FILMS MADE BY
AUROVILIANS
RESIDENTS OF THE BIOREGION
PONDICHERRIANS
30 YEARS OF KEEPING THE MUSIC FLOWING – AUROVILLE CHOIR
Year, Duration: 2024, 38min 25sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English
Screening: Thursday, 22 January 2026 at CRIPA at 20:54
Synopsis:
This documentary takes us through a nostalgic journey of the Auroville Choir – thirty years of keeping the music flowing. Started by Pushkar in 1991, the choir was taken over in 1993 by Nuria, a student of music from Catalonia, Spain. She has been the conductor for the past thirty-one years. Like the melting pot that Auroville is, the choir is an amalgamation of singers from across countries, age groups, and disciplines, performing music spanning different decades and centuries.
Crew & Cast: Producer/Director/Script: Serena Aurora, Editors: Serena Aurora, Aurovenkatesh, Melusine, Camera: Serena Aurora, Aurovenkatesh, Marko, Sound: Shanks, Cast: Nuria, Anandamayi, Angelika, Tom, Otto, Praniti, Shanks
Trailer: https://youtu.be/7XnNMpv63U4
Website: www.auroraseyefilms.com
Anitya Community: Joy of Impermanence, Auroville
A CLAY CONNECT
Year, Duration: 2024, 5min 15sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English/Tamil with English subtitles
Screening: Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:00
Synopsis:
A CLAY CONNECT follows a meeting of hands and histories: Adil Writer, a contemporary ceramist, and T. Palanisamy, traditional master craftsman of monumental terracotta. Speaking in pantomime, only through the language of clay, they shape figures born of ritual and reimagined through fire. Lineage and experiment entwine; where ancient knowledge breathes anew, and devotion, labour and shared making form a living, lyrical conversation.
Crew & Cast: Producer/Script: Adil Writer, Director: Serena Aurora, Editor: Serena Aurora, Aurovenkatesh, Camera: Aurovenkatesh, Audio Post Production: Kadarsh, Music: Nadaka & the Basavaraj Brothers, Cast: Adil Writer, T. Palanisamy, Subtitles: Priya Sundaravalli
Trailer: https://youtu.be/NKjfqgLlqw0
Website: www.mandalapottery.com; www.adilwriter.com
Mandala Pottery, Dana Community, Auroville
A LAND BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS
Year, Duration: 2025, 7min 50sec
Genre: Experimental
Country, Language: India, English
Screening: Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 20:48
Synopsis: A reflection on what happiness is, while traveling in Bhutan.
Crew: Producer/Director/Editor/Camera: Smiti, Script: Re-written by Smiti from an article by Claude, Music: Amiya Bhatia, Voice over: Ribhu Photography: Claude
Socials: Instagram: @smiti_7
Swayam Community, Auroville
ADVENTURES OF NONO
Year, Duration: 2025, 20min 21sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Hindi with English subtitles
Screening: Monday, 19 January 2026 at CRIPA at 22:01
Synopsis:
An intimate observational documentary, set in the highlands of Ladakh, following a two-year-old boy named Nono. Filmed over several days in vérité style with a phone, the film captures his unfiltered world, his curiosity, and his resilience. Through this unstructured play, the film explores deeper questions about how children learn, what happens when we let go of control, and when we stopped being like Nono.
Crew & Cast:
Producer: Auroville Film Institute, Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Santosh Manik. Cast: Nono, Wangmo, Dechen
Website: https://filminstitute.auroville.org
Felicity Community, Old Auroville Road, Bommaiyarpalayam
AMUDHA
Year, Duration: 2025, 11min 15sec
Genre: Short
Country, Language: India, Tamil with English subtitles
Screening: Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 21:48
Synopsis:
Amudha is a young girl, who sells balloons near the beach. She and her sister are orphans. After meeting a writer who hears her story, the writer refuses to marry as requested by her mother and instead chooses to adopt the poor girls and send them to school.
