Monday, February 15, 2010

6th IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival 2010

6th IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL, 2010

Presented by the IAWRT India Chapter
with the support of the India International Centre

WHEN: 6th, 7th and 8th March 2010
WHERE: India International Centre, Lodi Estate, New Delhi

ENTRY: Free. Registration at the venue.

FOR THE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE, CLICK HERE

The theme for this year's festival is BREAKING BOUNDARIES: SHARED SPACES. The festival will showcase the works of Asian women film makers in a range of genres – fiction, non-fiction, animation, and television features.

The term ''Asian'' refers to origin – the film maker can be working in any part of the world.

This edition features films from Australia, Algeria, Bangladesh, France, India, Iran, Jordan, Malaysia, Norway, Pakistan, South Korea and Sri Lanka.

Other specials:

Focus on a Filmmaker : Nilita Vachani from New York

A package of student films from India

Two seminars:

Women & The Public Space

Caught in a Madding Mass Media

The 6th Asian Women's Film Festival is expected to be a festive occasion, heightened by the fact that it will be spring after a long and cold winter. As always, the festival will provide an intimate atmosphere for dialogue on gender concerns and changing approaches to documentaries.