Thus a Noise Speaks (38 min; 2010; documentary/fiction; Japan)
Director: Kaori Oda
The filmmaker returns home from abroad and comes out to her family

Wakefulness (13 min; 2010; short fiction; Iran)
Director: Noushin Meraji
Accompanied by his young son on a jungle road, a man is looking for his lost wife

Moones (15 min; 2011; short fiction; Iran)
Director: Afsaneh Mohtashami
The gentle rhythm of the everyday life of a couple who seek to have a child but can't

The Rock (10 min; 2010; animation; Iran)
Director: Sarah Namjoo
In a barren landscape a solitary man prays to a huge rock everyday

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

Sick (10 min; 2012; short fiction; Hong Kong)
Director: Chu Hoi Ying
A girl notices her mother's strange behavior one night"¦

21 Days and Me (58 min; 2011; documentary; Iran)
Director: Shirin Barghnavard
The filmmaker shares her dilemma of whether she should be a mother or not

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

From 14:30 to 16:20
Hoi Choi (96 min; 2012; feature; India)
Director: Debarati Gupta
The trials and tribulations of a small independent theatre group

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

From 16:40 to 18:10
American Alley (90 min; 2008; documentary; South Korea)
Director: Kim Dong-ryung
The film follows the lives of migrant women who live and work as entertainers in GI clubs in Dongducheon area

From 18:30 - 20:30
Green Grey (20 min; 2010; documentary; Iran)
Director: Laleh Barzegar
An experimental piece imbued with love and longing for trees in the urban jungle of Teheran

A Woman Sings Under the Ice (10 min; 2011; animation; Iran)
Director: Maryam Khalizadeh
A poignant tale of a father and son living a lonely life

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

Self Portrait with 3 Women (75 min; 2010; documentary; China)
Director: Mengqi Zhang
Mengqi's own search, delving into her life and that of her mother and grandmother

Shame Was a Place Inside My Heart
Installation by Priyanka Chhabra and Manmeet Kaur

The installation explores the psychology of the emotion of shame, where it stems from and how it comes to make a home in women's bodies and minds

Inauguration

Followed by
Facing Mirrors (Iran)
(120 min; 2011; dvd; English subtitles)
Director: Negar Azarbayjani

Screening will be followed by a discussion with the producer, Fereshteh Taerpour

Delhi premiere of a film about being transgendered in Iran, made with affection and sensitivity

Community Radio and Democracy in South Asia
The seminar looks at the journey of the people of South Asia for self-expression through community radio. Community radio practitioners/activists/legal experts from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan will speak about their respective country's experiences and the obstacles

Welcome address: Anupama Srinivasan, Secretary, IAWRT
Introduction: Ratnabali Mitra, radio broadcaster and trainer for the last 30 years who has conceived and coordinated the seminar

Keynote address by Rukmini Vemraju, Programme Officer (Livelihood), Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (Cemca)

Presentation by Algole Narsamma, Sangham Radio, DDS

The 9th edition of the festival of films by Asian women filmmakers includes a range of genres - animation, documentary, experimental, short fiction and fiction feature. A focus on films from Iran and South Korea; and a special package of outstanding student films from India. Apart from films, the festival also includes two exhibitions and a seminar. Organised in collaboration with IAWRT India Chapter; Korean Cultural Centre; Goethe Institute; ActionAid; Sangat South Asia; UNESCO; Public Service Broadcasting Trust; and Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts & Communications

Fragments
Two filmmakers observe the residual, the transient and the intricate in everyday life through their photographic works
Photographs by Monica Bhasin on the streets of Panjim; and Uma Tanaku on ordinary spaces, activities and objects

Opening on Saturday, 2nd March at 18:30

Planning for a Safer City
Speakers: Prof. Amitabh Kundu; and Ms Kalpana Vishwanathan, Jagori

Qawwalis
Presented by Janab Wajahat Hussain Badayuni and party, from the family of the legendary Ustad Zafar Hussain Badayuni

Launch of the Qawwali Heritage Museum

Qawwalis
Presented by Janab Rizwan- Muazzam and party from the family of legendary Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan from Pakistan

A symposium on the traditional art form of Qawwali. It includes papers by leading scholars of this art form, and screening of documentary films on Qawwali and on the lives of practitioners

Welcome by Ms Manjari Chaturvedi, President, Sufi Kathak Foundation
Inaugural address by Shri Suresh K. Goel, Director General, ICCR

AT 18:30 IN THE ROSE GARDEN
Qawwalis
Presented by Janab Wajahat Hussain Badayuni and party, from the family of the legendary Ustad Zafar Hussain Badayuni

Launch of the Qawwali Heritage Museum

Qawwalis
Presented by Janab Rizwan- Muazzam and party from the family of legendary Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan from Pakistan

Illustrated lecture by Shri V.N. Prabhakar, Superintendent Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

Presented by Sehar
Written & directed by Mritunjay Prabhakar

With Pankaj Rathod, Santosh Rana, Priyansh Sharma, Akanksha Bansal, Dipti Tambe, Pratiksha Kumar, Pooja Sinha and Ashish Chengawali 

Play about an amateur theatre group working hard for a new production. But there are serious problems amongst themselves: while the director of the play is keen to produce a socially relevant work, his players have other ideas