Crew & Cast:
Director: Rosann Robinson, Script: S. Yuvasri, Editor: Harini P, Camera: Sruthi K.U, Sound: Gugan E.V, Josh Krajit, Cast: S. Yuvasri, Merline Joshi, Yatra Srinivassan, Yuvatri Priya, R. Raveena
Trailer: https://youtu.be/9xcaWMLAB-Q
Website: https://www.yatraartsmedia.org/
Yatra, Near New Creation Sports Ground, Kuilapalayam
ART FORM (KALAI VADIVAM)
Year, Duration: 2024, 5min 13sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Tamil with English subtitles
Screening: Friday, 23 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:03
Synopsis:
A form of folk theatre from Tamil Nadu known as kattaikkuttu or therukoothu, featuring traditional theatre, song, dance, and ritual. Popular in rural areas like Dharmapuri and Arcot, the term is a common name for Tamil open-air theatre today.
Crew:
- Producer: Yatra Arts Media Team
- Director/Script/Editor: Yuvasri
- Camera: Harini, Yuvasri
- Sound: Yatra Arts Media Team, YouTube Audio Library
- Cast: Senthil, Govindharaj, K. Gangadurai
Website: https://www.yatraartsmedia.org/
Trailer: https://youtu.be/mRckjeOx8ug
Yatra, Near New Creation Sports Ground, Kuilapalayam
AUROVILLE: THE CITY OF THE FUTURE (АУРОВИЛЬ: ГОРОД БУДУЩЕГО)
Year, Duration: 2023, 12min 51sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: Russia/India, Russian with English subtitles
Screening: Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 21:07
Synopsis:
After an ecosystem had been destroyed by colonial forces in South India, a new colonial force vowed to restore the balance. Nominated in the student category at the Yalta Film Festival “Мы вместе” 2024.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Aleksei Vasilyev
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera: Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova
- Sound: Vera Lipen-Joshi, Aleksandr Kononov
- Cast: Philipp, Bernard, Deepika, Luke, Kiran Baldwin, Birgitta Volz
Saraswati House, Dana Community, Auroville
BIRDS OF PUDUCHERRY 1.0
Year, Duration: 2025, 7min 9sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Tamil with English subtitles
Screening: Monday, 19 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 19:00
Synopsis: Showcasing the beauty of birds around Puducherry to convey a message against littering in nature.
Crew:
- Producer/Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Gobinath Mounissamy
Links: https://jardindusecret.com/; Instagram: @jardindusecret
Trailer: https://youtu.be/3FETQ13onYo
Purple Apartment, Room 402, Kuilapalyam
BRIDE OF ARAVAN
Year, Duration: 2023, 49min
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Tamil with English subtitles
Screening: Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:49
Synopsis:
Captures the register of life as a transgender woman in south India through the protagonist Bawadharini. The film follows her everyday life – home, NGO work, begging – and the ritual catharsis of the annual Aravan festival where trans women are elevated to goddess ‘bride’ status. A ‘therukoothu’ traditional performance parallels the events, deepening the themes of family rejection and dignity.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer/Director/Script/Sound: Lesley Branagan
- Co-producer/Director: Yatra Srinivassan
- Assembly Edit: Puloma Pal
- DOP: Jeremy Carroll
- Cast: Bawadharini S
Creativity B Block, Auroville
CONVERSATIONS (BAATEIN)
Year, Duration: 2024, 4min 32sec
Genre: Fiction
Country, Language: India, Hindi with English subtitles
Screening: Monday, 19 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 20:23
Synopsis: A simple story about the feeling of ‘first love’ between two young children, who connect because they speak the same language – a reflection on the power of love and language.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Maitreya Films
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera: Ravikiran Rangaswamy
- Sound: Omkar Chanariya, Keshav Purohitd, Saptak Thakur
- Cast: Tamizh Iniyan, Akshiti Roychowdhury, Reeshabh Rawat
Link: behance.net/ravikiranclicks
Chez Nous, Maitreya, Near Sun Farm, Auroville
DISCONNECTED ECHOES
Year, Duration: 2025, 17min 48sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Bengali/English with English subtitles
Screening: Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at CRIPA at 20:57
Synopsis:
In July 2024, filmmaker Polash was in Ladakh when communication with his family in Bangladesh was cut off due to civil unrest. This documentary captures his emotional journey and isolation, alongside stories of separation from local families he stayed with in Ladakh.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Auroville Film Institute
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Polash P K
- Cast: Polash P K, Habiba Bano, Mohd Nazir, Amma Khatun, Jahangir, Abida, Aisha, Swapna, Ajanta, Jean
Felicity Community, Old Auroville Road, Bommaiyarpalayam
EARLY YEARS IN AUROVILLE 1969-1976
Year, Duration: 2025, 9min 15sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English
Screening: Sunday, 25 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:05
Synopsis: Lisbeth’s journey in 1970 to Auroville from the Netherlands, told through archival photographs covering travel, arrival, life, work, the Mother, and community.
