[Reader-list] Film Festival at IIC

[Samina Mishra]

WOMEN, MEDIA & SOCIETY : TRANSFORMATIONS
A Festival of Films by Asian Women Filmmakers
March 7-8, 2006
India International Centre, Lodi Estate, New Delhi
 
A two day festival of films by Asian women filmmakers will be held to mark
International Women's Day at the India International Centre on March 7-8,
2006. This is the second year of the festival, which is organised by the
International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT), in
partnership with IIC Asia Project.
 
The festival will showcase the best of documentaries created by women from
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Taiwan and Malaysia. The opening film, My Life
as a Poster, an Indo-US collaboration is directed by Shashwati Talukdar. The
film tells a fictional story about the filmmaker and her family and explores
stereotypical notions about Indian culture and the "First World's"
expectations from a "Third World" filmmaker.
 
Other films being shown at the festival revolve around the themes of Popular
Media, Identity and Violence Against Women. After the IIC event, the films
will travel to 8 cities in India and also to Pakistan, Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh.

The schedule is given below.

MARCH 07, 2006

9:30AM   Inauguration   30m
         My Life as a Poster   8m        Shashwati Talukdar (India/USA)
      
10:30   TEA BREAK  
 
11:00AM   SEMINAR 1: WOMEN MAKING FILMS
 
Talk by: Sabina Gadihoke + Iffat Fatima + Madhureeta Anand   60m
      
A Certain Liberation        37m     Yasmine Kabir (Bangladesh)
      
Kagad Kaanch Patra          16m       Reema Borah
      
Printed Rainbow             15m       Gitanjali Rao
      
My Confession­the Picture Diary   10m       Lor Yew Mien (Malaysia)
   
The Quest                   5m       Soo You (Taiwan R.O.C)
      
 
1:45   LUNCH BREAK 
              
2:30PM   SEMINAR 2: POPULAR MEDIA
      
Women of the Holy Kingdom   48m       Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy (Canada)
      
A Decent Samosa, Ya!        25m       Natasha Badhwar & Radhika Bordia

WRITE MORE   
Talk by: Jitendar Gill + Abhilasha Kumari   20m
          
4:10   BREAK 
              
4:30PM   Altar              Leena Manimekalai
         
The Journey           16m    Rita Chandel
       
Will Think for Food   4m     Parvinder Kaur

5:40   BREAK       
  
6:30PM   Beyond the Wheel   59m       Rajula Shah
      
On an Express Highway       28m       Reena Mohan
      
Our Own Eyes                28m       Ranu Sharma
      
8:30PM   CLOSE     


 
8TH MARCH 2005
 
10:00AM   

Sharira:                    28m      Ein Lall
Chandralekha¹s Exploration in Dance
    
She Write                   55m       Anjali Monteiro & K P Jayasankar
      
11:30                       BREAK
             
12:00   SEMINAR 3: IDENTITIES

Identities: Talk by Samina Mishra   20m
      
The House on Gulmohar Avenue   30m       Samina Mishra
      
Trans-                         12m       Tejal Shah
    
Where¹s Sandra                  17m       Paromita Vohra
      
 
1:45   LUNCH BREAK 
              
2:30PM   SEMINAR 4: WOMEN & VIOLENCE
            
For Love or Izzat   58m       Soniali Dutta (India / UK)
      
Women and Conflict: Talk by Kavita Joshi / Other   20m

Untitled: 3 Films (Women & Conflict in Manipur)    18m       Kavita Joshi
      
4:10   BREAK    
          
4:30PM   

For Maya   38m       Vasudha Joshi
      
Biji: a Documentary on My Grandmother   20m       Dipti M Panesar
      
Lemon Yellow AfternoonsŠ   13m       Monisha R Baldawa
        
5:45   BREAK 
              
Walking on a Moonbeam 17m       Madhureeta Anand
          
Lanka: The Other Side of War and Peace   75m       Iffat Fatima
      
8:30   CLOSE