3rd IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL 2007
Reflections: Women Imaging Realities
presented by the
International Association of Women in Radio and Television
in partnership with the India International Centre
ON 7TH + 8TH MARCH 2007 AT THE INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, NEW DELHI
7TH WED FILM / EVENT DUR./YR./COUNTRY DIRECTOR CONTACT
10:00 AM INAUGURATION
Madsong [19 min 2006 India]
Natasha Mendonca [natasha.mendonca(at)gmail.com]
In a nameless timeless place in India, an ordinary woman living an ordinary life wants to plan an extraordinary party in celebration of her lover's return. What happens when he comes home?
Call It Slut [14 min 2006 India]
Nishtha Jain raintreefilms(at)gmail.com
A mini-portrait of a transgender person who is more than a woman.
Dedicated to Unicorn [4 min 2006 Taiwan ROC]
Soo You: antianimal2225(at)yahoo.com.tw
Time turns into a blended state as a simulation of dreams. A woman's unconscious reminisce.
11:30 AM
Moustaches Unlimited: 29 min 2006 India
Vasudha Joshi: tarana(at)cal2.vsnl.net.in
Exploring masculinities and femininities through moustaches.
Q2P : 53 min 2006 India
Paromita Vohra parodevi(at)mtnl.net.in
About toilets, gender and the city. Raising questions about male and female; about class, caste, urban development and the twisted myth of the global city.
2:30 PM
Tales from the Margins [23 min 2006 India]
Kavita Joshi kj.impulse(at)gmail.com
About the fast-to-death of Irom Sharmila, the naked demonstration by Manipuri women
and the epic protests by the women of Manipur in their fight against the AFSPA.
4:00 PM
Story Maker: Story Taker [38 min 1995 India]
Anjali Monteiro and K P Jayashankar umctiss(at)vsnl.com
About the stories and paintings of the Warli tribes.
Acting Like a Thief [15 min 2005 USA]
Shashwati Talukdar and P Kerim Friedman mail(at)shashwati.com
Through theater, members of a stigmatized tribal community have found the means to express themselves and to transform their world.
Between the Lines [18 min 2006 India]
Vaidehi Chitre vaidehi.chitre(at)gmail.com
About the filmmaker's search for Dr. Anandi Joshi, India's first woman doctor.
6:30 PM
National Pudding and Indigenious Salad [11 min 2004 India]
Pushpamala N npushpmala(at)gmail.com
A playful look at the modern Indian family as it imagined itself soon after Independence.
Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi [63 min 2006 India]
Saba Dewan sabadewan(at)gmail.com
Ria, a bar dancer, travels from her home in Delhi to Mumbai where hundreds of working class girls come in search of work and a future.
8:15 CLOSE
8TH THU FILM / EVENT DUR./YR./COUNTRY DIRECTOR CONTACT
10:00 AM
When Women Call the Shots [30 min 2001 India]
Charu Gargi info(at)psbt.org
Through the work of three women technicians, the film examines the representation of women in Bollywood films made by women.
Sharira [30 min India]
Ein Lall einlall2004(at)yahoo.co.uk
On the acclaimed choreographer-dancer Chandralekha and her unwavering faith in her mission to set free the body through dance.
11:30 AM
The Mall on Top of My House [6 min 2006 India]
Aditi Chitre kumartalkies(at)yahoo.com
On rampant land reclamation and the consequent displacement of the fishing community.
Bare [11 min 2006 India]
Santana Issar santanaissar(at)gmail.com
A daughter's search to find meaning, if any, in her relationship with her alcoholic father.
Their Story [10 min 2005 India]
Reema Borah reemabassam(at)yahoo.co.in
A poignant tale about the daily struggles, hope and crisis in the midst of a land and people torn by armed conflict.
6 Yards to Democracy [55 min 2007 India]
Nishtha Jain and Smriti Nevatia raintreefilms(at)gmail.com
On the lives of poor women in Lucknow in the context of cynical electoral politics.
2:30 PM PRESENTATION by Giti Thadani:
Erasure of the Feminine and New Renewals
gitithadani(at)gmail.com
4:00 PM
Crossing Fires - Blurring the Divide [22 min 2006 Sri Lanka]
Sharmini Boyle sharmini(at)yatv.net
Two communities of women in the LTTE controlled Kilinochi district push the frontiers in a patriarchal society.
Live Containers [26 min 2002 Kazakhstan]
Orzu Sharipov magiclf(at)vsnl.com
Women ex-prisoners are forced into smuggling heroin in their bodies as a way to get out of poverty and stigma.
Assimilation – No, Integration – Yes [24 min 2006 Canada]
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy lisa.lanthier(at)hotmail.com
In a housing community in a Swedish town, young second generation Muslim immigrants are adjusting to life in a new country.
6:30 PM
7 Islands and a Metro [100 min 2006 India]
Madhushree Dutta majlis(at)vsnl.com
To the seven goddesses who reign over Bom Bahia / Bombay / Mumbai.
SCREENINGS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION WITH THE DIRECTOR, IF PRESENT.
[Schedule subject to change. Kindly reconfirm at venue.]
