: smiti(at)auroville.org.in
Back Then and Now
2017, India, 2 min, English
A short featuring Neumann and two songs of the filmmaker’s youth.
Director, Script and Producer: Christoph Pohl
Cast: Neumann
Contact: Christoph Pohl, Anusuya, Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India – 605101
Email: cp(at)brainfever.in
Phone: 0091 – 9787702495
Website: https://vimeo.com/groups/kinoaurovillemonthly
Link: https://vimeo.com/220101170
Be Part of the Solution and Not the Problem
2017, India, Documentary, 4 min
A film on the threat posed by plastic to the environment, and how carrying cotton bags while shopping can reduce environmental impact.
Director and Script: Yatra Srinivassan
Producer: Yatra Arts Media
Camera: Rajaram
Editing: Hariharan
Production Assistant: S. Adilakshmi, Jayabharathi
Contact: Yatra, Near New Creation, Kuilapalayam, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: yatraartsmedia(at)gmail.com
Phone: 0091-9751033162
Website: http://www.yatraartsmedia.org
Blue Boy
2016, United Kingdom/Italy, Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, 16 min, Italian with English subtitles
Set in the magical world of the Neapolitan empire, Blue Boy follows Guido, a famous thief, and his companion Toni, a young boy. After a fateful accident, Guido is left to contemplate the recklessness of his actions, realising that his material gain is not what allows him his happiness.
Director and Script: Ciro Apicella
Producer: Cecilia Cortes
Cast: Fabrizio Ferracane, Nunzia Schiano
Contact: Cecilia Cortes, 30, Brahman Gardens, London SW5 OHF
Email: blueboyfilm1(at)gmail.com
Phone: 0044-7402770505
Country: United Kingdom
Website: https://blueboyfilm.wordpress.com
Link: https://vimeo.com/176142844
Boundary
2017, India, 5 min, Tamil with English subtitles
This short film explains how humans are bound to their own thoughts, emotions and struggles in their lives. It is when they come out of their own boundaries that they find real freedom.
Director, Script: Mithran
Camera: Gopi Vijay
Production: Vinoth, Barath, Vettri, Nanavel
Contact: Mithran, 36, Thilagar Nagar, Thengaithittu, Puducherry – 605004
Email: 2mithran(at)gmail.com
Phone: 0091-9626085121
Building Peacemaker
2017, India, Documentary, 5 min
Children and adults of the Auroville Choir prepare for the last stages of rehearsal for Karl Jenkins’ work ‘The Peacemakers’. The performance took place on the 26th of December 2016 at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, and was filmed with an iPhone 5S.
Director: Marco Feira
Editing: Basile
Music: Karl Jenkins
Email: marcoavc(at)auroville.org.in
Cultural Day at Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
2016, United States, Documentary, 30 min, English
This cultural day is held one weekend a year on the Big Island of Hawaii. In ancient times, Hawaiians lived under strict laws. Commoners could not get too close to the chief, nor were they allowed to touch any of his possessions, walk in his footsteps or even let their shadows touch the royal grounds. The penalty for violating a sacred kapu (taboo) was death.
Breaking a kapu was believed to incur the wrath of the gods. Hawaiians often chased down an offender and swiftly put him to death unless he could reach a puuhonua, or place of refuge. There he could be absolved by a kahuna (priest) in a purification ceremony, then return home with his transgression forgiven. Defeated warriors and non-combatants could also find refuge here during times of battle.
Cultural Days are held to share Hawaiian culture with tourists and others. You will see many traditional crafts and practices in the video.
Director and Producer: Tlaloc Tokuda
Cast: Cast of many
Contact: Tlaloc, Tokuda, 73-459 Kukuki St, Kailua Kona, HI, 96740, USA
Email: tlaloctt(at)hotmail.com
Phone: 0091-7639536922
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2yHcK3pL30
Dehashakti – The Documentary
2017, India, Documentary, 42 min, English
A film about Mother and Sri Aurobindo’s vision on physical education.
