A short film about the 7th ISCLS in Auroville, February 15-17th 2024 

In the midst of February 2024 a gathering of computational Sanskritists from around the world took place in the beautiful forest city of Auroville. This film tells the story of the 2½-day event and includes interviews of scholars who have dedicated their lives to this field. Auroville is an UNESCO-endorsed city where people from 60+ countries come together for research, education and creating a society based on "human unity".
Sanskrit, having the largest corpus of pre-Guttenberg literature is one of just a few language having regular dedicated international symposia of this nature and it has played a pivotal role in the development of general linguistic understanding. The computational-like structures of Panini's grammar have significantly impacted the development of pre-computational thought, grammar, and logic.
This film was shot 15-17th of February inside Auroville and at the French Institute in Pondicherry.
Camera & editing: Gustavo Barbachano
Camera & director: Alessandra Silver
Creative consultant: Daniel Grings
Animation: Rushanthan Thanabalan
Music: Kim Cunio & Heather Lee
With special thanks to the following donors for their generous support for the film:
Gérard Huet
Shailendra Mehta
Svetlana Kreuzer
Greg Williamson
Dhaval Patel
Manohar Ayyagiri
Celine Faivre
Nara Hank
Christiane Weissbach
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"Wonderful document thanks and congratulations everyone!" - McComas Taylor
"Inspiring, valuable work you are doing. Thank you." - Greg Williamson
"Brilliant. All my compliments to the team that produced this little pearl." - Gérard Huet
"This is *fantastic*!!! What a brilliant film documenting the event. A delight to watch!" - Clemency Montelle
"Impecable Work!" - Mārcis Gasūns
"...I'm sure you must have this, but then... one never knows.... Very beautiful... Kudos to you and your team!" - Mauna
"I very much enjoyed the film about the 7th International SCL Symposium - very informative and nicely produced!" - Barry Perlus