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IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL: 3RD TO 5TH MARCH 2015

04 March 2015, 05:30 am
IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL: 3RD TO 5TH MARCH 2015
Programme Type
Festivals
Screenings will be followed by discussions with directors present
 
Driving Test (Afghanistan/France; 25 min; 2011) Dir: Mahbooba Ibrahimi
A young woman struggles to get her driver’s license to join a company of taxi drivers where there are only men
 
April 21 (Animation; USA/Hong Kong; 4 min; 2014) Dir: Jessica Poon
An extended geographical metaphor that compares geometries and cubical shapes to anxiety
 
Doppelganger (Taiwan; 26 min; 2013) Dir: Hsieh Ting-hang
Dai-De is a young mortician who has been stealing gold teeth from his dead “customers
 
12:00 – 13:30
Beyond the Wave (Germany/Japan; 83 min; 2013) Dir: Kyoko Miyake
Having lived outside of Japan for more than a decade, Kyoko Miyake feels compelled to revisit Fukushima after the nuclear disaster
 
14:30 – 16:10
Journey (Hong Kong; 28 min; 2013) Dir: Wong Chin-Yan Doris
Dreaming is a luxury in Hong Kong, and Rachel and Ronald struggle between pursuing their dreams and facing reality
 
The Bag (Myanmar; 9 min; 2011) Dir: Thet Su Hlaing
Daw Nar Ku quietly creates a strikingly patterned traditional Lahu bag
 
Potter’s Song (Myanmar; 23 min; 2013) Dir: Hnin Ei Hlaing
Portrait of a community of potters in the town of Twante west of Yangon
 
Last Kiss (Myanmar; 22 min; 2014) Dir: Seng Mai Kinraw
Every day since civil war resumed between the Myanmar military and the Kachin Independence Organisation, Jaing Chying has written and recited a poem
 
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker, Thet Su Hlaing, Yangon Film School
 
 
16:30 – 18:00
COMPILATION OF EXPERIMENTAL FILMS - II
 
Noon Day Dispensary  (India; 26 min; 2014) Dir: Priya Sen
Noon Day Dispensary produces the ?unsettlinggaze?
 
Lost in Home (China; 29 min; 2013) Dir: Tan Tan
The record of a 100 year old community through thousands of pictures, poetic plots and a live performance
 
Night Noon (India/USA ; 11 min; 2014) Dir: Shambhavi Kaul
Geology’s ‘thrust and fold’ becomes the unlikely habitat for two actors’ shadowy encounters 
 
Let Go Aviary (Singapore; 3 min; 2004) Dir: Ang Sookoon
Solitary without solitude...
 
Fish Love (India; 12 min; 2014) Dir: Gayatri Kodikal
“I am the kind of fish who lives in sludge, the slimy undergrowth below this pond. I am madly in love with a fisherwoman, who visits the pond.”
 
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

11TH IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL: 3RD TO 5TH MARCH 2015

04 March 2015, 05:30 am
11TH IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL: 3RD TO 5TH MARCH 2015
Programme Type
Festivals
Screenings will be followed by discussions with directors present
 
For the Love of A Cat (Animation; India; 4 min; 2013) Dir: Students of Ecole Mondiale World School
Cut-out animation film based on a Buddha Story by Rosalind Wilson, created by a team of young Grade VII animators using the aboriginal and Bhil art style
 
Followed by a discussion with the resource person Tehzeeb Khurana
 
Kaphal (India; 91 min; 2013) Dir: Batul Mukhtiar
Life changes for Makar and Kamru when their father returns to their village after five years
 
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
 
12:30 – 13:40
Devil in the Black Stone (India; 21 min; 2013) Dir: Ananya Kasaravalli
The film revolves around three women in a small tenement atop a hill 
 
Followed by a discussion with the cinematographer Udit Khurana
 
Koi Dekhne Wala Hai? (India; 19 min; 2014) Dir: Shilpi Saluja
Exploring the sense of touch and music in the lives of special children in a residential school
 
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
 
14:30 – 16:00
Dragonfly and Snake (India;17 min; 2013) Dir: Lipika Singh Darai
A conversation between a girl and her grand aunt whom she calls ‘Aai’
 
I for Iran (Belgium/Iran; 50 min; 2014) Dir: Sanaz Azari
Brussels, behind the closed doors of a classroom. Using a textbook dating from the Islamic revolution, Sanaz Azari, the director, learns how to read and write in Persian, her mother tongue, the lessons becoming a gateway to the history and culture of Iran
 
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
 
16:30 – 18:00
Keli (Animation; India; 7 min; 2014) Dir: Ranjitha Rajeevan
Little Ponnu is fascinated by PottanTheyyam, an ancient rebel who stood for equality
 
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
 
Dancing Zempukuji (Japan; 50 min; 2013) Dir: Yumiko Hayakawa
The song and dance of those who live in Zempukuji 
 