Director: Satyavan Bhatt
Producer: No School Production
Email: s.bhatt45(at)gmail.com
Design Charette
2017, India, Documentary, 2 min, English
Designing of Auroville Consulting campus.
Director: Vimal
Email: vimal(at)auroville.org.in
Direction
2017, India, Comedy, 6 min, English with English subtitles
A montage of short vignettes of human behaviour as witnessed by Jesus and Ganesh.
Director and Script: Dinegar
Producer: Sasikanth Somu
Cast: Chandana, Londen, Zasha, Mira, Rajeev, Charu
Contact: Sasi, Douceur Community, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: sasi(at)auroville.org.in
Phone: 0091-9159355809
Earth and Bamboo
2016, India, Documentary, 3 min, English
Earth and bamboo workshop experience.
Director: Vimal
Email: vimal(at)auroville.org.in
Entre Chiens et Loups
2017, India, Animation, Experimental, Virtual Reality, 5 min, English with French subtitles
During the Second World War, the level of support for Nazification was unprecedented. The systematic extermination of people based on race and social status would not have been possible without the financial backing of multinationals to the Nazis during the war. Throughout the history of WWII, an obscure detail has been hidden by historians: the role played by companies.
Director, Script and Producer: Tutsy NAvArAthnA
Contact: Tutsy NAvArAthnA, Dana, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: tutsyn(at)gmail.com
Phone: 0091-413-2622350
Link: https://vimeo.com/180844241
Footprint
2016, India, Documentary, 8 min, English
Birgitte Bauer-Wilson, choreographer of Footprint, comments on the dance piece along with some of the Indian and Danish dancers. Footprint is an attempt to find balance and harmony in life.
Director: Fred Cebron
Producer: Peter Majumdar Loegstrup
Email: fred1(at)auroville.org.in
Garbage to Gold
2016, India, Documentary, 7 min, English and Tamil with English subtitles
This film makes an appeal to mitigate the causes of climate change by properly managing kitchen waste. Kitchen waste can be converted into compost or biogas for cooking. The film documents change-makers who manufacture or use biogas plants.
Director and Editor: Yatra Srinivassan
Script: Bindu Mohanty
Producer: Pipal Tree, Bangalore, and Yatra Arts Media, Auroville
Camera: Rajaram
Editing Assistants: Rajaram S, Adilakshmi Arulmozhi
Music: Johannes Zilverzurf Zachrisson
Voice-over: Sumit Kumar
Email: yatrasrinivassan(at)gmail.com
Get away from the wall
2017, India, Music Video, 2 min, English
Ivor Cutler says it how it is.
Director and Producer: Tom Mo
Script: Ivor Cutler
Cast: Milo Mo, Marco Feira
Contact: Tom Mo, Discipline Farm, Auroville, Tamil Nadu 605101 INDIA
Email: tommo@defracted.com
Phone: 0091-8940566639
Grapes / Growing in Power
2016, India, Documentary, 5 min, Tamil
The power within grows to realize Auroville. We want the galaxy.
Director: Celestine
Producer: Celestial Art and Cultural Research Centre
Camera and Editing: Sofie
Installation: Sanjeev, Shehin
Music: Misiriou by Dick Dale
Contact: Celestine, Prarthana, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: celestine(at)auroville.org.in
Phone: 0091-9585176899
Heavenly Grace
2016, India, Documentary, 5 min, English
Once upon a time
God decided to descend as snow
On the solstice day 21st of December 2016
At the heart of Auroville
And he wished his best to all passers-by
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Director and Script: Celestine
Producer: Celestial Art and Cultural Research Centre
Camera: Jinu
Editing: Christoph
Installation: Raja
Music: Last Christmas by Wham!
Contact: Celestine, Prarthana, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: celestine(at)auroville.org.in
Phone: 0091-9585176899
Hi Buggy
2016, India, 12 sec, English
Chine narrates a story using her hands.
Director: Fred Cebron
Email: fred1(at)auroville.org.in
Hukilau
2016, United States, Documentary, 30 min, English
Hawaiian culture may have been strict in some ways but it was also a culture based on caring, sharing and giving, and it was sustainable. Most things were done collectively and the poor, old or sick were looked after. The hukilau was one such community endeavour – a community fishing event where the fishing was done together and the fish were shared with each other. This movie shows a hukilau as well as many other traditional Hawaiian crafts and skills.
Director and Producer: Tlaloc Tokuda
Cast: A cast of many
Contact: Tlaloc, Tokuda, 73-459 Kukuki St, Kailua Kona, HI, 96740, USA
Email: tlaloctt(at)hotmail.com
Phone: 0091-7639536922
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qEkbSmJtvA
I’ll Wait Here
2017, India, Music Video, 4 min, English
I’ll Wait Here is a song about being lost, taking life for granted, not knowing what to do with oneself and how to make this world a better place, so in the meantime ‘I’ll wait here’.
Director: Circé Lugenbuhl
Camera and Editing: Tom Mo
Music: Circé Lugenbuhl, Luis Pisconte, Diego Gadenz, Nando Drums
Contact: Tom Mo, Discipline Farm, Auroville, Tamil Nadu 605101 INDIA
Email: tommo@defracted.com
Phone: 0091-8940566639
I’m From Here… A Big Project in a Little Village in Indonesia
2016, Indonesia, Documentary, 10 min, English
I’m From Here is a project set up by Edyanta Sinuaji, who aims to bring people together, rejuvenate the land and lead a sustainable life. He does this by teaching villagers about recycling, art projects, natural building, traditional theatre, organic farming, as well as bringing people from all over the world to share cultures and languages.
Filmed in a small village in Sulawesi, Indonesia, we explore a predominantly Muslim village and the impact of tourists.
Director, Script and Producer: Serena Aurora
Email: serena_aurora(at)hotmail.com
Website: https://auroraseye.wordpress.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crT6-WoXIQs
Indian Hands and Feet… Traditional Arts and Crafts of India
2013, India, Documentary, 7 min
India has some truly amazing workmanship. This film explores some of the traditional arts and crafts of India, like jewellery making, wood carving, sewing, embroidery, stone carving, shoe making, book binding, weaving, inlaying, and an ancient method of naturally dyeing fabrics – skills which one day may be taken over by machines like in the rest of the world. Created over a 6-month period while travelling throughout India, the film is a call to show people what they can do with their hands and feet.
Director, Script and Producer: Serena Aurora
Email: serena_aurora(at)hotmail.com
Website: https://auroraseye.wordpress.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozMXZORhBJk
India-Pakistan Border
2014, India, Documentary, 4 min
Wagah is the only border crossing by road between Pakistan and India, and lies on the Grand Trunk Road between the cities of Amritsar, India, and Lahore, Pakistan.
Located 22 km (13.75 mi) from Lahore and 32 km (19.88 mi) from Amritsar, Wagah, named Wahga in Pakistan, is a village through which the controversial Radcliffe Line, the boundary demarcation line dividing India and Pakistan upon the Partition of India, was drawn. The village was divided by independence in 1947. Today, the eastern half of the village remains in the Republic of India while the western half lies in Pakistan. It is particularly known for the elaborate Wagah border ceremony that happens at the border gate before sunset each day.
Director, Script and Producer: Serena Aurora
Email: serena_aurora(at)hotmail.com
Website: http://auroraseye.wordpress.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noigH_Q0k8I
Informal Hit – A Freaky Foray
2016, India, Fiction, 28 min, English
The story revolves around 3 characters called Max Payne, Linda, and Natasha. Mysterious things occur when all of them come across a strange television set that has the power to end lives.
