6th IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL 2010
BREAKING BOUNDARIES, SHARED SPACES
BREAKING BOUNDARIES, SHARED SPACES
6th, 7th, 8th March 2010
India International Centre
Lodi Estate, New Delhi
ALL ARE WELCOME. NO PASSES NEEDED.
Entry by Registration at the venue
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6th MARCH 2010, SATURDAY
Conference Room 1, IIC Main Building
10:00 am
Welcome Address - Jai Chandiram, President, IAWRT India, & Festival Director, 6th Asian Women's Film Festival 2010
10:15 am
What does public space signify for women? Do they have access to it? How do options of citizenship and justice define this space? When women enter the public space, what are the challenges they face? How do they tackle patriarchy and caste oppression in the Indian context? Can women expand or redefine the public space? The aim of the seminar is to show women’s relation to the public space in various settings and contexts through women’s everyday life experiences.
Moderators: Visalakshi Menon and Taisha Abraham
Taisha Abraham - SATHIN BHANWARI REVISITED
Taisha Abraham - SATHIN BHANWARI REVISITED
Taisha Abraham is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Jesus & Mary College
Krishna Menon - CASTE AND GENDER
Krishna Menon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Lady Shri Ram College
Anita Ghai - WOMEN AND DISABILITY
Anita Ghai is a Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
Karen Gabriel - ICONOGRAPHY OF BHARAT MATA
Karen Gabriel is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, St Stephens College
11:30 am TEA BREAK
11:45 am
Karen Gabriel is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, St Stephens College
11:30 am TEA BREAK
11:45 am
Visalakshi Menon - TWO PIONEERING WOMEN IN THE 20TH CENTURY (DURGABAI DESHMUKH & KAMALADEVI CHATTOPADHYAYA)
Visalakshi Menon is an Associate Professor in the Department of History, Jesus & Mary College
Ashish Koul – JAHANARA SHAHNAWAZ AND THE MUSLIM LEAGUE
Ashish Koul is a PhD Scholar at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Visalakshi Menon is an Associate Professor in the Department of History, Jesus & Mary College
Ashish Koul – JAHANARA SHAHNAWAZ AND THE MUSLIM LEAGUE
Ashish Koul is a PhD Scholar at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Sheeba Aslam - ISLAMIC FEMINISM
Sheeba Aslam is a journalist and PhD Scholar in Politics at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Smita Gupta - DEVE : A PROFILE IN COURAGE
Smita Gupta is Political Editor, Outlook
1:30 pm LUNCH BREAK
3:00 pm
SEMINAR: CAUGHT IN A MADDING MASS MEDIA
Conference Room 1, IIC Main Building
The thrust will be to create a three-way interaction between media makers, especially those producing highly watched soaps and reality shows, viewers of these programmes and experts in the area of psychology, media research, development communication and film making.
CHANGING REPRESENTATION: ARE WE CONFRONTING "REAL" ISSUES?
This session will look at the so-called changing dynamics of serials and reality shows and examine whether the change is real and meaningful. To share their professional insight and understanding, we are inviting a panel of TV channel programmers, media makers (especially those involved in producing and creating popular serials and reality shows) to present their perspectives.
The panelists will give their take on how they perceive the so-called changing dynamics of serials and reality and share their insight and understanding on whether these changes are true and meaningful for the audiences that they are seeking to reach out in scale and impact.
4:00 pm TEA BREAK
4:15 pm
VIEWERS SPEAKE : WHAT WE THINK ABOUT TV?
Responding to them a panel of media viewers, representing diverse realities will share their perspective and focus on their personal experiences and insight about the specific effects that television fiction and reality shows has had on them. Some of the viewers concerns that we will explore through a panel of experts (drawn from diverse professional fields such as film makers, psychologists, individuals anchoring popular shows, academia) are "selling dreams", “impacting self-esteem" and "raising aspirations".
Tribute to Minal Hazarika.
6:00 pm END OF SESSION
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7th MARCH 2010, SUNDAY
09:30 am
Responding to them a panel of media viewers, representing diverse realities will share their perspective and focus on their personal experiences and insight about the specific effects that television fiction and reality shows has had on them. Some of the viewers concerns that we will explore through a panel of experts (drawn from diverse professional fields such as film makers, psychologists, individuals anchoring popular shows, academia) are "selling dreams", “impacting self-esteem" and "raising aspirations".
Tribute to Minal Hazarika.
6:00 pm END OF SESSION
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7th MARCH 2010, SUNDAY
09:30 am
REGISTRATION
10:00 am
10:00 am
INAUGURATION by MRINAL PANDE, Chairperson, Prasar Bharati
THE STITCHES SPEAK (Tanko Bole Chhe)
12 mins/ 2009 / India /Nina Sabnani
12 mins/ 2009 / India /Nina Sabnani
Celebrates the art and passion of the Kutch artisans associated with Kala Raksha.
Followed by a discussion with the producer, Judy Frater.
