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 

FOR THE MOTION: KAMLA BHASIN, SYEDA HAMEED AND JAWED NAQVI

AGAINST THE MOTION: PREMINDA LANGER, WAJAHAT HABIBULLAH AND VIVEK KATJU

MODERATOR: SEEMA MUSTAFA

POLICE REFORMS

SPEAKERS: MS. MAJA DARUWALA AND SHRI GOPAL SUBRAMANIAN

Soul of Japan

Shamisen and Folksong Concert by Baisho Matsumoto (tentative)

The Japan Foundation, New Delhi will organise a one-night only Shamisen (traditional Japanese strings) and Nagauta (vibrant folk songs) led by Mr. Baisho Matsumoto, a Japanese Shamisen master in New Delhi, Gurgaon, Jaipur and Ahmedabad (tentative) in the month of February 2013.

The Shamisen is a renowned musical instrument from Japan.  With its vibrant and clear sound, it is popular not only in Japan but also in abroad. 

Join us at this versatile performance "Soul of Japan - Shamisen and Folksong Concert by Baisho Matsumoto" and feel Japan !

The Emporia of the Raj in Portuguese Goa

Illustrated lecture by Wendell Rodricks, well-known fashion designer and author of The Green Room (Rain Tree) and Moda Goa: History and Style (HarperCollins)

On Wednesday, 13^th February 2013 at 9:30 am in the Centre's Auditorium

THE EMPORIA OF THE RAJ IN PORTUGUESE GOA

At the onset of the 19th century, the Bristish took over Goa when the crown in Lisbon moved to Rio. In this time of upheaval, the new capital of Panjim and the Estado da India was affected in many ways. Clothing was one of them. What began as a Napoleonic threat ended in the decline of the Portguese power at sea. However in costume we see the wealth of many influences and the evolution of music from within and beyond Goas borders that created the Pano Bhaju to dance the Mando. Designer and author Wendell Rodricks explores the hundred years from 1800 to 1900 seen through clothes.