[Reader-list] [Announcements] 4th IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL 2008

[Kavita Joshi]

4th IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL 2008
Presented by the IIC – Asia Project, UNESCO and the IAWRT
(International Association of Women in Radio and Television)

on 7th + 8th March 2008
at the India International Centre, Lodi Estate, New Delhi

[No passes needed. Entry by Free Registration at the venue. All are welcome.]

Broadly woven around the theme of "Insights and Aspirations", this
year's festival brings together 24 films by Asian women directors from
5 countries. The highlights of the festival include Paromita Vohra's
incisive "Morality TV and the Loving Jehad", Rajula Shah's exquisite
"Word within the Word", Kato Haruyo's touching Cheese and the Worms,
Vani Subramaniam's Ayodhya Gatha, Nishtha Jain's Lakshmi and Me, and
Madhushree Datta's Scribbles on Akka. This year's festival screens
several short fiction works including Mira Nair's short film on HIV
and Nandita Das' public interest spots. The festival also includes
animation films, talks and presentations.

For more information: iawrtindia.blogspot.com
Contact us: iawrtindia(AT)gmail.com    with cc to: jaichandiram(AT)yahoo.co.uk
For schedule: see below


7TH MARCH 2008, FRI

09:30 AM: REGISTRATION
10:00 AM: INAUGURATION, foll. by

EVERYDAY
[7m / 2007 / India]
by Anupama Srinivasan / onusrinivasan[AT]hotmail.com
A reflection on relationships. A story of a pigeon.

MANPASAND – THE PERFECT MATCH
[11m / 2006 / India]
by Dhwani Desai / dhvanidesai[AT]yahoo.com
An animation film about the journey of a father in search of a
suitable groom for his daughter.

11:00 AM TEA BREAK

11:30 AM
MORALITY TV & THE LOVING JEHAD
[29m / 2007 / India]
by Paromita Vohra / info[AT]psbt.org
The film looks outside the frames that weave the frenetic tapestry of
Breaking News on India's news channels to uncover a town's complex
dynamics – the fear of love, the constant scrutiny and control of
women's mobility and sexuality, a history of communal violence, caste
brutalization and feudal mindsets.

12:00 NOON
KNOWING FOR SURE, WITHOUT KNOWING FOR CERTAIN: HOW I MAKE FILMS [30min]
An illustrated presentation by Paromita Vohra
parodevi[AT]mtnl.net.in

12:30 PM
OCCAM'S RAZOR – ISHRAT JEHAN'S VERY EASY DEATH
by [24m/ 2005/ India]
Priti Chandriani / Chandriani[AT]pace-productions.com
Raises questions about the manner in which encounter killings are
carried out in this country.

1:00 PM: LUNCH BREAK

2:00 PM:
LAKSHMI AND ME
[59m / 2008 / India]
by Nishtha Jain / raintreefilms[AT]gmail.com
The filmmaker explores her changing relationship with Lakshmi, her
part-time maid.
        foll. by

TAAZA KHABAR
[31m/ 2006/ India]
by Bishakha Dutta / magiclantern.foundation[AT]gmail.com
An all-woman team of journalists publish "Khabar Lahariya" from a
small town in Uttar Pradesh, covering all the news that the mainstream
media forgot.
        foll. by

LEAP FROG
[4m / 2007 / India]
by Nandita Das / leapfrog.india[AT]lycos.com
3 spots on education and water harvesting.

3:30 PM TEA BREAK

4:00 PM
EK AJEEB SI JHUNJLAHAT
[3 m / 2007 / India]
by Ein Lall / einlall2004[AT]yahoo.co.uk
The covered face, the pestle, the mortar; the excessive force with
which the pestle swings down; the remorseless regularity of stone
pounding on stone; all contribute to a strange tremor of unease….
          foll. by

GODDESSES
[42m / 2007 / India]
by Leena Manimekalai / cjerrold[AT]gmail.com
Notes from the lives of three extraordinary women – a funeral singer,
a fisherwoman & a graveyard worker.

4:45 PM
M S AMMA: A SHY GIRL FROM MADURAI
[22m / 2007/ India]
Swati Thiyagrajan / NDTV
A journey into the life and times of the legendary M S Subalakshmi
through the eyes of her granddaughter.
      foll. by

LOSING TO WIN
[22 / 2007 / India]
Uma Sudhir / NDTV
On Gujarati Muslim families sending their children away from their
"watan" to complete their studies.

