[Reader-list] Four Women and a Room at IFFI

[ambarien qadar]

Dear all,

If you are in Goa, please do come for the screening of my film 'Four Women and a Room' in The Indian Panorama section at The International Film Festival of India, Goa.

The film is scheduled on the evening of 29th November.
For exact show timing and venue, please look up the IFFI schedule. 
Venue: Maquines Palace, 7 pm.
For more information please follow the link: www.iffi.nic.in

About the film:
Late into pregnancy, Mili is confounded with a range of unknown emotions. Having gone through endless rituals of matchmaking, Latika is wondering about her desire to be a biological mother. The dreamscape of the filmmaker throws up images and associations of a hospital visited sometime back and reminds her of meeting Kalpana, a fictitious character who might have undergone a sex selective abortion. Combining techniques of documentary and fiction, Four Women and a Room unfolds through the metaphor of the labour room and the conscious and subconscious resonances it has in the lives of its four protagonists. Set against the complex social history of how abortions came to be legalized in India as population control imperatives rather than a pro-choice legislation , the film raises crucial questions about debates around sex selective abortions, marriage and motherhood within South Asian contexts while making a strong case for the agency of women.

Thanks
Ambarien Al Qadar