Various Auroville filmmakers are volunteering and creating video impressions of each festival day, enjoy their creations in below playlist:

Photos of the closing day by Marco Saroldi

Photos of the closing day by Fred Duchamp

… and the winners are…Come and find out today at 5pm at the closing ceremony at Town Hall Plaza, followed by one more music concert, a last supper and screenings of the award winning films at the outdoor venue and Cinema Paradiso. See you there…

Photos of day 6 by Marco Saroldi

Photos of day 6 by Fred Duchamp

AVFF Day 6: January 27, 2024 We open with the film “Kolam”, which is resounding, except it has little to no sound. It is a visual escapade. From the opening shot, it is sharply searing and visually-appealing, in slow-motion, in fast-forward and in close-ups. Gives one a totally alternative perspective on the people, artifacts and...

Photos of day 5 by Fred Duchamp

AVFF Day 5 The city of Buenos Aires has been summoned to court to respond to accusations of abusing someone’s rights. On Argentina’s other side, another city – Mendoza – also seems to overlook the fact that every person has the rights to freedom, a life free from torture, mistreatment or isolated captivity. This is...

AVFF Day 5: January 26, 2024 The character Iniyan, in the film “Iniyan”is the narrator’s link, and so our link, to an ancient civilization, now submerged in the Indian Ocean. What makes this civilization crucial and important is that it encapsulates Auroville’s credo—a place of human unity, of complete unity in diversity. The film is...

Photos of day 4 (half time of our festival) by Marco Saroldi

Day 4: January 25, 2024 Today was the screening of what I felt was my favourite documentary so far: Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness. The premises were “What is life?”, “What is consciousness?”, “What does it mean to be aware of being aware?” The conversation, the multiple frames-of-reference, the perspectives were of a Mayan healer from...