Films and Photography

Based in Mumbai, the country’s film hub has afforded AVID proximity and access to leading voices from the industry as well as its subcultures. We believe in the power of films to not only entertain but educate, inspire, and empower.  We have collaborated with some of the leading filmmakers, critics, and screenwriters in our workshops and masterclasses, and have supported Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Photography as a visual representation of culture brings into focus the often ignored and marginalized details, documenting, both the seen and the unseen aspects of our daily lives. We have championed festivals and biennales such as the Focus Photography Festival. Our masterclasses allow participants to engage with photography as a powerful medium of storytelling. Through our workshops, we have reached out to connoisseurs beyond Mumbai, collaborating with Museo Camera, Centre for Photographic Arts in Gurugram for our NCR audiences. 

Writing for Screen: Crafting Contemporary Narratives Today
Saturday, 31st May 2025
From 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (IST)
Essar House - Podium, 11 KK Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai 400034
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Digital Storytelling: Mastering Mobile Photography, Videography, and Making Reels
Saturday, 19th October 2024
From 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (IST)
Essar House - Podium, 11 KK Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai 400034
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Click, Edit, Share: On Social Media - Mastering Content Creation
Saturday, 17th August 2024
From 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM (UAE)
NAS House Opera Villa Compound, Villa 53 - Al Barsha - Dubai
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The Swinging '70s: Stars, Style and Substance in Hindi Cinema
Wednesday, 7th August 2024
From 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Royal Opera House, Mama Parmanand Marg, Mumbai - 400004
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A photograph taken by Ritesh Uttamchandani capturing a group of middle-aged women learning to read and write.
Capture Stories that Matter: A Photojournalism Workshop
Saturday, 22nd July 2023
From 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM (IST)
Essar House - Podium, 11 KK Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai 400034
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Documenting for Change - The Impact of Art
Documenting for Change - The Impact of Art
Saturday, 24th June 2023
From 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (IST)
Essar House - Podium, 11 KK Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai 400034
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Coral Woman Film Screening at the Sikka Art & Design Festival
Coral Woman Film Screening at the Sikka Art & Design Festival
Fri, 24th Feb 2023
to Sun, 5th Mar 2023
From 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM (IST)
Al Fahidi, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Street Photography, Photobooks and the Power of Storytelling
Saturday, 3rd December 2022
From 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM (IST)
Museo Camera, Centre for the Photographic Arts, Shri Ganesh Mandir Marg, DLF Phase IV, Sector 28, Gurugram, Haryana - 122002.
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Street Photography, Photobooks and the Power of Storytelling
Saturday, 20th August 2022
From 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM (IST)
The Quorum, 8th Floor, Tower 2A, One World Centre, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400013.
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The Quiet Potrait: Every Picture Hides a Story
Friday, 22nd July 2022
From 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (IST)
Royal Opera House, Mama Parmanand Marg, Mumbai - 400004.
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Narrating Stories in Episodes: A writing workshop for Web Series
Saturday, 18th June 2022
From 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Adventures of the South Pole A Film Screening and Art Workshop for Kids
Saturday, 23rd April 2022
From 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM (IST)
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, 159-161, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort, Mumbai - 400023.
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Lights, Camera and Action for Gender Equality!
Thursday, 22nd July 2021
From 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (IST)
Online
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Empowering Through Technology: Film and Education for Social Upliftment
Thursday, 18th February 2021
From 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (IST)
Online
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The Changing Face of the Image: The Evolution of the Film and Photography Industries
Thursday, 14th January 2021
From 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (IST)
Online
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Documentary Filmmaking
Saturday, 9th January 2021
From 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM (IST)
Online
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Art and Aesthetics of Black and White Photography
Art and Aesthetics of Black and White Photography
Saturday, 19th December 2020
From 3:42 PM to 6:30 PM (IST)
Online
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Beyond the Lens: Documenting Cultures
Beyond the Lens: Documenting Cultures
Thursday, 10th September 2020
From 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (IST)
Online
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Live Masterclass | Screenwriting for Digital Media
Live Masterclass | Screenwriting for Digital Media
Saturday, 29th August 2020
From 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM (IST)
Online
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Documentary Film Festivals and Social Change
Documentary Film Festivals and Social Change
Thursday, 27th August 2020
From 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (IST)
Online
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An image of a man in prison on the left, and a similar picture in animation on the right pointing to the workshop on how to storyboard and plan graphics by Avid Learning in Mumbai.
Beyond the Storyboard: An Interactive Session on Graphic Storytelling in the Flix Age
Saturday, 24th August 2019
From 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Cover images from popular films beyond Bollywood, of regional films from all over India and South Asia, including in Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Sinhala, and Nepali as would be appreciated in Avid Learning’s film appreciation work
Film Appreciation Workshop: Discovering New World Cinema in India and South Asia with Meenakshi Shedde
Saturday, 3rd August 2019
From 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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A smartphone photo of the silhouette of a man against a beautiful sunset, pointing to Avid Learning’s workshop in Mumbai about creating visual narratives using Smartphone cameras.