5:30 PM BREAK

6:30 PM
MIGRATION
[18 m / 2007 / India]
by Mira Nair / shenny.italia[AT]gmail.com
The film deals with the AIDS virus as a great class leveller in
society by following its transmission through interweaving stories
linking urban and rural India.
       foll. by

THE CHEESE & THE WORMS
[98 m / 2005 / Japan]
by Kato Haruyo / info[AT]chee-uji.com
The director affectionately captures her sick mother's final days with
her grandmother and brother's family.

8:30 PM CLOSE
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8TH MARCH 2008, SAT

9:30 AM
SHADOWS OF FREEDOM
[36 m / 2004 / India]
by Sabina Kidwai / sabinakidwai8[AT]gmail.com
Traces the history of three women in a Muslim family and how the
issues of identity and gender conflict with their lives and that of
their family.
          foll. by

OUTSOURCED
[49 m / 2006 / Aus.]
by Safina Uberoi, Anna Cater / anna[AT]mitrafilms.com.au
A portrait of four women working inside an Indian call centre and
their battle with workers in countries like Australia for jobs on
globalisation's new frontier.

11:05 AM: TEA BREAK

11:30 AM
DESIRE AND REPETITION: THE MINIATURIZATION OF THE NEW HINDI SONG MUSIC [25 min]
A presentation by Shikha Jhinghan / shikha.jhingan[AT]gmail.com
Tracing the development of female singers in popular Hindi film music.

11:55 AM
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PRESENT
[80 m/ 2007/ India]
by Chandra Siddan / zeidler[AT]sympatico.ca;  abulafi[AT]hotmail.com
A woman enquires into her first marriage forced on her when she was a child.

1:15 PM LUNCH BREAK

2:00 PM
THE BIRTH OF BRAIN FLY
[6 m / 2007 / USA]
by Nandita Kumar / mermaidontherock[AT]gmail.com
An animation charting the surreal course of a psyche's evolution
within the invisible landscape of the mind.
      foll. by

SCRIBBLES ON AKKA
[60 m / 2006 / India]
Madhushree Dutta / majlis.culture[AT]gmail.com
On the 12th century Bhakti poet, Mahadevi Akka. A film on identity,
rebellion and bhakti.

3:10 PM TEA BREAK

3:30 PM
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES [30 min]
A presentation by Iffat Fatima / iffatiffat[AT]hotmail.com
Documenting the movement and struggle of Kashmiri women for redressal,
justice and human rights from the local to the global platform.

4:00 PM
THE SKY BELOW
[75 m / 2007 /  Pak./ India]
Sarah Singh / seetheskybelow[AT]gmail.com
A contemporary portrait of India and Pakistan vis-=E0-vis the lingering
fallout of the Partition, from Kutch to Kashmir and Karachi to the
Khyber Pass.

5:15 PM BREAK

6:30 PM
AYODHYA GATHA
[62 m / 2007 / India]
by Vani Subramanian / vanishes[AT]gmail.com
What does it mean to belong to a city that has become a symbol of
religious intolerance, majoritarian aggression and communal tumult in
India – Ayodhya?
     foll. by

WORD WITHIN THE WORD
[74 m / 2007 / India]
Rajula Shah / rajulashah[AT]rediffmail.com
The film witnesses how Kabir, the 14th century mystic poet resonates
ordinary lives in 21st century India.

8:45 PM CLOSE
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Schedule subject to change. Kindly reconfirm at venue.
Films will be followed by a discussion with the director, if present.

IAWRT THANKS PSBT AND ALL THE FILMMAKERS WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THIS
FESTIVAL WITH THEIR FILMS AND PARTICIPATION.

ABOUT IAWRT: The International Association of Women in Radio and
Television (IAWRT) is a non–profit organization of women working in
electronic and allied media. IAWRT seeks to ensure that women's views
and values become an integral part of programme making. It offers
professional skill-training to women. It provides grants and
fellowships, and presents awards of excellence. It helps members share
inputs by organising workshops and festivals round the world.

MORE ABOUT IAWRT INDIA and the FILM FESTIVAL:  iawrtindia.blogspot.com
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