11:00 am TEA BREAK
11:15 am
Followed by a discussion with the producer, Judy Frater.
11:00 am TEA BREAK
11:15 am
SUPERMEN OF MALEGAON
52 mins/ 2008 / Japan, Singapore, S.Korea /Faiza Ahmad Khan
Passion for cinema spurs a group in Malegaon to make a low budget socially relevant spoof on Hollywood.
12:30 pm
52 mins/ 2008 / Japan, Singapore, S.Korea /Faiza Ahmad Khan
Passion for cinema spurs a group in Malegaon to make a low budget socially relevant spoof on Hollywood.
12:30 pm
ESCAPE
25 mins/ 2008 / Malaysia / Charlotte Lim
The relationship between a grandfather who raises chickens and a little boy with constipation. A village comes to life in 25 minutes!
1:00 pm LUNCH BREAK
2:00 pm
25 mins/ 2008 / Malaysia / Charlotte Lim
The relationship between a grandfather who raises chickens and a little boy with constipation. A village comes to life in 25 minutes!
1:00 pm LUNCH BREAK
2:00 pm
IN TRANSIT
12 mins / 2008 / India /Arunima Sharma
A student film from the Film & Television Institute of India. Using an inventive juxtaposition of sounds and images of contemporary urban India, the film explores the idea of man within the context of evolution.
12 mins / 2008 / India /Arunima Sharma
A student film from the Film & Television Institute of India. Using an inventive juxtaposition of sounds and images of contemporary urban India, the film explores the idea of man within the context of evolution.
2:15 pm
ROCK HEART BEIJING
56 mins/ 2009 / Norway / Karen Winther
Kang Mao, an extraordinarily brave woman, is a prominent lead singer of the Chinese punk rock band SUBS. A rare glimpse into a society where rock music is silenced by censorship.
3:15 pm TEA BREAK
3:30 pm
56 mins/ 2009 / Norway / Karen Winther
Kang Mao, an extraordinarily brave woman, is a prominent lead singer of the Chinese punk rock band SUBS. A rare glimpse into a society where rock music is silenced by censorship.
3:15 pm TEA BREAK
3:30 pm
FOCUS ON A FILMMAKER: NILITA VACHANI
120 mins/ USA / Nilita Vachani
Lecture with extracts from her films.
120 mins/ USA / Nilita Vachani
Lecture with extracts from her films.
Nilita Vachani has produced, directed and edited three award-winning documentaries Eyes of Stone (1990), Diamonds in a Vegetable Market (1992) and When Mother Comes Home for Christmas (1996).
Apart from editing several documentaries, she has worked as Assistant Director on Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay and Script Supervisor on Mississippi Masala. Her debut novel HomeSpun (2008) won the Foreword’s Choice Fiction.
Apart from editing several documentaries, she has worked as Assistant Director on Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay and Script Supervisor on Mississippi Masala. Her debut novel HomeSpun (2008) won the Foreword’s Choice Fiction.
She is part-time faculty at Tisch School for the Arts, Undergraduate Film and Television, New York University.
5:45 pm TEA BREAK
6:00 pm
VIRGIN
45 mins/ 2009 / Iran / Taahereh Hassanzadeh
Before marriage, a woman in Iran is required to produce a certificate of virginity. The film reveals a painful side of Iran trapped under deeply rooted conventions.
7.00 pm
7.00 pm
RESILIENCE
75 mins/ 2009 / S. Korea / Tammy Chu
A story about loss and separation - a birth mother and her son reunite after 30 years.
8:30 pm CLOSE
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8th MARCH 2010, MONDAY
9:30 am
75 mins/ 2009 / S. Korea / Tammy Chu
A story about loss and separation - a birth mother and her son reunite after 30 years.
8:30 pm CLOSE
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8th MARCH 2010, MONDAY
9:30 am
OUR STORY: WOMEN WHO LOVE WOMEN
45 mins/ Sri Lanka / Anoma Rajakaruna
Lesbians in Sri Lanka define their choices.
10:15 am
45 mins/ Sri Lanka / Anoma Rajakaruna
Lesbians in Sri Lanka define their choices.
10:15 am
THE LAST RITES
20 mins/ 2009 / Bangladesh / Yasmine Kabir
20 mins/ 2009 / Bangladesh / Yasmine Kabir
The film depicts the ship breaking yards of Chittagong - a final destination for ships that are too old to ply the oceans any longer.
10:40 am
JAILING THE INNOCENT
18 mins/ 2008 / Australia / Yaara Bou Melhem
Every year up to 20 Jordanian women are murdered in honour killings. In response, the country's 12 governors have been given the power to lock up the innocent victims under the guise of keeping them safe rather than go after the would-be perpetrators.
11:00 am TEA BREAK
11:15 am
HOW GREEN WAS OUR VALLEY
32 mins/ 2009 / Iran / Fereshteh Joghataei
A dam has been built and the water is rising. 63 villages will be flooded and the residents must be uprooted. People wait for a miracle at a holy shrine.
