Vocal Recital

By Vidushi Bindu Chawla

 

Qawwali

By Warsi Brothers and Group

Stories and art, music and dance and everything else that makes Vasant special

Presented by Deepa Agarwal and Sunita Baveja

Screenings will be followed by discussions with directors present

 

Death and the Maiden (Israel/Germany; 30 min; 2014) Dir: Yael Lotem

Shortly after WWII, over 1000 paintings were found in a Cellar in southern France… 

 

I Have Only One Language; It is Not Mine (India; 30 min; 2014) Dir: Mithu Sen

Originally an installation, explores the process the limitations of language and the possibility of dialogue outside it

 

11:45 – 13:30

The Last Adieu (India; 90 min; 2013) Dir: Shabnam Sukhdev

The personal quest of a filmmaker’s daughter to unravel the past and make a connection with her father, S. Sukhdev

 

14:30 – 16:00

Raah (India;19 min; 2014) Dir: Radhika Fatania

The director explores her own indecisiveness about her life and career

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

Pava (India; 10 min; 2014) Dir: Vaishnavi Sundararajan

A young, budding sportsperson, her barber, and their casual chit-chat 

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

Fragments of Peace (Experimental; UK;16 min; 2014) Dir: Lin Li

Using interviews the film considers the questions of what constitutes peace and whether peace is attainable

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

16:30 – 18:20

Chhatrabhang (Imageography Cine Art Film Poem; India; 84 min; 1975) Dir: Nina Sugati S R Shivdasani Rovshen

An unusual poetic docu-drama with a socio-eco-political analysis of hierarchy and caste relations in rural India

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

18:30 – 20:30 

Maine Dilli Nahin Dekha (Bangladesh/India; 19 min; 2014) Dir: Humaira Bilkis

The filmmaker discovers the soul of the city not in its museums, mausoleums and architecture but in her relationship with its people

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

 

Self Portrait: Building the Bridge at 47km (China; 76 min; 2014) Dir: Zhang Mengqi

Through the act of making the film, she tries to build a bridge between the older generation and the children

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

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 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

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

 

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

 

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

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