Crew:
- Producer/Director/Script/Camera: Lisbeth Nusselein
- Editor: Thiruamudhan
- Sound: Auroville Radio
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTsq5Xa9M5c
Madhuca Community, Auroville
ECM 2024
Year, Duration: 2024, 4min 12sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Silent
Screening: Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 19:05
Synopsis: The Endangered Craft Mela is a week-long educational program, highlighting the dignity of craftsmanship. This film distils the flavor of its atmosphere.
Crew:
- Producer/Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Nefertiti Chakrabarti
Link: https://youtu.be/BwpZ9uDFboo
Center Field Community, Auroville
FOOD PILLS
Year, Duration: 2024, 9min 26sec
Genre: Fiction
Country, Language: India, English with English subtitles
Screening: Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 19:20
Synopsis: In the past, they killed the soil and polluted the water. Today, the same people control our food and lives. Many risk leaving the city and crossing the wall. Selected for the Street Movies Festival in Belgrade.
Crew & Cast:
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera: Jeremy Carroll
- Sound: Ishit Kuberkar
- Cast: Aamna Munjal, Gaurb Bose, Lili Dreikhausen
Nadukuppam, Kottakuppam
GARBAGE (MYCOP)
Year, Duration: 2024, 12min 34sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English
Screening: Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 20:36
Synopsis: The harsh realities of consumer society and its environmental impact in Auroville and Pondicherry, shown through the eyes of those whose job it is not to be oblivious.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Aleksei Vasilyev
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera: Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova
- Sound: Alexandr Kononov
- Cast: Sumit, Yogesh Kalaimani, Kali Borg
Saraswati House, Dana Community, Auroville
HOW WOULD ONE KNOW IF ONE FORGETS SOMETHING?
Year, Duration: 2025, 9min 19sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Ladakhi with English subtitles
Screening: Friday, 23 January 2026 at Kalabhumi at 21:18 and Friday, 23 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 20:55
Synopsis: Traces memory, change, and the passage of time in the fragile landscape of Ladakh as it drifts between its history and its accelerating transformation.
Crew:
- Producer: Auroville Film Institute
- Directors/Script/Editor/Camera: Kartik Sreenivasan, Sai Krishna L V, Stanzin Angdu
- Vocals: Tsering Sonam
Felicity Community, Old Auroville Road, Bommaiyarpalayam
IN THE LIGHT OF TIME
Year, Duration: 2025, 12min 16sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English with English subtitles
Screening: Saturday, 24 January 2026 at Kalabhumi at 21:17 and Saturday, 24 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 20:47
Synopsis: Centered on prehistoric rock art sites along the Indus and Zanskar rivers, the film is a ‘love story’ between past, present, and future.
Crew:
- Producer: Auroville Film Institute
- Directors/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Jahnavi Pradeep, Amogh Chauhan
- Cast: Viraf Mehta
Felicity Community, Old Auroville Road, Bommaiyarpalayam
IN THE WAKE OF THE WIND
Year, Duration: 2025, 6min 53sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English with English subtitles
Screening: Saturday, 24 January 2026 at CRIPA at 22:22
Synopsis: An exploration of a single day in the lives of a nomadic herder community on the Changthang Plateau in Ladakh.