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
12:10 pm
32 mins/ 2009 / Iran / Fereshteh Joghataei
A dam has been built and the water is rising. 63 villages will be flooded and the residents must be uprooted. People wait for a miracle at a holy shrine.
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
12:10 pm
AFGHAN GIRLS CAN KICK
50 mins/ 2007 / UK / Bahareh Hosseini
Teenage girls break the stereotypes set by an intensely conservative Afghan society, escaping grinding poverty, gaining self esteem and confidence as players in the first ever women's national football team.
1:00 pm LUNCH BREAK
2:00 pm
50 mins/ 2007 / UK / Bahareh Hosseini
Teenage girls break the stereotypes set by an intensely conservative Afghan society, escaping grinding poverty, gaining self esteem and confidence as players in the first ever women's national football team.
1:00 pm LUNCH BREAK
2:00 pm
Package of Student Films from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
TRAN EKA TRAN
19 mins/ 2008 / Aastha Gohil
Three people - a teacher, a nurse, a young girl - live in the same locality. Each pursues her dreams and ambitions that intersect and crisscross each other.
APARAJITA - EK AUR NUMAISH
6 mins/ animation/ 2006 / Kanupriya Vijay Vargiya
A bride-to-be puts her foot down about dowry demands.
THE RED WINDOW
5 mins/ 2006 / Rituparna Sarkar
A time-and-memory tale of an old man who kept waiting for the girl of his dreams.
FOR THE MOMENT
6 mins/ 2007 / Subhangi Subramanian & Priyanka Kaushal
A young girl’s nightmare about losing the things most precious to her.
SATTALA BARI (The seven storey house)
5 mins/ 2008 / Debjani
A Bengali nonsense rhyme with quirky visualization.
THE FUTILE SEED
5 mins/ 2009 / Piyali Barua
A man plants a tree and despairs of ever seeing it grow. But one day there's a surprise!
BHAJ DAUD
5 mins/ 2009 / Amaranta Nehru
New gifts throw a family's life out of gear.
PECH (Tangle)
5 mins/ 2009 / Mrinalini Kannan
During the month of Utarayan in Ahmedabad, many birds die when kites with glass coated threads are flown all over the city.
3:00 pm
A SMALL DREAM
17 mins/ 2008/ Pakistan / Gulnar Tabassum
Humaira is steadily transforming the education of girls into a valued asset.
Followed by a discussion with the producer.
3:30 pm
17 mins/ 2008/ Pakistan / Gulnar Tabassum
Humaira is steadily transforming the education of girls into a valued asset.
Followed by a discussion with the producer.
3:30 pm
I WONDER
70 mins/ 2009 / India / Anupama Srinivasan
What does school mean to children? What kind of learning takes place within the school and outside it? The film explores the impact of the school system on the lives and dreams of children.
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
5:00 pm TEA BREAK
5:15 pm
70 mins/ 2009 / India / Anupama Srinivasan
What does school mean to children? What kind of learning takes place within the school and outside it? The film explores the impact of the school system on the lives and dreams of children.
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
5:00 pm TEA BREAK
5:15 pm
Z'HAR
78 mins/ 2009 / France
Fatma-Zohra Zamoum
Two stories set 10 years apart. In 1997, Alia travels between Tunisia to Algeria to meet her sick father. In 2007, Fatma Zohra and her brother set out to find locations for her new feature.
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
6:45 pm
78 mins/ 2009 / France
Fatma-Zohra Zamoum
Two stories set 10 years apart. In 1997, Alia travels between Tunisia to Algeria to meet her sick father. In 2007, Fatma Zohra and her brother set out to find locations for her new feature.
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
6:45 pm
HAD ANHAD
103 mins/ 2008/ India / Shabnam Virmani
The film journeys through Kabir songs and poems into the politics of religion in India and Pakistan.
8:30 pm CLOSE
The International Association of Women in Radio & Television, India Chapter, would like to thank India International Centre, Aruna Vasudev, Sandeep Marwah, Taisha Abraham, Visalakshi Menon, Akhila Sivadas, Akshata Udiaver, Yousuf Saeed, Film & Television Institute of India, Jatin Das Centre for the Arts, Magic Lantern Foundation, National Institute of Design, Public Service Broadcasting Trust, Whistling Woods
103 mins/ 2008/ India / Shabnam Virmani
The film journeys through Kabir songs and poems into the politics of religion in India and Pakistan.
8:30 pm CLOSE
The International Association of Women in Radio & Television, India Chapter, would like to thank India International Centre, Aruna Vasudev, Sandeep Marwah, Taisha Abraham, Visalakshi Menon, Akhila Sivadas, Akshata Udiaver, Yousuf Saeed, Film & Television Institute of India, Jatin Das Centre for the Arts, Magic Lantern Foundation, National Institute of Design, Public Service Broadcasting Trust, Whistling Woods
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All the filmmakers, seminar panelists and volunteers who have supported this festival with their participation.