18:30 – 20:10
Oh! Stargazer (Animation; Hong Kong-USA; 6 min; 2013) Dir: Jessica Poon
The stargazer, sleeping offshore, is woken up by the fish zodiacs from across the ocean and navigates back home
 
My Name is Salt (Switzerland/India; 92 min; 2013) Dir: Farida Pacha
Year after year, thousands of families move to the desert in Kutch to extract salt from the burning earth

SCREENINGS

03 March 2015, 05:30 am
SCREENINGS
Programme Type
Festivals
Screenings will be followed by discussions with directors present
 
Good Stuff (Israel; 25 min; 2013) Dir: Neta Braun
A claustrophobic journey filled with extreme encounters
 
Cleaning Time(Israel; 15 min; 2013) Dir: Alamork Marsha
An Ethiopian cleaning woman’s routine of looking after rich homes go awry one afternoon
 
An Untitled Life (Myanmar; 22 min; 2008) Dir: Shin Daewe
A look at how an easy-going artist has managed to survive a sizable chunk of Myanmar’s chequered history
 
Amhya – Share (Myanmar; 18 min; 2014) Dir: Mya Darli Aung
Looks at the an age-old but now dwindling tradition whereby monks cook you a meal from leftovers with sharing in mind
 
Followed by discussion with Thet Su Hlaing, filmmaker from Yangon Film School
 
12:15 – 13:30  
Soundphiles
A Celebrations of Listening
 
Pahadi Pastoralists (05:26) by Aditi Pinto
Lonely Lives (03:12) by Itika Singh
Emergency Control Room (07:04) by Maraa [Ekta Mittal, Angarika Guha, Shruthi Menon]
Saving Disgrace (03:25) by Pooja Das Sarkar & Vimal Mylon
Swimming Pool (04:02) by Madiha Aijaz
Riverrun 2013 (02:35) by Sindhu Thirumalaisamy
Levels (04:33) by Sindhu Thirumalaisamy
Number Unreachable (05:00) by Usha Rao
 
Followed by a discussion with the sound artists
 
14:30  – 15:40 
Play on the Play (Animation; Afghanistan; 5 min; 2013) Dir: Lajaward Haqiqi
The story of a man living inside a locked room
 
The Reel (Animation; Experimental;  Afghanistan; 4 min; 2012) Dir: Lajaward Haqiqi
How listening to music is a legitimate need of all human beings, and for the people of Afghanistan
 
Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan (Documentary; India; 23 min;2013) Dir: Mithila Hegde
Film on 105-year-old Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan, the oldest living (and practising) Hindustani vocalist 
 
Basheera (India; 14 min; 2014) Dir: Ratika Singh
The film explores a man’s ever-deepening desire to reunite with his first and most memorable friend from school
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker
 
16:00 – 17:20 
COMPILATION OF EXPERIMENTAL FILMS -I
Faraways (Australia; 10 min; 2012) Dir: Audrey Lam       
An empty urban landscape echoes the isolation of two girls far from home
 
Black Sun (Vietnam; 11 min; 2010) Dir: Que Chi Truong
Young couple, strolling around Saigon, the most exciting city of Vietnam
 
Jo Ha Kyu (Vietnam; 11 min; 2012) Dir: Nguyen Trinh Thi
Conflict and the co-existence of concrete and abstract worlds
 
Qian Men No. 1 Hostel (China; 12 min; 2008) Dir: Tan Tan   
Film about time, history, and memory
 
Sewing Room (Singapore; 5 min; 2005) Dir: Ang Sookoon 
The monotonous daily routine of a sewing room extends beyond its contained realm
 
Mount Song (India/USA; 8 min; 2013) Dir: Shambhavi Kaul
A current creeps under the door, makes its way into the cracks, revealing, obfuscating or breaking as clouds in the sky
 
Scientist Meets the Storyteller (UK; 5 min; 2011)Dir: Aindri Chakraborty
A moth collector finds an artefact that belongs to a storyteller 
 
Followed by discussion with the filmmaker
 
18:00 – 20:30
FELICITATION OF FILMMAKERS AND SOUND ARTISTS
 
The Fried Fish (Animation; Iran; 11 min; 2014)Dir: Leila Khalilzadeh
The fish is yearning to see the sea once again… But what is the price he pays to go home?
 