Crew:
- Producer/Director/Script/Editor/Camera: Pia Sukhija
Felicity Community, Old Auroville Road, Bommaiyarpalayam
INDIA TEXTILE PART 1 (ИНДИЯ. ТЕКСТИЛЬ. ЧАСТЬ 1.)
Year, Duration: 2024, 19min 7sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: Russia/India, Russian with English subtitles
Screening: Thursday, 22 January 2026 at CRIPA at 21:42
Synopsis: A masters student sets out to discover the ancient art of Indian textiles.
Crew:
- Producer: Saraswati Sereda
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera: Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova
- Sound: Vera Lipen-Joshi
Saraswati House, Dana Community, Auroville
INDIA TEXTILE PART 2 (ИНДИЯ. ТЕКСТИЛЬ. ЧАСТЬ 2)
Year, Duration: 2025, 20min 32sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: Russia/India, Russian with English subtitles
Screening: Thursday, 22 January 2026 at CRIPA at 22:02
Synopsis: A masters student sets out to discover the ancient art of Indian textiles.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Saraswati Sereda
- Director/Editor/Camera: Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova
- Script: Saraswati Sereda
- Cast: Saraswati Sereda, Ulaganathan, Priti, Bhavya Trivedi
Saraswati House, Dana Community, Auroville
INDYGAMA
Year, Duration: 2024, 5min 57sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English
Screening: Thursday, 22 January 2026 at CRIPA at 22:22
Synopsis: An anagama kiln in south India draws in ceramists with its magical and organic firings.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Indrani Singh-Cassine
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera: Anna-Maria Bakhtiarova
- Sound: Aleksandr Kononov
- Cast: Indrani Singh-Cassime, Saraswati Sereda
Link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YJGmaTsFv60
IT COMES IN WAVES
Year, Duration: 2025, 3min 45sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English
Screening: Friday, 23 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:00
Synopsis: Shot on 16mm film, hand-developed in a basement and spliced in the mountains. A kaleidoscope of a small town in India, once colonized, now free. Screened at the Seoul International Women’s Film Festival 2025.
Crew:
- Producer/Director/Script/Editor/Sound: Nefertiti Chakrabarti
- Camera: Ayuj Consul, Tanvi Chitre, Richard Touhy, Nefertiti
Center Field Community, Auroville
KOOLI KODUTHU SOONIYAM
Year, Duration: 2023, 8min 55sec
Genre: Short
Country, Language: India, Tamil with English subtitles
Screening: Friday, 23 January 2026 at Kalabhumi at 21:27 and Friday, 23 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 21:04
Synopsis: A family torn apart by the protagonist’s alcohol addiction. His wife and daughter work tirelessly in a cloth shop to bear the brunt of his actions.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Adhilakshmi
- Director/Script/Editor: Yatra Srinivassan
- Camera: Rajaram
- Sound: Gajadhanu
- Cast: Yatra Srinivassan, S. Kamala, S. Yuvasri, K. Mohanraj
Link: https://youtu.be/M9w7KB5neME
Yatra, Kuilapalayam
LAST DROP
Year, Duration: 2024, 7min 44sec
Genre: Fiction
Country, Language: India, Silent
Screening: Monday, 19 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 21:34
Synopsis: In a drought-stricken land, a man embarks on a journey in the hope of finding the last remaining water source.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Rajen Parekh
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Jeremy Carroll
- Cast: Yatra Srinivassan
Nadukuppam, Kottakuppam
LETTER TO MOTHER
Year, Duration: 2025, 5min 23sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Bengali with English subtitles
Screening: Sunday, 25 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:14
Synopsis: On an evening field filled with children, Partha stands apart due to an injured leg. The film is a letter to his mother, expressing his quiet loneliness.
Crew:
- Producer: Auroville Film Institute
- Director/Script/Editor: Partha P Datta
- Camera: Santosh Manik
- Sound: Vismay Chintan
Link: https://youtu.be/bqPvPpopqkE
Felicity community, Old Auroville Road, Bommaiyarpalayam
MOMENTS OF JOY
Year, Duration: 2025, 11min 02sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English with English subtitles
Screening: Monday, 19 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:39
Synopsis: A poetic journey into the mind of Ladakhi poet Padma Angmo. Her verses blend with the rhythms of nature and daily life, asking us to slow down and rediscover joy in simplicity.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Auroville Film Institute
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Santosh Manik
- Cast: Padma Angmo
Felicity Community, Old Auroville Road, Bommaiyarpalayam
MOON JUICE (CHANDER ROSH)
Year, Duration: 2025, 3min 21sec
Genre: Experimental
Country, Language: India, Bangla with English subtitles
Screening: Monday, 19 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:30
Synopsis: Shot on a single reel of super 8 film with no editing. Premiered at Straight 8 2025 at the British Film Institute.
Crew:
- Producers: Arnav Kakar, Krish Makhija, Nefertiti Chakrabarti
- Director/Script: Nefertiti Chakrabarti
- Camera: Krish Makhija
MORIBUND: AN ART PROJECT
Year, Duration: 2025, 5min 55sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English
Screening: Monday, 19 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:33
Synopsis: Dedicated to Auroville, currently under pressure. Presents the destruction of Auroville as symbolic of environmental vandalism. Birgitta’s art reflects the crisis.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Birgitta Volz and Aurofilm
- Director/Script: Birgitta Volz
- Editors: Rathees, Birgitta Volz
- Camera: Rathees & Alix, Pavitra
- Sound: Shalini Shekar (vocals)
- Cast: Birgitta Volz, Visitors
Surrender Community gate 1, Auroville
MORNING STAR AUROVILLE: SUPPORTING FAMILIES THROUGH PREGNANCY, BIRTH, AND BEYOND
Year, Duration: 2024, 14min 38sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English
Screening: Sunday, 25 January 2026 at CRIPA at 21:33
Synopsis: A health and wellness initiative in Auroville supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and early parenting, urges a cultural shift to recognize birth as a life-changing experience for the family.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer/Script: Paula Murphy
- Director/Editor: Serena Aurora
- Camera: Aurovenkatesh
- Sound: Kardash
- Cast: Gowri Dorairajan, Paula, Monique, Krishna
Link: https://youtu.be/i_-PddRnSuU
NATURE IS ALMIGHTY (இயற்கை பெரியவன்)
Year, Duration: 2024, 10min 34sec
Genre: Fiction
Country, Language: India, Tamil with English subtitles
Screening: Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 19:09
Synopsis: A young man murders his mother in a rage. Haunted by guilt, he realizes that human morality is an illusion, compared to the silence of nature. A single-shot film made on a mobile phone (PG-17).
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Rahul Dravid
- Director: Nandha Kumar
- Camera/Editor/Sound: Manoj
- Cast: Vishwa, Thirumalai Rajan
Ambedkar street, Morattandi Vanur Taluk
NEW BEST FRIENDS
Year, Duration: 2025, 2min 55sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English
Screening: Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 20:56
Synopsis: An unconventional perspective on recovery following a leg operation, designating crutches as a person’s ‘best friends’.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer/Director/Script/Editor: Birgitta Volz
- Camera: Birgitta Volz, Shanthi
- Cast: Birgitta, Shanthi, Crystal, Diego
Surrender Community gate 1, Auroville
ONCE UPON A FOREST
Year, Duration: 2024, 13min 28sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English with English subtitles
Screening: Sunday, 25 January 2026 at CRIPA at 22:03
Synopsis: The film explores the Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest, the rarest forest type in India. Today less than 0.1 percent remains. It is a resilient environment, essential for the next generation on the Coromandel coast.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Auroville Botanical Gardens
- Director: Paul Blanchflower, Aurovenkatesh
- Editor/Camera: Aurovenkatesh
- Sound: Matt Littlewood, Shanks Kini
- Cast: Kathiravan Kanniyappan
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8e4u3joO0k
ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD
Year, Duration: 2024, 88min 2sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Tamil/English with English subtitles
Screening: Thursday, 22 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 20:17
Synopsis: A road dividing habitats in Tamil Nadu. Four Dalits reveal their struggle with debt, poor conditions in sugarcane fields, and social discrimination over three years, marked by the pandemic.