Director and Script: AR Imran
Producer: Shwetha Manoharan
Credits: Shwetha Manoharan, Samvit Blass, Alice Bandiziol
Email: shwetha0709(at)gmail.com
Link: https://youtu.be/C_l_OStZJiA
Inhale Exhale
2016, India, Animation, 30 sec
Short stop-motion animation produced for the very first round of Kino Auroville
Director, Script, Producer and Editing: Christoph Pohl
Photography and Shaving: Tom Mo
Contact: Christoph Pohl, Anusuya, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: cp(at)brainfever.in
Phone: 0091-9787702495
Link: https://vimeo.com/190353124
Inner Dialogues
2017, India, Documentary, 89 min, French with English subtitles
With these first six episodes we sought the Auroville of the inside, interviewing several Aurovilians about their present experience, catching the sincerity of the moment of those beings whose states of the soul evolve and shape themselves, like the clay that colours their feet.
Director and Script: Claire, RV
Producer: Auroville Pictures
Subtitles: Julie
Contact: Claire, Sukhavati, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: iono(at)auroville.org.in
Phone: 0091-9585139142
Website: https://www.facebook.com/AUROVILLEPICTURES/
Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9B6xlMqHWPg5IIJiRhhlptGV-CeBU40
Inner Peace
2017, India, 2 min
A good way to find inner peace in the present world.
Director: Marco Saroldi
Email: saroldimarco(at)gmail.com
Link: https://player.vimeo.com/video/216349598
Journey to Auroville, India; Episode One
2017, India, Documentary, 80 min, English
This is the first film in an ongoing story of eight Canadian ladies who have been practicing Sri Aurobindo’s yoga. For years, they have cherished a dream to come to Auroville for two weeks. They came for the two Darshans; February 21st and 29th, 2016, and were given four talks on Sri Aurobindo and Mother. Each talk was filmed, so there will be three more episodes. Each film stands on its own without the other three episodes, and in each coming episode we hear of new spiritual gifts and adventures. We see the ladies change, glowing with more and more light, becoming happier, liberated and fulfilled. Episode one gives us our first glimpse into these beautiful souls, and by the end of the first meeting, we fall in love with each of them. We will see more of them later on and learn more about Sri Aurobindo and others’ teachings, because the other three episodes are coming soon.
Director, Script and Producer: Loretta Shartsis
Technical Director: Yatra Srinivassan
Cast: Anastasia Kletas, Catherine Ralphs, Jeanie Westendorf, Loretta Shartsis, Monica Heuser, Robyn Leslie, Ruth Lamb, Rvyr Tupper, Stephanie Lawrence
Email: loretta(at)auroville.org.in
Kali / Growing in power
2016, India, Documentary, 5 min, English and Tamil
This short documentary film is an educational and wakeup call through an installation with recycled materials on a public road in Auroville to inspire all passers-by, a beginning of a future art and a future realisation.
Will you be the same again?
Director, Concept and Art Work: Celestine
Producer: Celestial Art and Cultural Research Centre
Camera and Editing: Sofie
Installation: Raja, Ragul
Contact: Celestine, Prarthana, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: celestine(at)auroville.org.in
Phone: 0091-9585176899
Ladakh un Autre Regard: les Nomades du Chang Tang
2015, India, Documentary, 4 min, English with English subtitles
More and more nomads leave their region to go to Leh, with climate change hitting their lives badly. In winter the food for the herds is scarce, and in the summer, rains become too abundant. Konchok Norgay talks about how the lives of these nomads can be improved, so that they can carry on with their way of life.
Director: Ann Riquier
Editing: Yatra Multimedia
Email: dolma(at)auroville.org.in
Ladakh un Autre Regard: SECMOL
2015, India, Documentary, 6 min, English with French subtitles
One learns through experience, says Sonam Wangchuk co-founder of SECMOL campus in Ladakh. Due to the high rate of failure among Ladakhi students in the entrance exams for colleges in Srinagar, Jammu, Chandigarh and Delhi, Sonam and his friends took upon themselves to reform school programs in Ladakh.
Director: Ann Riquier
Editing: Yatra Multimedia
Email: dolma(at)auroville.org.in
Ladakh un Autre Regard: Tradition
2015, India, Documentary, 4 min, English
Ladakh is not only a tourist destination, it is also a place with a fragile ecosystem, and an ancient tradition still vibrant, which has to deal with modernity and blind consumerism, says Tashi Morup from the Lamo Center.