#ShotonMyPhone: Creating Visual Narratives
Saturday, 27th July 2019
From 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Three high-quality portrait photos against a solid background, inviting Mumbaikars to attend the portrait photography masterclass by Avid Learning and Dinesh Khanna.
Portrait Photography Masterclass with Dinesh Khanna
Saturday, 18th May 2019
From 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Set in Haryana, the film Son Rise, depicts patriarchal society, where women remain under veil, being challenged by ordinary men fighting extrordinarily for gender equality.
Son Rise A Film by Vibha Bakshi
Tuesday, 19th February 2019
From 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (IST)
Royal Opera House, Mumbai, Mama Parmanand Marg, Mumbai - 400004.
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The Art of Filmmaking
Saturday, 1st December 2018
From 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Screenwriting Workshop
Saturday, 6th October 2018
From 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Beatlemania : Capturing Subcultures through the Lens
Wednesday, 19th September 2018
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
ICIA Art Gallery, Next to Rampart House, K. Dubash Marg, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai – 400023.
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Cine Couture: Costuming for the Camera
Friday, 25th May 2018
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Voices From The Past : Interpreting the Archive
Voices From The Past : Interpreting the Archive
Wednesday, 21st February 2018
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Pundole’s, Hamilton House, 8 J.N. Heredia Marg, Ballard Estate, Mumbai - 400038.
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Did You Speak Cinema?
Saturday, 22nd July 2017
From 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Crafting the Narrative: A Screen Writing Workshop with Satyanshu Singh
Saturday, 3rd June 2017
From 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Capturing the City An Architectural Photography workshop
Saturday, 27th May 2017
From 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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101 Film Appreciation Workshop: Discovering New World Cinema In India
Saturday, 22nd April 2017
From 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Access Time: Photography and its Many Archives
Wednesday, 22nd March 2017
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Chemould Prescott Road, 3rd Floor, Queens Mansion, G Talwatkar Marg, Fort, Mumbai - 400001.
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Mapping Cinema in Mumbai
Tuesday, 4th October 2016
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, 159-161, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort, Mumbai - 400023.
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Street Photography: Framing Narratives Through Your Lens with Fawzan Husain
Saturday, 16th July 2016
From 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Discovering New World Cinema in India
Saturday, 25th June 2016
From 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Tell us Her Story : The New Indian Filmmakers: Laadli @ 11
Thursday, 9th June 2016
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Fearless Filmakers: Exposing Social Injustice
Thursday, 3rd March 2016
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
National Gallery of Modern Art, Sir Cowasji Jahangir Public Hall, M. G. Road, Fort, Mumbai - 400032.
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Ageless, Timeless India with Photographer Steve McCurry
Monday, 25th January 2016
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Girl Rising: Educate Girls. Change the World
Thursday, 3rd December 2015
From 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM (IST)
National Gallery of Modern Art, Sir Cowasji Jahangir Public Hall, M. G. Road, Fort, Mumbai - 400032.
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Reel Journalism
Tuesday, 28th July 2015
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Studio X, 4th Floor, Kitab Mahal, Fort, Mumbai - 400001.
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Stories, Scenes and Dialogue: A Screenwriting Workshop by Satyanshu Singh
Saturday, 6th June 2015
From 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Documenting Change: A Masterclass on Demystifying the Documetary Film Making Process
Saturday, 28th March 2015
From 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Making The Cut Before the Red Carpet
Friday, 27th February 2015
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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The AVID IDEALOGY SERIES New Narratives for a Connected World
Friday, 25th July 2014
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Bluefrog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (W), Mumbai - 400013.
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Stories, Characters and Bollywood A workshop on writing compelling screenplays from ideation to Re-writing
Sat, 24th May 2014
to Sun, 25th May 2014
From 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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The AVID IDEALOGY SERIES The Future of Cinema Where the World Meets India
Thursday, 22nd May 2014
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Bluefrog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (W), Mumbai - 400013.
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Avid Film Appreciation Series : Bollywood born in 80's - Muslim Social
Thursday, 3rd April 2014
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Good Earth, Raghuvanshi Mills, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400013.
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Nadia's Journey - The Complex Reality Of Arranged Marriages
Thursday, 6th March 2014
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Alliance Française de Bombay, Theosophy Hall, Marine Lines, Mumbai - 400020.
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AVID Children's Series: Lights, Camera, Action!
Saturday, 14th December 2013
From 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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Revisiting Bollywood Masala with Amar Akbar Anthony: A film appreciation discussion
Monday, 16th September 2013
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Studio X, 4th Floor, Kitab Mahal, Fort, Mumbai - 400001.
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Master Class on Film Making
Sunday, 14th July 2013
From 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (IST)
Ave 29, 4, Kohinoor Mansion, 29, Hughes Road, Mumbai - 400007.
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Celebrating 100 years of Cinema
Tuesday, 7th May 2013
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (IST)
Studio X, 4th Floor, Kitab Mahal, Fort, Mumbai - 400001.
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The Changing Face of Stardom
Thursday, 12th January 2012
From 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (IST)
Good Earth, Raghuvanshi Mills, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400013.
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Introduction to Film Making
Thu, 23rd Sep 2010
to Tue, 28th Sep 2010
From 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM (IST)
Essar House, 11 K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai - 400034.
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