Crew:
- Producer: IRD Audiovisual
- Director/Script: Jalil Nordman
- Editor/Camera: Jeremy Carroll
- Sound: Shanks Kini, Stefano Cesca
Link: https://odriis.hypotheses.org/projects/audiovisual/one-side-of-the-road/
PROJECT WIGHTIANA
Year, Duration: 2025, 10min 02sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English with English subtitles
Screening: Sunday, 25 January 2026 at CRIPA at 22:17
Synopsis: Follows the journey of a forgotten wild Indian coffee species – Coffea Wightiana – in the Silence Forest of Auroville. A native, climate-resilient species that may hold answers to the future of coffee.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Marc’s Coffee
- Director: Cheenu Wild
- Script: Marc Tormo Mir, Cheenu Wild
- Cast: Eden Uriel Tormo Mir, Agnes Mary, Deepan V
Link: https://www.instagram.com/eyeseawild/
PURNA MAHA KUMBH MELA
Year, Duration: 2025, 21min 58sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Hindi with English subtitles
Screening: Sunday, 18 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 21:15
Synopsis: Experience the Purna Maha Kumbh Mela. A journey within.
Crew: Producer/Editor/Camera/Sound/Director: Lalit Verma
SOUND OF A LAND
Year, Duration: 2025, 13min 50sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Hebrew/Hindi/English with English subtitles
Screening: Monday, 19 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 20:09
Synopsis: A personal documentary about the unyielding feeling of being a hunted Jew. Filmed in Leh during Muharram, weaving voiceover with conversations with Israeli travellers.
Crew:
- Producer: Auroville Film Institute
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Yoni Vell
- Cast: David Alfandari, Avigail Karby
SOUND OF AIR
Year, Duration: 2025, 13min 30sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English/Hindi with English subtitles
Screening: Friday, 23 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:24
Synopsis: Explores changes to Indian classical music after the introduction of the harmonium and the relationship between the instrument maker and musicians.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer/Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Rishi Vengadesan
- Cast: Imam of Leh’s Shia mosque
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwuy1QIU8Qw
STANDING ALONE
Year, Duration: 2025, 74min 08sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Tamil/English with English subtitles
Screening: Monday, 19 January 2026 at CRIPA at 20:46
Synopsis: Looks at the individual life-journeys of 6 single mothers from villages near Auroville, capturing snapshots of their perseverance and strength.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Last School Production, Smiti
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera: Smiti
- Sound: Agni
- Cast: Shivagami, Nalini, Selvi, Malika, Lakshmi, Radha
Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIlIk1VEqYnmk4c5a8xqA4QNB-Yr6w2QK
THE COSMIC ATOMIC (BRAHMANDAM PINDANDAM)
Year, Duration: 2025, 19min 51sec
Genre: Experimental
Country, Language: India, English
Screening: Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:30
Synopsis: Traces the journey of civilization from the harnessing of fire through technology. An absurdist take on the purposelessness of the universe.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Dakshin Studios
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera: Kanchan Avchare
- Sound: Marko Bosko
- Cast: Arun Kesavan, Sidharth Radha Krishna
THE FARMING LAND
Year, Duration: 2025, 15min 10sec
Genre: Experimental Dance Film
Country, Language: India, Silent
Screening: Friday, 23 January 2026 at CRIPA at 21:22
Synopsis: A surreal meditation on the weight of being. Won ‘Outstanding Indian Debut’ at Manifest Dance Film Festival 2025.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer/Director/Script: Mukul Kumar
- Editor: Logeswaran M
- Camera: Jeremy Carroll
- Sound: Yash Pagare
- Cast: Kavi Dhruvan, T. Deva Darshan
THE MATRIMANDIR & I, EPISODE 1: FOUR PEOPLE FROM FOUR CORNERS OF THE WORLD. ONE CONNECTION.
