Now enrollingWinter 2026–27 Residency · first session 5–7 December 2026
Media · Film

Film.

Embedded from the Turiyo YouTube channel, grouped by project.

90 films · 2021–2025 · Each one plays here when you press play

Turiyo Foods · Gohona Bori · Jan 2022Turiyo Foods Gohona Bori: reviving a traditional food artA community of women works out how to make Gohona Bori in quantity while keeping to the traditional hand methods.
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Gohona Bori & Turiyo Foods

The craft, and the women’s collective that made it from 2021.

4 filmsThe project
Turiyo Foods · Gohona Bori · Jun 2022Turiyo Foods finds a changemakerA young woman from the village joins her elders to learn, and then lead, the making of Gohona Bori.
Turiyo Foods · Gohona Bori · Jun 2022Gohona Bori, and the women who make itVillage women take Gohona Bori from production planning through packaging to sale.
Turiyo Foods · Gohona Bori · Jan 2022Turiyo Foods Gohona Bori (in Bengali)Gohona Bori made by hand by the women of Chauddhachuli, Purba Medinipur.
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The Village

Chauddhachuli, and the Maiti Bastu inside it.

5 filmsThe project
The Bastu · Nov 2024Turiyo: a hidden EdenCurator Shimul Sarkar on the years of planting and building that turned the Bastu’s empty ground into a garden.
The Bastu · Apr 2024Mapping memories: an archive of TuriyoA walk through the Bastu in chapters, recording the Maiti family’s memories place by place. 49 minutes.
The Bastu · Jan 2024A cat meets a snakeA chance encounter in the grounds between the Bastu’s cat and a snake.
The Bastu · Jan 2024Two snakes in the groundsA rare sighting of two snakes mating on the Bastu.
The Village · Sep 2022Village Chauddhachuli: a travel documentaryTwo days off the grid in a village in rural West Bengal, and what is changing under its slow surface. 32 minutes.
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Education · Vidyasagar Nursery

The village nursery school Turiyo adopted in 2020.

45 filmsThe project
Vidyasagar Nursery · Feb 2025Lil Champs Sports Camp 2025Sports day for the youngest children at Vidyasagar Nursery, Chauddhachuli.
Vidyasagar Nursery · Nov 2024Annual Day speech 2024Sandip Maiti addresses parents and guests at the nursery’s annual day.
Vidyasagar Nursery · Mar 2024Khelo India: a first tug of warNursery children who had never taken part in a sports event try a tug of war.
Vidyasagar Nursery · Jan 2024Republic Day 2024 at the nurseryTeachers, volunteers and children decorate the school, then parade down the village street.
Vidyasagar Nursery · Dec 2023Early childhood education: a case study from rural BengalSandip Maiti’s annual address on the nursery programme so far, set out for others planning similar work. 40 minutes.
Vidyasagar Nursery · Dec 2023Planning a classroom for different learnersThe nursery’s teachers in an online session with Mou Maiti, Dean of Studies at Aga Khan Academy, Dhaka.
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Learning · FALA

Future Arts & Learning Alternatives, built with students of Ringling College.

23 filmsThe project
FALA · Jan 2023Towards a new world: Alex Bellini with the children of ChauddhachuliThe explorer talks about the climate with children at FALA’s December 2022 winter camp. 48 minutes.
FALA · Dec 2022Our relationship with waterChildren from grades 5 to 7 film their village’s relationship with water.
FALA · Jul 2022Children discover local folkloreVillage children make films and mixed-media art from the stories around them.
FALA · Jun 2022An answer to the rural learning crisisHow Turiyo built and ran a permanent creative space for FALA’s students.
FALA · Jun 2022World Environment DayStudents tie notes of thanks to an old acacia tree at Turiyo.
FALA · Jun 2022A call to artistsAn invitation to artists and filmmakers to work online with the children on process-oriented art.
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Health · Uday

The digital primary care clinic, inaugurated in January 2022.

9 filmsThe project
Uday · Jun 2022Uday patient testimonialsPatients on how their view of a doctor on a screen changed.
Uday · Jun 2022How the digital health clinic worksA close look at a virtual visit at the Uday clinic in Chauddhachuli.
Uday · Jun 2022Making the case for digital healthcareWhy rural patients lost faith in primary care, and how the clinic set out to win it back.
Uday · Jun 2022Changing attitudes to digital healthThe ways Turiyo talked to the village about the new clinic.
Uday · Jan 2022Dr Satadal Saha on digital healthcare for rural IndiaSpeaking at the inauguration of Uday, on the need for more focus on primary care. English subtitles.
Uday · Jan 2022Sandip Maiti at the opening of UdayTuriyo’s director speaks at the clinic’s opening ceremony.
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Sport · Talent Academy

Turiyo Talent Academy and the Khejuri Mini Marathon 2026.

The project
Runners’ feet kick up dust on the dry ground during the race
Talent Academy · Feb 2026Khejuri Mini Marathon 2026: race day21 February 2026, Haludbari High School Playground. Watch on @turiyotalentacademy ↗
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About Turiyo

Films about Turiyo and its founder.

4 films
Turiyo · Mar 2024My bookshelf storiesSandip Maiti on collecting and reading books. 43 minutes.
Turiyo · Oct 2022Turiyo completes one year: a look backWhere Turiyo stood at the end of its first year.
Turiyo · Mar 2022How do you boot up a model village?Sandip Maiti on testing whether early, visible results can change attitudes in a village. 17 minutes.
Turiyo · Feb 2022Entrepreneurs for rural India: a previewA short preview of the founder’s film on Turiyo’s first programmes.
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