5th Auroville Film Festival - catalogue B - "films made by Aurovilians, bioregion residents or guest

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 aſter 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 2

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

Asylum Park

Email: ceciliaa.cortes(at)gmail.com

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 3

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. Aer a fateful accident, Guido is le 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 Website: https://blueboyfilm.wordpress.com Country: United Kingdom Link: https://vimeo.com/176142844/f74b375998

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 4

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 Pu‘uhonua 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 oſten chased down an offender and swiſtly 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 craſts 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

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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

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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 7

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

Grapes Growing in power A film by Celestial art and Cultural Research Centre

Directed by Celestine Camera and Edited by Sofie

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 8

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, 27 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 aſter. 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 craſts 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

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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 Craſts of India 2013, India, Documentary, 7 min India has some truly amazing workmanship. This film explores some of the traditional arts and craſts 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 10

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

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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 giſts 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 12

Kali Growing in power A film by Celestial art and Cultural Research Centre

Directed by Celestine Camera and Edited by Sofie

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 13

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, ChloĂŠ 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

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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).

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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: auroraseye.wordpress.com, 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

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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-suďŹƒcient 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 aer 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://auroraseye.wordpress.com, 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

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On a Mission from God #2 2017, India, 4 min The gang of kids pursue the mysterious briefcase thieves.

Director: Marco Saroldi Writers: 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 18

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, https://auroraseye.wordpress.com 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 19

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 o all the medications or as much as possible. It's very simple, and highly eective!

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

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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, oers 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: https://auroraseye.wordpress.com, 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://auroraseye.wordpress.com, https://www.findhorn.org Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUP6ZR8GCRk

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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 22

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 23

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 (1,308.88Â 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

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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

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