9TH IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL 2013
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
9TH IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL 2013
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
9TH IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL 2013
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
Understanding Qawwali
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
Understanding Qawwali
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
Jee Humen to Natak Karna Hai
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