Director: Ann Riquier
Editor: Yatra Multimedia
Email: dolma(at)auroville.org.in
Landing Auroville
2015, India, Documentary, 8 min, English
Auroville is a cradle for the future; in order to fulfil its role it needs its physical body to be complete. This movie is in support of the fundraising campaign Acres for Auroville (A4A).
Director: Rakhal Venet
Script: Rakhal, Mandakini (AVI)
Producer: Land Board of Auroville
Voice Over: B, Kripa
Music: Agni, Chloé Sanchez
Images: Olivier B, Basil
Contact: Rakhal, Sukhavati, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: rakhal(at)auroville.org.in
Phone: 0091-9488483485
Link: https://vimeo.com/143531655
Living the Truth of Unity with Peter Bampton in Auroville, India
2017, India, Documentary, 54 min, English
In this talk and dialogue in Auroville, Peter Bampton shares the vision and spiritual orientation of the Awakened Life Project.
Director: Serena Aurora
Email: serena_aurora(at)hotmail.com
Website: https://auroraseye.wordpress.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8sOcpJCwnw&t=1s
LOL
2016, India, 5 min
LOL is a short movie about the wrong perceptions people have while watching reality through a screen. It’s a film about people laughing even when there is nothing to laugh at, and a tribute to our increasingly psychotic society.
Director: Marco Saroldi
Camera: AuroVenkatesh
Cast: Fif Fernandes, Gali Papillonne, Ganesh Krishnamurthy, Hamish Boyd, Kaeridwyn Newman
Music: Gorillaz
Email: saroldimarco(at)gmail.com
Link: https://vimeo.com/groups/kinoaurovillemonthly/videos/194217518-LOL
Mirror Lovers
2017, India, Animation, 2 min
In the lost and mysterious island of Utek-er the tribe of In-her Mirror live a simple and peaceful life. Surrounded by the fantastic nature of the island, their meetings and relationships are direct and immediate.
Director: Marco Feira
Camera and Editing: Tom Mo
Email: marcoavc(at)auroville.org.in
More Than A Farm – Freixo Do Meio
2015, Portugal, Documentary, 44 min, English and Portugese with English subtitles
Freixo do Meio is a project that became a sustainable reality for many people. It is a big organic farm and organism, integrating with surrounding Montado, a typical ecosystem from Alentejo, Portugal. The presence of human beings here wants to be a peaceful cooperation which welcomes and arouses biodiversity.
In this visual summary, Alfredo, manager of this ecosystem, starts explaining his philosophy which lays the basis for his way of farming. In this open view, a circle of people works with the puzzle of nature, creating a balance which allows production without exploitation of resources (agroecology).
In the video we see people and their various skills: cooperation, eco functionality, managing risks, all with a biodynamic approach. The produce is sold in Alfredo’s farm shop in Lisbon. This creates an honest economy which allows the workers to be paid.
Alternative projects are included: beekeeping, permaculture, medicinal garden, and a horse-riding school. In the end we see how Sorraias horses (indigenous ancient breed) are respected and kept wild in their ecosystem. This video is an example of how Man can act in a sensitive way, contributing to local production and protecting the environment.
Director, Script and Producer: Serena Aurora
Email: serena_aurora(at)hotmail.com
Website: www.herdadedofreixodomeio.com
Morning Sounds
2017, India, Experimental, 2 min
Short film for Kino Auroville featuring the filmmaker’s favourite morning sounds. Best enjoyed using headphones or decent speakers on high volume and with a coffee at hand…
Director, Script and Producer: Christoph Pohl
Contact: Christoph Pohl, Anusuya, Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India – 605101
Email: cp(at)brainfever.in
Phone: 0091-9787702495
Link: https://vimeo.com/211059631
My Burning Heart
2017, India, Documentary, 65 min, English
A stage adaptation of an interview with Satprem by F. De Towarnicki, adapted by Moghan and read by Norman.
