PHYSICAL PROGRAMME
WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL
Organised in collaboration with Federation of Film Societies of India, NR, the festival presents a screening of documentary films and feature films made by leading women filmmakers at the C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium on 8th and 9th March 2021 at 18:00 each evening.
Begamon Ka Bhopal (Bhopal, a city of Begums) | (27 min; 2017; Hindi with English subtitles)
Director: Rachita Gorowala
Produced by Films Division India
The film is a poignant tribute to an age when women ruled the state and of a forgotten era. Even as its regal past recedes, Bhopal clings on to fragments of history that once made it unique. For over a hundred years from 1819, Bhopal was ruled by four Nawab begums, each of whom made distinct contributions to the city and to the country. The past is explored through four principal characters: two royal descendants, Firoza Khan and Meeno Ali; the diary of a writer, Manzoor Ahtesham; a former royal attendant; and old film reels belonging to the grandfather of Gorowala’s family friend.
Registration link: http://iawrtindia.org/register/
Website link: http://iawrtindia.org/festival-2021
Followed by
Run Kalyani (100 min; 2019; dvd; Malayalam with English subtitles)
Written & Directed by Geetha J.
Multiple award winner including awards for Best Actress-Feature Film & Best Director-Feature Film, Yellowstone International Film Festival 2021; Special Jury Award, Kolkata International Film Festival 2019; Best Feature Film, South Asian Film Festival, Montreal 2020; among many others
A gently beguiling debut feature film from Geetha J. Kalyani is a young cook who lives with her ailing aunt and a young man in a rundown agraharam, a traditional Brahmin row house, in Trivandrum. Each day is the same as she carries on her life of duty as a cook and carer. But each day is not the same too. As the romance of poetry ignites a passion, as the stories of other worlds stirs a desire, as sharks close in and death draws near, Run Kalyani build into an intense crescendo of grief and grit, sorrow and strength
Kindly please make a note
- Screenings will be held as per the Covid -19 guidelines with 50% seating capacity in the C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium.
- Wearing of face masks is mandatory and will be strictly enforced. Entry will not be permitted to anyone not wearing a mask
- Audiences are requested to arrive at the venue, at least 30 minutes prior to the screenings in order to facilitate the screening process at the Door
- There will be separate doors earmarked for Entry and Exit
We request audiences to kindly abide by the above regulations
