The Auroville Film Festival awards

Students Category

Cinema Paradiso Award

‘DISLIKE & UNSUBSCRIBE’ by YAM

‘Dislike and Unsubscribe’ addresses a technological addiction that is scaringly relevant to the lives of children and adults alike and finds a form that is contemporary in its visual appeal. 

Creative Award

STEVE’S DISASTER’ by ERHEL, CHANDNI, MALIK, JOSHUA, SIJMEN, AYAN

‘Steve’s Disaster’ uses detailed and painstaking stop animation with a confident aesthetic style. It is presented in an eclectic and new form of visual story telling.

Wisdom Award

‘TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED’ by RAGHUL 

This film is awarded for the wisdom applied in sharing the message of how we process expectations and behaviour in inter-personal communication and relationships. We often get what we beget.

Jury Award

‘UNNAVE MARUNTHU’ by R. HARISH

This film enables a child to see the value of food, experience hunger and understand what it means to waste food.

About Auroville and the Bioregion

Cinema Paradiso Award

‘TWO FLAGS’ by PANKAJ RISHI KUMAR

‘Two Flags’ receives the Cinema Paradiso for its deep insight into the lives of the Tamil-French community of Pondicherry and how the vagaries of politics, nations and citizenship affect them. 

Jury Award

‘SAINTS OF PONDICHERRY’ by OGYNYAN ENEV

This documentary is a sensitive portrayal of reviving the spirit of life in old age with love, sharing and caring. 

Aurovilian & Bioregion Filmmakers

Cinema Paradiso Award

‘ASHVAMITRA’ by EARTHLING KOUSHALYA 

This film is an intuitive and sensitive portrayal of human relationships, care and support in the context of mental health experiences across age and time. 

Wisdom Award

EVER SLOW GREEN by CHRISTOPH POHL

This cinematic narration of how Auroville became a one-of-its-kind forest town in India journeys with a community of people who value, protect and nurture the diversity of Auroville’s natural and human environment. 

Jury Award

‘FROM MY LITTLE HUT IN THE FOREST’ by YORIT ROZIN 

This quirky insight into daily life and times in Auroville is an intimate portrait of harmonious being and collective spirit. 

‘WALKING MEDITATION’ by RENA

‘Through the filmmaker’s lens we take a journey through nature, which tells us that each of us are free to find our own paths to spiritual consciousness. 

Mongbra Award

‘HOTTER THAN HELL’ by MARCO SAROLDI

This take on the diversity of voices in Auroville makes us laugh all the way into what makes Auroville a dream reality.