Director and Producer: Holger
Script: Satprem
Cast: Norman Bowler
Contact: Holger, Sharnga 3, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: holger(at)auroville.org.in
Phone: 0091-9047649944
My Cheesy Goat Farm
2017, Portugal, Documentary, 12 min, English
My Cheesy Goat Farm explores the life of a goat farmer in Portugal. We learn how Manfred the farmer has established his self-sufficient organic farm and how he makes his delicious goat cheese.
Director: Serena Aurora
Email: serena_aurora(at)hotmail.com
Website: auroraseye.wordpress.com
Not Just a Monk in the Philippines…
2016, Philippines, Documentary, 5 min, English
Bhante Ven Rakkhita Samanera, a Buddhist monk who currently resides in the Philippines, is no ordinary monk – he helps look after the welfare of the village locals. On his daily alms round with his begging bowl, he takes photos of the sick, uploads them to Facebook, finds diagnosis and donations and then helps the poor and needy. He hopes to spread this model worldwide. Please help him in any way you can. venrakkhita.donation(at)gmail.com
Director, Script and Producer: Serena Aurora
Email: serena_aurora(at)hotmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/rob.norris2
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dst4jGGqiiI
On a Mission from God
2017, India, 3 min
A gang of three kids go around with a mysterious briefcase.
Director: Marco Saroldi
Writer’s and Director’s Assistants: Cristiano Castelli, Dominique Jacques
Cast: Diego, Lorenzo, Ramon
Music: “Peter Gunn Theme” by James Newton Howard
Email: saroldimarco(at)gmail.com
On a Mission from God #2
2017, India, 4 min
The gang of kids pursue the mysterious briefcase thieves.
Director: Marco Saroldi, Cristiano Castelli
Cast: Amber, Diego, Lorenzo, Prithvi, Ramon
Music: “Peter Gunn Theme” performed by Cramps
Email: saroldimarco(at)gmail.com
Our Ecovillage in Valdepielagos Spain
2015, Spain, Documentary, 26 min, English
A film exploring an ecovillage in Spain…
Director, Script and Producer: Serena Aurora
Email: serena_aurora(at)hotmail.com
Website: https://auroraseye.wordpress.com,
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmOrVywxUZs
Path that Leads Nowhere
2017, Iran, Documentary, Experimental, 39 min, French and Persian with English subtitles
A group of young people gather at an airport in Tehran to travel to the mountains of the North. The film is in a way the story of this journey.
The filmmaker inquires into notions of “group”, “collective work”, “individual and group”, and “engagement” through the film (image-movement and sound) medium.
Director: Omid, Seyed Habib Hashemi
Script and Producer: Rekhneh Collective
Contact: Omid Paeez, Evergreen Community, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: omidpaeez(at)gmail.com
Website: https://t.me/rekhnehcollective
Prem Carlton College workshop
2017, India, Documentary, 3 min, English
Workshop on solar installation at the Tibetan Pavilion.
Director: Vimal
Email: vimal(at)auroville.org.in
Record Me
2017, India, Documentary, Music video, 5 min, English
A look at the produce and food from Solitude Farm, set to music by ‘Emergence’.
Director and Script: Shanu Sharma
Producer: Solitude Farm
Cast: Emergence Band
Contact: Sasi, Douceur Community, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: sasi(at)auroville.org.in
Phone: 0091-9159355809
“Regaining the Power of Thinking” at Tamera, Portugal
2016, Portugal, Documentary, 4 min, English
Excerpt from a speech by Martin Winiecki, coordinator of the Institute for Global Peace Work in Tamera, about regaining the power of thinking and the logic of global healing. Introductory words to an international seminar held in Tamera Peace Research Center, Portugal, in August 2016.
Director, Script and Producer: Serena Aurora
Email: serena_aurora(at)hotmail.com
Website: https://www.tamera.org
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU8MVtHi_DY
ReUnite Oneness GEN Global Ecovillage Network
2016, India, Documentary, 2 min, English
A collection of images from the director’s trip around the world visiting intentional communities and organic farms with passages read from the book Supermanhood by Satprem.
