Venue
India International Centre, Lodi Estate, New Delhi
Entry Free
The festival is being organized by the International Association for Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) India Chapter
in partnership with
India International Centre, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi and Sangat South Asia
The festival will showcase the works of women film makers of Asian origin in a range of genres representing a diversity in country, content and form. The term ''Asian'' refers to origin – the film maker can be working in any part of the world.
Approximately 50 films will be screened, running the gamut from international favourites to artistic experiments along the fringes of the genre to community videos and films made by university students.
30 FOREIGN FILMS ARE SOUTH ASIAN PREMIERES.
OVER 20 FILMMAKERS WILL BE PRESENT FOR DISCUSSION AFTER THEIR SCREENINGS
Highlights include Byambasuren Davaa's THE TWO HORSES OF GENGHIS KHAN; Gulnar Tabassum's latest TWO STEPS FORWARD; Soniya Kirpalani's LOVE ARRANGED; MADE IN INDIA by Rebecca Haimowitz and Vaishali Sinha which premiered at Hot Docs, 2010; BEATING TIME by Odette Orr and MEMORIES OF A FORGOTTEN WAR by Sari Dalena.
Three packages that combine an engaging mix of animation, short fiction, experimental and documentary films from:
• Afghanistan
• Canada
• Thailand
Highlights include Byambasuren Davaa's THE TWO HORSES OF GENGHIS KHAN; Gulnar Tabassum's latest TWO STEPS FORWARD; Soniya Kirpalani's LOVE ARRANGED; MADE IN INDIA by Rebecca Haimowitz and Vaishali Sinha which premiered at Hot Docs, 2010; BEATING TIME by Odette Orr and MEMORIES OF A FORGOTTEN WAR by Sari Dalena.
Three packages that combine an engaging mix of animation, short fiction, experimental and documentary films from:
• Afghanistan
• Canada
• Thailand
Travelling Festival
Selections from the 2010 and 2011 programmes are being screened in Pondicherry on March 15 and 16, 2011.
Partners
Associates
Selections from our IAWRT 2010 and 2011 programmes are being screened at Birds Eye View Film Festival, London to be held from March 8-17, 2011
Selections from our IAWRT 2010 and 2011 programmes are being screened at Birds Eye View Film Festival, London to be held from March 8-17, 2011
Acknowledgements
IAWRT would like to thank His Excellency Gautam Mukhopadhaya, Ambassador of India to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and his staff, in particular Mr. JP Singh, Anwar Jamal,
Aruna Vasudev, Atrix Films, Chalida Uabumrungjit,
Cuneyt Cebenoyan, Haema Sivanesan, Indu Ramchandani, Jit Phokaew,
Kamla Bhasin, Kunal Batra, Lawan Jirasuradej, Malavika Venugopal, Nandini Bedi,
N. Pushpamala, Paromita Vohra, Ranjana Mohan, Rita Vachani, Ritu Khanna, Robin Mallick,
Sagarika Sundaram, Siddiq Barmak, Som,
Taran Khan, Teteii, Uma Chakravarti, Urvashi Butalia, Varsha Nair
Festival Team
Festival Director : Jai Chandiram
Co-Director/Programme Coordinator : Reena Mohan
Co-Director/Programme Coordinator : Reena Mohan
Treasurer : Renuka Sharma
Blog : Uma Tanuku
Hospitality : Shazia Ilmi, Uma Tanuku
Hospitality : Shazia Ilmi, Uma Tanuku
Moderators: Samina Mishra, Subi Chaturvedi
Poster : Purnima Rao
Press & Publicity : Uma Tanuku
Press & Publicity : Uma Tanuku
Sponsorships : Aradhana Kohli, Jai Chandiram, Reena Mohan
Technical Support : Naveen Gautam, Nirmal Chander, Yousuf Saeed
Technical Support : Naveen Gautam, Nirmal Chander, Yousuf Saeed
Other Volunteers : Anupama Srinivasan, Kiron Bansal, Ratnabali Mitra
