Today I saw the film #FEMALE PLEASURE. What an inspiring, brutally honest film! Such a strong reminder that despite our social normalisation and denial of the issue, the abuse and condemnation of women and women’s bodies is still very present as a justified behaviour in our societies, across several countries, nationalities and cultures. To make...

On the first day of the Film Festival we recorded the Noizegate’s rock sound. Enjoy!

Here you can listen to the very first live concert held at Town Hall garden area by Hunter on drum and Yuri on keyboards

Over the last couple of days, I’ve watched two films that give alternative views on community. One was Ashes in the Snow (2018) a harrowing account of the lives of Lithuanians under Soviet control during WWII, and the other, Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha (2019) a tale of two old ladies and the community that has grown up around them,...

Se i film del giovedì erano stati caratterizzati dalla chiave dell’umorismo (“Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha” e “Laugh or Die”), i film proiettati al Cinema Paradiso ieri sera sono stati accomunati dalla chiave “Argomento tosto da digerire”. I presenti in sala hanno assistito alla proiezione di “Abu – Father” di Arshad Khan, regista e protagonista della storia,...

Today was definitely ‘Unity in Diversity’ day at the film festival. I saw a variety of short films made in Auroville, some of them quite informative and well done, and others with a very good sense of humour – a quality much appreciated by the audience, especially those Aurovilians relating to in-jokes and certain characters...

Up until now I’ve dedicated few words to Aurovilian movies, due to my short time here. It isn’t easy to write about films made without the right tools, and without money, while other films on the theme of human unity are being screened – films made outside Auroville and by industry professionals. At least it has been...

This Wednesday Cinema Paradiso screened two extremely interesting Indian movies.  ‘Turup’, which, from its opening frames brings the flavor of cinema, and of Indian’s love for movies. It is exciting, for a cinema lover such as me, to be in a country that can come to a complete stop the day a new film comes...

Jour 3 – Une leçon de vie avec deux femmes âgées réjouit et donne envie de vieillir. Heureusement il y a des films comme « Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha » réalisé par Tanuja Chandra qui viennent contredire ce que l’on a écrit la veille. Alors que j’évoquais le sort des veuves et la possible misère qui accompagnera leur trajectoire suite...

Probabilmente non sarò l’unica, gli altri miei colleghi avranno sicuramente scritto o scriveranno in proposito dello stesso film, ma “Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha” è una pellicola che vale davvero la pena di vedere! Il documentario del 2019 diretto da Tanuja Chandra e prodotto da Anupama Mandloi (presente in sala durante la proiezione dell’Auroville Film Festival)...

Aanchal Kapur is one the jury members for the 6th edition of AVFF. She is the founder of Kriti Film Club in Delhi and was here also in 2013 for AVFF. Listen to her interview made by Nadia to discover all the details about the judges’ work and to be inspired by Aancahl’s rich tips...

Performing on stage gives one a very different perspective on the whole experience of Auroville’s film festival. From stage I could see … absolutely nothing. The lights were too bright. All else was complete darkness. But what I could experience was another of the joys that Auroville can bring. I was joined on stage by...

Que deviennent les femmes âgées en Inde lorsqu’elles perdent leur mari, lorsqu’elles n’ont pas de revenus, lorsqu’elles ne peuvent plus travailler ? Dans les villes et les campagnes, il nous arrive régulièrement d’être sollicités par des femmes un peu courbées, faisant signe de la main qu’elles ont faim, qu’elles n’ont rien. Quel est leur sort ? Aujourd’hui,...

The 6th Auroville Film Festival started with the sounds of Mohanam drummers and the presentation of the six women judges. AVFF2020 7th – 12th January

And so the second day of Auroville’s 6th Film Festival is already behind us. In the afternoon, I betook myself to the SAIIER building for a series of shorter films, firstly a film about SAIIER itself, emphasizing the central role in Aurovilian education of the psychic being – a very important message for all who...