Director, Script and Producer: Serena Aurora
Email: serena_aurora(at)hotmail.com
Website: https://auroraseye.wordpress.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CFfCOaZjWg
SHARAN Dietary Guidelines
2017, India, Documentary, 9 min, English
SHARAN helps people reverse diabetes and other lifestyle diseases through nutrition. SHARAN has a five-point plan for nutrition – 1. whole 2. plant-based 3. organic foods, and a check on 4. vitamin B12 and 5. vitamin D. Patients should do lab tests regularly and reduce medication as they improve until they are off all the medications or as much as possible. It’s very simple, and highly effective!
Director: Mogstar Media
Producer: Nandita Shah
Email: nandita(at)sharan-india.org
SHARAN Training Program
2016, India, Documentary, 6 min, English
The SHARAN Training Program is specially created for people who have walked the path, experienced the health and other benefits and want to sharpen their skills to share this knowledge with others. They can do this either as SHARAN instructors or individually.
Director: Mogstar Media
Producer: Nandita Shah
Email: nandita(at)sharan-india.org
Stones
2016, India, Experimental, 2 min, English
A look at the role stones play in our perception.
Director and Producer: Tom Mo
Script: Ivor Cutler
Contact: Tom Mo, Discipline Farm, Auroville, Tamil Nadu 605101 INDIA
Email: tommo@defracted.com
Phone: 0091-8940566639
Tango Fragments
2017, India, Music Video, 5 min, English
Fragments of the 6th Auroville Tango Festival, with voices from some of the teachers and Auroville’s dancers.
Director: Marie-Pierre Lacombe
Camera and Editing: Isaac Perika
Email: mapie02(at)hotmail.com
The Awakened Life Project – A Spiritual Community
2015, Portugal, Documentary, 34 min, English
The Awakened Life Project, based in Portugal, offers a direct, profound and contemporary approach to spiritual awakening and the creation of a new culture. Founded at an abandoned mountain farm in 2007 by Cynthia & Peter Bampton, the Project has developed into a growing, vibrant network of individuals and communities inspired by an enlightened evolutionary vision for human life. This documentary is a captivating introduction to the multidimensional organism that is the Awakened Life Project.
Director, Script and Producer: Serena Aurora
Email: serena_aurora(at)hotmail.com
Website: http://awakenedlifeproject.org/en
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsZOgyeqjJ0
The Findhorn Community and Foundation in Scotland
2015, United Kingdom, Documentary, 18 min, English
A short documentary that explores the community of Findhorn (one of the oldest intentional communities) and how it began…
Director, Script and Producer: Serena Aurora
Email: serena_aurora(at)hotmail.com
Website: https://www.findhorn.org
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUP6ZR8GCRk
The Land I Love
2017, India, Music video, 4 min, English
The Land I Love is a song about the director’s connection to, and perception of, Auroville, with all its contradictions. As I grew up here, I have a very strong connection to Auroville’s earth and nature, but it’s always harder with human nature.
Director: Circé Lugenbuhl
Camera and Editing: Tom Mo
Music: Circé Lugenbuhl, Diego Gadenz, Nando Drums
The Power of the Mind
2017, India, 3 min
Telekinesis exercises could bring you up to a dangerous point…
Director: Marco Saroldi
Email: saroldimarco(at)gmail.com
The Residents
2016, India, Animation, Virtual Reality, 9 min, Gibberish with English subtitles
200 light years away from the Earth, on the wandering planet IRASTA, 4th planet from the star Ogle TR113, in the constellation Carina, computers are panicking! The Solar System is in danger!
Aliens are sent on an observer mission to Earth. A navigational error propels them, unwillingly, into the metaverse, where they are convinced to work with earthlings.
Director, Script and Producer: Tutsy NAvArAthnA
Contact: Tutsy NAvArAthnA, Dana, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: tutsyn(at)gmail.com
Phone: 0091-413-2622350
Link: https://vimeo.com/81378424
Tinted Glasses
2017, India, Experimental, 4 min
Exploring the built environment through two perspectives.