Profession: Documentarist (Iran; 80 min; 2013) 
Dir: Shirin Barghnavard, Firouzeh Khosrovani, Farahnaz Sharifi, Mina Keshavarz, Sepideh Abtahi, Sahar Salahshoor, Nahid Rezaei
Seven independent female documentary film makers from Iran talk about their personal and professional lives, concerns and challenges in a seven- part autobiographic film
 
Followed by a discussion with Sahar Salahshoor

To Mark International Women’s Day 2015

03 March 2015, 05:30 am
To Mark International Women’s Day 2015
Programme Type
Festivals
11TH IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL: 3RD TO 5TH MARCH 2015
The 11th edition of the festival will showcase the work of women filmmakers of Asian origin bringing a rich and diverse collection of films from 18 countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA and Vietnam. The festival includes a selection of 60 films and sound works; a seminar and exhibitions. Organised in collaboration with International Association of Women in Radio and Television, India Chapter; with Max Mueller Bhavan-Goethe Institute; The Japan Foundation; Sangat South Asia; Jagori; Zubaan; and Public Service Broadcasting Trust
 
Exhibitions:
3 TO 8 MARCH 2015, ANNEXE ART GALLERY, 11:00 TO 19:00
Picture This! Painting the Women’s Movement
An exhibition of drawings and paintings by Radhaben Garva
Presented by Zubaan Books
 
From her home in a small village in the Kutch district of Gujarat, Dalit artist Radhaben Garva has documented the rural women’s movement in Western India and beyond through her drawings
 
Preview on Monday, 2 March 2015 at 18:30
 
3 TO 8 MARCH 2015, AUDITORIUM FOYER
Now You See Them & Oranges and Lemons
Watercolours by Shruti Shyam
 
3 TO 8 MARCH 2015, QUADRANGLE GARDEN
Delhitantte
A series of drawings and illustrations that seeks to capture and understand the character and contradictions of the city by Priya Kuriyan
 

Charlie Hebdo: Looking Beyond the Dilemma of Absolute or Limited Freedom of Expression

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02 March 2015, 05:30 am
Charlie Hebdo: Looking Beyond the Dilemma of Absolute or Limited Freedom of Expression
Programme Type
Discussions
Speakers: Dr. Sona Khan, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court and Expert in Islamic Jurisprudence; Shri K.P. Fabian, former Indian Ambassador to Italy and Visiting Professor, The Indian Academy of International Law and Diplomacy; 
Mr. Come Carpentier de Gourdon, Convener-Editorial Advisory Board, World Affairs Journal; Shri Harsh Kapoor, Founder Editor, South Asia Citizens Web; and Sister Mary Scaria, Advocate, Supreme Court and Member Congregation of Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary
 
Moderator: Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies
 

ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH PUBLIC LECTURES

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02 March 2015, 05:30 am
ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH PUBLIC LECTURES
Programme Type
Discussions
Swacch Bharat Mission Overview
Speaker: Dr. Nirod B. Mazumdar, Mission’s Urban Waste Management Expert
 
Implications on Environment Specifically Rivers
Speaker: Shri Manoj Mishra, Executive Director, PEACE Institute Charitable Trust, and Convenor & Head, Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan

Chair: Shri Ravi Agarwal

An Evening of Argentinian Music

02 March 2015, 05:30 am
An Evening of Argentinian Music
Programme Type
Cultural
Piano recital by Mariano Vásquez, well known pianist and tango dancer
 
The artist will present a selection of tango music by well-known Argentinian tango music composers including Astor Piazzolla, Ernesto Poncio, Homero Expósito, Carlos Di Sarli and Atahualpa Yupanqui
 

De Sidere 7

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16 February 2015, 05:30 am
De Sidere 7

A film by Nicolás Grandi and Lata Mani

 

Introduced by Nicolás Grandi

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

About the film

 De Sidere 7 is an experimental work that interweaves performance, dance, poetry, storytelling and text to reflect upon aspects of desire. Shot in Bangalore and Delhi, the film scripts the work of five performing artists into a sensorially rich meditation on desire’s vexed status as at once, animating force, object of suspicion and ground of contention. De Sidere 7 is conceived as a video contemplation: a formally plural, multilayered composition intended to be experienced as an integrated whole

 ​​​​Nicolás Grandi is a filmmaker, arts educator, musician and sculptor from Buenos Aires

Lata Mani is a Bangalore based feminist historian and cultural critic


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Fundamentally Yours…The Adavus

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28 February 2015, 05:30 am
Fundamentally Yours…The Adavus
Programme Type
Seminars
A presentation on Bharata Natya training with ergonomics in mind  
 
By Mamata Niyogi Nakra, Founder of Kala Bharati (Montreal) who trained under Guru U.S. Krishna Rao and Chandrabhaga Devi and Nicole LaMontagne, classical and contemporary dancer from Montreal 
 
A project that began at Cirque du Soleil, Montreal, as research on the methodology for training Indian Classical dancers, has grown into a deeper study of the fundamental units of Bharata Natya known as the adavus, with an analytical perspective based on the physics of dance.  It was observed that for optimum results in dance performance, a methodology has to be developed in which training is imparted with ergonomics in mind. Ergonomics is a science in which things are designed or crafted to achieve the highest level of proficiency with maximum ease in execution or usage.  
 
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