Chair: Devaki Jain

Speakers: Martha ‘Marty’ Alter Chen, Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Senior Advisor, WIEGO Network, Harvard Graduate School of Design; Indira Jaisingh, Senior Advocate; Vijay Mahajan, Founder Basix; Savitaben, street vendor; and Kantaben, SEWA Bank

Moderator: Renana Jhabvala

Organised in collaboration with SEWA Bharat to mark the birth date of Smt Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Life Trustee and Vice President of IIC

Perhaps one of the most important revolutions that have occurred in our society since independence is the change in the position of women, a feminist revolution. Kamaladevi Chatopadhyay early on recognised the significant role of women artisans, often not recognised and a few decades later Elaben took this forward with women in the informal economy, which constitutes nearly 90% of workers. SEWA, the movement and family of organisations that Elaben created transformed both the knowledge and practices in the fields of labour and finance.

SEWA Bank was the word’s first microfinance organisation, “owned and managed by women” to bring finance to poor women
 

A film based on the works of Didi Contractor

Director: Gurvinder Singh

Producer: The Eco Logical Foundation

Film on Delia Narayan “Didi” Contractor, American artist and builder known for her work on the vernacular traditions in India, using adobe, bamboo and stone for materials. 
 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation; and The Eco Logical Foundation; with the support of Council of Architects)

Speaker: H.E. Ms Kolinda Graber-Kitarović, former President of Croatia

Chair: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

(Collaboration: Indian Council for Cultural Relations)

Pandhari ke Rang (India)
(36 min; Hindi/Marathi with English subtitles)
Directors: Sachine Shirke and Pankaj Sharma

A colourful documentary, covering the equally colourful career of legendary makeup artist in Hindi cinema, Pandhari Juker popularly known as "Pandhari Dada". The documentary traces the creative journey of Pandhari Dada, in the much ignored art of "Make-up"

Bhovra (India)
(45 min; Hindi with English subtitles)
Director: Sachin Shirke and Pankaj Sharma

Based on G.A. Kulkarni’s Sahitya Akademi winning book “Kajalmaya”. Story of a tender relationship between middle-class family members, based in the rural Konkan part of Maharashtra. 

Producer: Chandrasheela Arts 

Dhrupad Recital

By  Prabhakar Narayan Pathak from Delhi, son and disciple of Pt Narhari Pathak Mallick and Pt Jagat Narayan Pathak Mallick

At 19:00
Bharatanatyam Recital

By Season Unnikrishnan from Chennai, an alumnus of Kalakshetra  

Santoor Recital
By Jonathan Voyer from Canada, disciple of  Pt Satish Vyas
 

At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Padmaja Chakraborty from Delhi, disciple of  Vidushi Sumitra Guha; and Vidushi Girija Devi  

For an Outstanding Woman Mediaperson

Followed by

B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture

By Purushottam Agrawal

Nafrat se Itni Mohabbat Kyo?

(Why do we love to hate?)

Lecture to be delivered by Prof. Purushottam Agrawal, renowned scholar of cultural studies, a historian of ideas and literature, formerly Chairperson, Centre of Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University; formerly Visiting Professor, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Cambridge University; and author of numerous publications, mostly recently Kabir, Kabir, The Life and World of the Early Modern Poet-Philosopher

(Organised by The Media Foundation)

By G. Raghuraman, senior and well-known artist from Delhi 

(Collaboration: Gayathri Fine Arts)

The 18th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival: 15 to 17 March 2023

The 18th edition of the festival brings together a collection of over 50 films from 20 countries, directed by Asian women filmmakers including South Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Sri Lanka and Israel to name a few. The festival includes a homage to the recently departed iconic Sri Lankan director, Sumitra Peries; animated films from South Korea; iTales an anthology of five short films made solely on iphones; a gaming session on rumour and gossip, gender and fake news; a presentation on Making films and Watching Films – Gender in Hindi Cinema; Seminar on Representation of Children and Women in the Media; “Movies@Mobile” a session on the art and craft of making purposive communication messages for articulated goals; “Incredible Child” an exhibition curated by Saminar Mishra.

Organised in collaboration with International Association of Women in Radio &Television, Chapter India; Alliance Française, New Delhi; WISCOMP; Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS); Breakthrough; The Park Hotels; Fredrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) ; Max Mueller Bhavan-Goethe Institut; Embassy of Israel; INKO Centre, Chennai; CRY; A. R. Rehman Foundation; Embassy of Indonesia; Aniseed; Action Aid; Bennet University; and Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi; and The Foundation for Universal Responsibility of his Holiness the Dalai lama

Screenings will be held in the Auditorium on 15, 16 and 17 March 2023 from 09:00 onwards. Some of the filmmakers will be present for post-screening discussions

 PROGRAMME DETAILS

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Highlights of the festival include:

Exhibitions

‘An Incredible Child’ – The exhibition has emerged from a process of c-creation between adults and children and reflects the need for play and beauty in all lives

Curated by Samina Mishra, documentary filmmaker and founder of The Magic Key Centre for the Arts and Childhood

On view in the Quadrangle Garden from 14 to 20 March 2023

The Life She Lives – explores the lives of women living at the margins of India’s socio economic realities

An exhibition of photographs by Chitvan Gill, writer, photographer and independent filmmaker

On View at the Annexe Art Gallery, 11:00 to 19:00 daily, 15 to 21 March 2023

On 15 March 2023 in Conference Room II

Workshop from 11:00 to 13:00 - ‘Farzi: Busting Fake news and Misinformation’

From 14:00 to 16:00 – Presentation and discussion on ‘Making Films & Watching Films: Gender in Hindi Cinema'

On 16 March 2023 in Conference Room II

Discussion from 11:00 to 12:30 – ‘The Vulnerable Child’ – Can traditional and digital media help provide opportunities for creating safe spaces for children especially a decade after POCSO

In the Multipurpose Hall from 14:00 to 15:00

IAWRT Roundtable on ‘Representation of Gender, Women and Children in Media’

On 17 March 2023 in Conference Room II from 14:00 to 16:00

Only One Earth

Films – The Egret River – Wna-Ling Liu | Taiwan| 20 min| animation

Water Celery – Yu So-young | South Korea | 28 min | non fiction

Polar Bears – Shilpa Krishnan Shukla | Singapore | 24 min | fiction

Movies@Mobile – screening of films from Phase I – Gender, Climate Change Intersectionalities

From 16:30 to 18:30

Roundtable – Gender Climate Change Intersectionalities

For detail screening schedule, kindly please log onto www.iicdelhi.nic.in

Odissi Recital

By Pragya Ghosh from Delhi, disciple of  Guru Smt Sharon Lowen
 

At 19:00 
Kathak Group Recital

By Manjiri Kiran from Jaipur, disciple of the late Vidushi Smt Rohini Bhate 
Manjiri will perform along with her own students