Every Friday we get together to watch a film with themes that relate to Sadhana Forest. These can be films about environment, natural history, social issues, etc.
We open this evening to guests and welcome anyone that would like to share this evening with us. Reservations are not required. We provide a free shuttle bus from the center of Auroville to Sadhana Forest and back. Before the featured film we have a tour of the project, explaining the project’s mission, achievements, challenges, and future aspirations.
After the film we provide a vegan, organic dinner free of charge. This evening is given as a gift. To read more about why we don't charge for activities such as these go to: "Gift Economy".
The Sava Floodplains – Croatia’s secret paradise 50 Minutes / English / 2018 / Directed by Sigurd Tesche Every year, in the middle of Croatia, it’s the same story: after the annual snowmelt, a huge flood wave spills out of the Alps toward Zagreb and Belgrade. The annual floods not only create a natural retention reservoir […]
Losing Tomorrow! 52 Minutes / English / 2005 / Directed by Patrick Rouxel A film on the biodiversity of the Indonesian rain-forest and an insight into the logging, pulp and paper, and palm oil industries. Losing Tomorrow is a self produced film with a poetical first half and a more classical second half.
52 Minutes / English / 2012 / Directed by Craig Foster Anna Breytenbach has dedicated her life to what she calls inter-species communication. She sends detailed messages to animals through pictures and thoughts. She then receives messages of remarkable clarity back from the animals.This is the first full length documentary film on the art of […]
UNITY 99 Minutes / English / 2015 / Directed by Shaun Monson Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on — none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can’t seem to get along, even after thousands and […]
ALMENDRO: TREE OF LIFE 51mins / English / 2003 / Directed by Barbara Fally-Puskás The Almendro is one of the most impressive giant trees in the tropical forests of Costa Rica. It hosts -from roots to top – about one thousand different lifeforms, and more than 60 species consume its fruits. Almendro and the Great Green […]
Shipbreakers 72 mins / English / 2004 / Directed By Michael Kot The movie talks about the lack of environmental or safety restrictions in these ship breaking yards to protect the ship-breakers from workplace dangers and toxic substances such as PCBs and asbestos in the world’s largest maritime graveyard
58 mins / English – Italian – Japanese with Subtitles / 2015 / Directed By Matteo Gagliardi A powerful documentary – shot from March 11th, 2011 through March 2015 – that sheds some light on what really happened at the Fukushima nuclear power plant after the 2011 earthquake and the tsunami that followed.
Animals Building Skills 50 mins / English / 2015 / Produced By Phil Coles Everyone needs a place to live, but some aren’t happy with the great outdoors, they look for some home comforts – they use extraordinary specialist building skills to construct the perfect home. Homes have many uses. They can prove a bolthole […]
Urban Mining – Gold in our trash 47 mins / English / 2015 / Directed by Frank Wiering A ton of broken mobile phones, computers or other electronic waste contains sixty times the amount of gold a ton of gold ore has. Moreover, it is easier to get at. It is estimated that 30 to […]
Treatment under the Pines 42 mins / English / 2018 / Directed by Klaus Kastenholz Forests are so much more than just exploitable land; they can also be a place of healing. An increasing number of doctors and scientists agree forests can have positive health effects, such as alleviating hypertension, depression and stress.
Growing Sadhana Forests in India and abroad On December 19th, 2013 Sadhana Forest will turn 10 years old. Auroville Today spoke with founder Aviram about the project’s activities and progress. Sadhana Forest started after Aviram, together with his wife Yorit and their daughter Osher, came to Auroville in 2002. They went to the Forest Group […]
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