05 March 2021, 08:00 am
THE 17TH IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL: 5 to 7th March 2021
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions

Festival schedule for 5th March 2021

Films available for viewing for 48 hours from 8:00 am on 5th March to 8:00 am on 7th March 

Screening of 9 films that explore ideas of conflict, resistance, and yearning at the individual and collective level

Website link: http://iawrtindia.org/festival-2021

  

 Village Des Femmes (Village Of Women) | (Armenia/83 min/2019/Armenian)  

 Director: Tamara Stepanyan
 Non-fiction

  

 Pani Paata Poratam (Songs of Our Soil) | (India/52 min/2019/Telugu)

   Director: Aditi Maddali 
   Non-fiction   

  

 Drapchi Elegy (India) | (17 min/2017/Tibetan)
  

 Directors: Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam 
Non-fiction 

    

About Mumma (India) | (40 min/2020/English, Hindi)
  

 Director: Maanvi Chowdhary 
Non-fiction 
    

Anyday, Everyday, One Fine Day! | (India/6 min 30 sec/2020/English)

    Director: Raashi Borade
  Animation
    

A little more blue (India) | (4 min/2020/English) 

    Director: Sugandha Bansal
   Animation 
    

Saakhya (India) | (29 min/2020/Marathi)

    Director: Kunika Kharat 
   Fiction

    

Broken Harmony: China’s Dissidents | (USA/51 min/ 2019/Chinese/Mandarin, English)
 
    Director: Risa Morimoto
    Non-Fiction
    

The Hour of Lynching (India) | (19 min/2019/Hindi)

    Directors: Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya 
    Non-fiction 
  

 Panel Discussion: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm 
Towards Nurturing Peace with Aditi Maddali, Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam, Tamara Stepanyan

Moderated by Chandita Mukherjee 

The discussion will focus on the varied documentary practices of the filmmakers, linked to the ideas of oppression, resistance, and possible resolutions towards nurturing peace.

Masterclass: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Decoding Sound Practice with Amala Popuri  
Facilitated by Shikha Jhingan

How does sound change the way we experience a film? Sound designer and production mixer Amala Popuri will give us a ringside view, covering both fiction and non-fiction cinema.