05 March 2014, 05:30 am
10TH IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL 2014
Programme Type
Festivals

Exhibition

Cycle of Sovereignty

An installation and artist's book

By Zenki Collective

 

This project celebrates the spirit of resistance and commitment to social and political change of the Tinsukia District Mohilla Committee, a women's collective in Assam

 

On view in the Quadrangle Garden

 

Screenings from 10:30 onwards

Nyonya's Taste of Life (78 min; 2007; fiction/feature; Taiwan)

Director: Wen Chih-Yi

Stories of Indonesian domestic helpers and Thai workers who come to Taiwan dreaming of a better life

 

At 12:10

Soundphiles: Many Echoes, Many Worlds

A celebration of listening

 

Followed by discussions with sound artists

 

From 14:30 onwards

I Too Have a Voice (12 min; 2013; short fiction; Sri Lanka)

Director: Suba Sivakumaran

In a time of violence in Sri Lanka, two women try to reconcile their past and redirect their future

 

White Van Stories (90 min; documentary; India)

Director: Leena Manimekalai

A film on enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

Aisa Nahin Hua Tha Tahira (23 min; 2013; short fiction; India)

Director: Rajula Shah

Who has the right to tell a person's stories?

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

At 18:00

Carpet Weavers (19 min; 2013; documentary; Afghanistan)

Director: Batul Moradi

The film observes a family of carpet weavers

 

"¦And the Unclaimed (62 min; 2013; documentary; India)

Director: Debalina

Two young girls in Nandigram committed suicide, and their bodies remained unclaimed"¦

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker