Ways of Seeing: Rhetoric and Reality - The 7th IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival
Screenings will be followed by discussions with directors present
Inauguration by Smt Justice Leila Seth
Followed by
Dhanwarlo O'Avva (A Grandma in Dharwar; 8 min;
Director: Masanagari Mayuri
Directed by an 8 year old girl from a Dalit farming family, the film is a portrait of her 80 year old grandmother who is engaged in ecological agriculture
Half Value Life (30 min;
Exploring the life and work of Marya Bashir, the first Afghani female public prosecutor
Journey to Nagaland (24 min;
Animation film about migration and inheritance
Winter Reminiscence (14 min;
Short fiction film about Term and Quang who had evacuated from
From 14:00
Focus on a Filmmaker - Sabiha Sumar
Presentation on the expanding content and aesthetics of her work, Sabiha Sumar from
Followed by a discussion
Love Arranged (60 min; UAE; 2010) - Director: Soniya Kirpalani
Humorous and humbling journeys of Divya and Neha, educated Indian women, who take the arranged marriage route
Titli Udi (11 min;
A young woman digs into her past, both personal and political, in the hope of discovering her own voice
The Value of a Tree (4min;
Animation film on the effects of natural disasters
Old Heart (8 min;
People find refuge in old temples and ruins... relationships built on affection and feelings of comfort and solace
This Way (5 min;
With rumors of a government crackdown against the red shirts, people in Silom district try to escape from the area
My Father (22 min;
Short fiction film on a father forced to quit his job as a train station janitor because of his protest letter to the authorities
At 18:30
The Two Horses of Genghis Khan (120 min; Mongolia/Germany; 2009) - Director: Byambasuren Davaa
A promise, an old destroyed horse head violin and a song believed lost