Year, Duration: 2025, 7min 50sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English
Screening: Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 20:59
Synopsis: Four Aurovilians speak about their personal experiences with the Matrimandir.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer/Director/Script: Serena Aurora
- Editor: Shinu Satheesan
- Camera: Aurovenkatesh
- Sound: Kardash
- Cast: Aurelio, B, Lili, Mona
THE OWL-EYED GUARDIAN AND THE BANYAN DREAM
Year, Duration: 2024, 59min 13sec
Genre: Fiction
Country, Language: India, Tamil/English with English subtitles
Screening: Sunday, 18 January 2026 at CRIPA at 21:00 and Friday, 23 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 19:33
Synopsis: Spiritual film, shedding light on the story of Andhayee, guardian of Auroville’s origins.
Crew:
- Producer: Inlight Productions
- Director/Script/Editor: Alessandra Silver
THE POETICS OF CHANGE
Year, Duration: 2025, 9min 44sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Silent
Screening: Sunday, 18 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 21:47
Synopsis: Experimental narrative, exploring Ladakh as a time capsule through juxtaposed shots.
Crew:
- Producer: Auroville Film Institute
- Director/Script/Editor: Logeswaran M
TRASHY FILM (KUPPAI PADAM)
Year, Duration: 2025, 86min 4sec
Genre: Feature/Live Action/Animation
Country, Language: India, Tamil/English with English subtitles
Screening: Thursday, 22 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 20:26
Synopsis: A writer loses his laptop just before an important meeting and must race to find it with no memory of the last 12 hours.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Accessible Horizon Films
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Stanzin
- Cast: Stanzin, Sriram, Kotravai
WATER IN THE MOUNTAINS (PAHADON MEI PAANI)
Year, Duration: 2025, 12min 14sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Hindi with English subtitles
Screening: Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 21:20
Synopsis: Installing a solar pump in Spiti Valley at 13,000 feet, where natural springs are buried under frozen river beds in winter.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer/Script: Divya Kapoor
- Director/Editor/Camera/Sound: Karthik K
- Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Norbhu
WHERE IS HUMANITY? (எங்கே மனிதநேயம்?)
Year, Duration: 2024, 5min 27sec
Genre: Fiction
Country, Language: India, Tamil with English subtitles
Screening: Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 19:00
Synopsis: A vlogger visits Auroville and finds a woman who teaches him that Auroville isn’t just a place, but a living question.
Crew & Cast:
- Producer: Dhanalakshmi
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera: Magheshwar Kumaran
- Sound: JaiVno
- Cast: Merline, Vishwaa Simon
WHERE’S MASI?
Year, Duration: 2025, 9min 38sec
Genre: Fiction, Horror
Country, Language: India, English with English subtitles
Screening: Sunday, 25 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:41
Synopsis: A homemade horror film about a young woman racing to save her friend from a sinister entity (PG-13).
Crew & Cast:
- Producer/Director/Script/Editor: Uttara Jadeja
- Camera: Rishi Vengadesan
- Sound: Niranjan Kartik
- Cast: Ahilya Bamroo
YOU LIFT ON A STROKE, THERE’S A DOG SHELTER
Year, Duration: 2025, 17min 21sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English/Tamil with English subtitles
Screening: Friday, 23 January 2026 at Kalabhumi at 21:36 and Friday, 23 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 21:13
Synopsis: A video-photo-poem documentary about the Auroville Dog Shelter and the relationship between a human and the Supreme through yoga and sadhana.
