4th IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL 2008
“INSIGHTS AND ASPIRATIONS”
presented by India International Centre – Asia Project, UNESCO and the International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT)
on 7th + 8th March 2008
at the India International Centre, Lodi Estate, New Delhi
7TH MARCH 2008, FRI
09:30 AM: REGISTRATION
10:00 AM: INAUGURATION, foll. by
EVERYDAY
[7m / 2007 / India]
by Anupama Srinivasan / onusrinivasan[AT]hotmail.com
A reflection on relationships. A story of a pigeon.
MANPASAND – THE PERFECT MATCH
[11m / 2006 / India]
by Dhwani Desai / dhvanidesai[AT]yahoo.com
An animation film about the journey of a father in search of a suitable groom for his daughter.
11:00 AM TEA BREAK
11:30 AM
MORALITY TV & THE LOVING JEHAD
[29m / 2007 / India]
by Paromita Vohra / info[AT]psbt.org
The film looks outside the frames that weave the frenetic tapestry of Breaking News on India’s news channels to uncover a town’s complex dynamics – the fear of love, the constant scrutiny and control of women’s mobility and sexuality, a history of communal violence, caste brutalization and feudal mindsets.
12:00 NOON
KNOWING FOR SURE, WITHOUT KNOWING FOR CERTAIN: HOW I MAKE FILMS [30min]
An illustrated presentation by Paromita Vohra / parodevi[AT]mtnl.net.in
12:30 PM
OCCAM’S RAZOR – ISHRAT JEHAN’S VERY EASY DEATH
by [24m/ 2005/ India]
Priti Chandriani / Chandriani[AT]pace-productions.com
Raises questions about the manner in which encounter killings are carried out in this country.
1:00 PM: LUNCH BREAK
2:00 PM:
LAKSHMI AND ME
[59m / 2008 / India]
by Nishtha Jain / raintreefilms[AT]gmail.com
The filmmaker explores her changing relationship with Lakshmi, her part-time maid.
foll. by
TAAZA KHABAR
[31m/ 2006/ India]
by Bishakha Dutta / magiclantern.foundation[AT]gmail.com
An all-woman team of journalists publish “Khabar Lahariya” from a small town in Uttar Pradesh, covering all the news that the mainstream media forgot.
foll. by
LEAP FROG
[4m / 2007 / India]
by Nandita Das / leapfrog.india[AT]lycos.com
3 spots on education and water harvesting.
3:30 PM TEA BREAK
4:00 PM
EK AJEEB SI JHUNJLAHAT
[3 m / 2007 / India]
by Ein Lall / einlall2004[AT]yahoo.co.uk
The covered face, the pestle, the mortar; the excessive force with which the pestle swings down; the remorseless regularity of stone pounding on stone; all contribute to a strange tremor of unease….
foll. by
GODDESSES
[42m / 2007 / India]
by Leena Manimekalai / cjerrold[AT]gmail.com
Notes from the lives of three extraordinary women – a funeral singer, a fisherwoman & a graveyard worker.
4:45 PM
M S AMMA: A SHY GIRL FROM MADURAI
[22m / 2007/ India]
Swati Thiyagrajan / NDTV
A journey into the life and times of the legendary M S Subalakshmi through the eyes of her granddaughter.
foll. by
LOSING TO WIN
[22 / 2007 / India]
Uma Sudhir / NDTV
On Gujarati Muslim families sending their children away from their “watan” to complete their studies.
5:30 PM BREAK
6:30 PM
MIGRATION
[18 m / 2007 / India]
by Mira Nair / shenny.italia[AT]gmail.com
The film deals with the AIDS virus as a great class leveller in society by following its transmission through interweaving stories linking urban and rural India.
foll. by
THE CHEESE & THE WORMS
[98 m / 2005 / Japan]
by Kato Haruyo / info[AT]chee-uji.com
The director affectionately captures her sick mother's final days with her grandmother and brother's family.
8:30 PM CLOSE
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8TH MARCH 2008, SAT
9:30 AM
SHADOWS OF FREEDOM
[36 m / 2004 / India]
by Sabina Kidwai / sabinakidwai8[AT]gmail.com
Traces the history of three women in a Muslim family and how the issues of identity and gender conflict with their lives and that of their family.
foll. by
OUTSOURCED
[49 m / 2006 / Aus.]
by Safina Uberoi, Anna Cater / anna[AT]mitrafilms.com.au
A portrait of four women working inside an Indian call centre and their battle with workers in countries like Australia for jobs on globalisation's new frontier.
11:05 AM: TEA BREAK
11:30 AM
DESIRE AND REPETITION: THE MINIATURIZATION OF THE NEW HINDI SONG MUSIC [25 min]
A presentation by Shikha Jhinghan / shikha.jhingan[AT]gmail.com
Tracing the development of female singers in popular Hindi film music.
11:55 AM
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PRESENT
[80 m/ 2007/ India]
by Chandra Siddan / zeidler[AT]sympatico.ca; abulafi[AT]hotmail.com
A woman enquires into her first marriage forced on her when she was a child.
1:15 PM LUNCH BREAK
2:00 PM
THE BIRTH OF BRAIN FLY
[6 m / 2007 / USA]
by Nandita Kumar / mermaidontherock[AT]gmail.com
An animation charting the surreal course of a psyche's evolution within the invisible landscape of the mind.
foll. by
SCRIBBLES ON AKKA
[60 m / 2006 / India]
Madhushree Dutta / majlis.culture[AT]gmail.com
On the 12th century Bhakti poet, Mahadevi Akka. A film on identity, rebellion and bhakti.
3:10 PM TEA BREAK
3:30 PM
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES [30 min]
A presentation by Iffat Fatima / iffatiffat[AT]hotmail.com
Documenting the movement and struggle of Kashmiri women for redressal, justice and human rights from the local to the global platform.
4:00 PM
THE SKY BELOW
[75 m / 2007 / Pak./ India]
Sarah Singh / seetheskybelow[AT]gmail.com
A contemporary portrait of India and Pakistan vis-à-vis the lingering fallout of the Partition, from Kutch to Kashmir and Karachi to the Khyber Pass.
5:15 PM BREAK
6:30 PM
AYODHYA GATHA
[62 m / 2007 / India]
by Vani Subramanian / vanishes[AT]gmail.com
What does it mean to belong to a city that has become a symbol of religious intolerance, majoritarian aggression and communal tumult in India – Ayodhya?
foll. by
WORD WITHIN THE WORD
[74 m / 2007 / India]
Rajula Shah / rajulashah[AT]rediffmail.com
The film witnesses how Kabir, the 14th century mystic poet resonates ordinary lives in 21st century India.
8:45 PM CLOSE
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Schedule subject to change. Kindly reconfirm at venue.
Films will be followed by a discussion with the director, if present.
IAWRT THANKS PSBT AND ALL THE FILMMAKERS WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THIS FESTIVAL WITH THEIR FILMS AND PARTICIPATION.
ABOUT IAWRT: The International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) is a non–profit organization of women working in electronic and allied media. IAWRT seeks to ensure that women’s views and values become an integral part of programme making. It offers professional skill-training to women. It provides grants and fellowships, and presents awards of excellence. It helps members share inputs by organising workshops and festivals round the world.
CONTACT US: iawrtindia [AT] gmail.com
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