Director and Script: Anbu Selvi
Producer: Ranesh, Kavin, Jayaraman
Cast: Masila AR, Ranesh
Contact: Anbu J
Email: anbuselvi(at)gmail.com
To Thee Homage
2017, India, Documentary, 5 min
A tour of the Matrimandir, from the inside and outside.
Director, Script, Producer and Cast: Auroville Video Productions
Contact: Doris van Kalker
Email: doris(at)auroville.org.in
Link: https://vimeo.com/164078347
Together
2016, India, Documentary, 9 min, Many languages
A montage of pictures and short video clips from the past and present of Auroville is combined with the voices of Deepanam school children saying “together, all together”, in their various mother tongues. The recording was edited by Chloé Sanchez, resulting in a document full of the light of togetherness.
Director: Rakhal
Contact: Rakhal, Sukhavati, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: rakhal(at)auroville.org.in
Phone: 0091-9488483485
Urban Farming in Auroville
2015, India, Documentary, 5 min, English with English subtitles
Beginning of urban farming at the Centre of Auroville.
Director: Gino
Producer: Green Culture Media
Camera and Editing: Tom Mo
Email: luigi(at)auroville.org.in
Vashist Himachal Pradesh Himalaya Festivals and More, June 2017
2017, India, Documentary, 16 min
Vashist is a little village located in Himachal Pradesh above the Beas river (2100 m) with hot springs, beautiful waterfalls and famous temples. Festivals are celebrated every year in April at the feet of the majestic snow-capped mountains.
Director: Ingrid
Contact: Ingrid, Arati, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: ingridt(at)auroville.org.in
Phone: 0091-9443843976
Volcano National Park Cultural day
2016, United States, Documentary, 30 min, English
Kilauea, the only active volcano in the island of Hawaii, also called The Big Island, rises 4,190 feet (1,227 m) above sea level and occupies about 14% of the land area of the Big Island. The volcano has been erupting continuously for the past 30 years.
The National Park includes 323,431 acres (1,308.88 km2) of land. Hawaiians have always considered the area sacred and observe certain rites to Pele, Goddess of Fire. Once a year, the Hawaiian community and the National Park hold a festival where everyone is invited to participate in the cultural events Hawaiians have been observing around the volcano for thousands of years.
Director, Script and Producer: Tlaloc Tokuda
Contact: Tlaloc, Tokuda, 73-459 Kukuki St, Kailua Kona, HI, 96740, USA
Email: tlaloctt(at)hotmail.com
Phone: 0091-7639536922
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxTPNE9ARDk
When Nature Speaks – The Emergence Convergence In Maia Earth Village
2016, Philippines, Documentary, 19 min, English
On May 18, the intentional community Maia in the Philippines held a five-day Emergence Convergence where people from all over the world came together without a plan, just to see what would happen.
Director, Script and Producer: Serena Aurora
Email: serena_aurora(at)hotmail.com
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G97Ww5RGiOM
Why Millets Matter
2017, India, Documentary, 6 min, English
A movie on climate justice highlighting how millets are crucial to greater food security in India.
Director: Tom Mo
Script: Bindu Mohanty
Producers: Bindu Mohanty, Tom Mo
Contact: Tom Mo, Discipline Farm, Auroville, Tamil Nadu 605101 INDIA
Email: tommo@defracted.com
Phone: 0091-8940566639
Wishes Are Wishes
2017, Documentary, India, 2 min, English
A nonfiction film made for Kino Auroville #004 featuring a 4-week-old toddy cat (Asian palm civet).
Director, Script and Producer: Christoph Pohl
Cast: Patrick
Contact: Christoph Pohl, Anusuya, Auroville, Tamil Nadu – 605101
Email: cp(at)brainfever.in
Phone: 0091-9787702495
Link: https://vimeo.com/202510617
Youth that Never Ages
2016, Documentary, 5 min, English
An in-depth exploration of the meaning of ‘Youth that never ages’ in Auroville.
Director: Chandresh Viyasa and Leonie
Email: luigi@(at)auroville.org.in