Crew:
- Producer/Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Donny Lee Duke
Films made about Auroville / the bioregion / Pondicherry
ANYTHING OR EVERYTHING COULD BE THEATRE
Year, Duration: 2025, 21min
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English
Screening: Sunday, 18 January 2026 at CRIPA at 21:59
Synopsis: In the coastal serenity of Auroville, the 2025 Adishakti Theatre Festival unfolds as a celebration of performance, spirit, and human connection. Through the voices of visionary artists and the pulse of powerful performances, this documentary captures the soul of a festival that transcends the stage. From intimate rehearsals to electrifying acts under the open sky, we witness how theatre here is not just art – it is ritual, resistance, and revelation. Set against the lush landscapes and vibrant community of Adishakti, the film invites you to experience a journey where boundaries dissolve, stories breathe, and the stage becomes the universe of our shared humanity.
Crew:
- Producer: Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre Art Research
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera: Divya Mani
- Sound: Savfk Music (YouTube), Kabbalistic_Village (Pixabay), “So Ja Re” by Mallika Taneja
- Cast: Nimmy Raphel, Vinay Kumar, Vishwakiran Nambi, Mallika Taneja, Smita Bellur, Saz Sadiq Asin Zakir, Sooraj Shahji, Kiyomi Mehta, Ashiqa Salvan
- Additional crew: Adishakti Theatre Team
AN AFTERNOON WITH DAS ANNA
Year, Duration: 2025, 6min 02sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Silent
Screening: Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:05
Synopsis: Set in the streets of Auroville, the City of Dawn, this no-dialogue documentary spends an afternoon with Das, a quiet cobbler whose daily rituals unfold effortlessly into the rhythm of the street. His small, foldable shop sits tucked into a corner, barely noticeable yet always present. The film lingers on stillness and repetition, finding meaning in the quiet, everyday moments that often pass unseen.
Crew:
- Producer: Auroville Film Institute
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Pia Sukhija
- Cast: Das Anna
BLOOMING HOUR (மலரும் நேரம்)
Year, Duration: 2025, 14min 10sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Tamil with English subtitles
Screening: Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at CRIPA at 21:15
Synopsis: Trust brewing between the morning birds and the man who recently began feeding them.
Crew:
- Producer: Auroville Film Institute
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Logeswaran M
EARTH-CHITECTURE: BUILDING WITH MUD
Year, Duration: 2024, 10min 40sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English
Screening: Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at CRIPA at 19:00
Synopsis: Demonstrations on how to make CSEB and ferro cement for buildings.
Crew:
- Producer/Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Sampriti Roy
- Cast: Ayyappan, Radhika, Satprem
NOTES FOR THE SELF
Year, Duration: 2025, 10min 25sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English/Tamil with English subtitles
Screening: Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at Cinema Paradiso at 19:00
Synopsis: Portrait of the filmmaker’s mother during a visit to Auroville.
Crew:
- Producer: Auroville Film Institute
- Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Jahnavi Pradeep
REFLEKT
Year, Duration: 2025, 11min 08sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, English with English subtitles
Screening: Sunday, 25 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 19:30
Synopsis: Chronicles a filmmaking residency at the Auroville Film Institute.
Crew:
- Producer: Auroville Film Institute
- Director/Script/Editor/Camera/Sound: Santosh Manik
THE WAVES WILL NEVER STOP
Year, Duration: 2025, 10min 29sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: India, Tamil with English subtitles
Screening: Sunday, 18 January 2026 at Kalabhumi Amphitheatre at 21:37
Synopsis: Fisherman Narayanan carries memories of the 2004 Tsunami that shattered his village.
Crew:
- Producer: Auroville Film Institute
- Directors/Script/Editor/Camera: Kartik Sreenivasan, Sai Krishna L V, Sanjana Reddy
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
Year, Duration: 2025, 64min 55sec
Genre: Documentary
Country, Language: Canada, English
Screening: Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at CRIPA at 21:29
Synopsis: Inspired by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, asking what global crises are asking of us.
Crew:
- Producers/Directors/Editors: Alan Baiss, Joseh Garcia