AURORA is an annual festival in Norwich, UK which focuses on the manipulated moving image. A uniquely multidisciplinary, progressive event, it fuses artist retrospectives and thematic film programmes with discussion events, live performance and installations, alongside the very best new work from across the world for space and screen.

Submissions 2008

CJ Mahony: Back Space

AURORA 2008 is now open for entries. The competition now features a new category for installation work, and a more rational, democratic structure which sees all films - by students, non-professional filmmakers and professionals - compete together for the first time.
Find out more about the competition and submit your work now. More...

AURORA on tour

Two programmes from AURORA 2007 - 'Unfamiliar Countries, Impossible Structures' and 'Erasure' are now on tour. Find out where they're playing here

AURORA Edition 1

An exciting compendium of new animation and artists' film drawn from the selection for this year's festival, our first ever DVD release, Edition 1, will launch soon. More...

Catalogue 2007

Featuring articles by Edwin Carels, Fred Camper, Pip Chodorov, Steve Reinke, Chris Robinson and others, this year's festival catalogue is far more than a festival catalogue.  Find out more and buy online here

2007 festival in pictures

Take a look at what happened, where and with whom, on our Flickr pages here .

Transcripts and articles

Browse our expanding collection of articles and event transcripts, available to read online or download.  More...

 

Latest news

AURORA and the future of film festivals

We're part of a panel discussion about film festivals at this year's Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage.  More...

New dates for Russian tour

The AURORA tour heads to the city of Cheliabinsk for four dates in March. More...

Tour programmes in Belfast and Leicester

The AURORA tour continues in March and April with dates in Belfast and Leicester. More...  

AURORA 2008 opens for entries - with new categories

We're open for entries, and have introduced some exciting changes to the competition. More...  

AURORA shop closed from 8 - 9 February

The AURORA shop will be closed from 8 - 9 February to enable an upgrade to be carried out. More...  

Festival dates for 2008 

This year's festival runs from 12 - 15 November. More...