Illustrated lecture by Raghvendra Singh, former Secretary, Ministry of Textiles and the Ministry of Culture; former Director General, National Archives of India, National Library and the National Museum and the CEO, Development of Museums and Cultural Spaces, Govt. of India and curator of the exhibition “India’s Roots and Routes” currently on display at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

Chair: Dr. William Dalrymple, Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford
 

Carnatic Classical Music – Vocal  Recital

By Elangovan Govidnarajan and party

(Collaboration: Gayathri Fine Arts)
 

For an Outstanding Woman Mediaperson of the Year

Followed by
B.G. Verghese Memorial Lecture

Work and Wages: Old Challenges in the Age of Automation and AI
To be delivered by T.N. Ninan, Editor and author

(Organised by The Media Foundation)

Bharatanatyam Recital

By Sayani Chakraborty and Santanu Roy from Kolkata, disciples of Smt.  Rama Vaidyanathan and Shri. Samrat Dutta respectively.

At 19:00
Hindustani Vocal Recital

By Deepti Bansal from Delhi, disciple of Vidushi Savita Devi 
Accompanists: Pandit Bharat Bhushan Goswami (Sarangi); Shri Shokat Qureshi (Tabla) and Dr Ravi Pal (Harmonium) 

Concert – Piano Recital

By Prof. Laurens Patzlaff, well-known pianist from Germany

IAWRT Schedule

The 19th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival: 7 to 9 March 2024

The 19th edition of the festival brings together a collection of over 60 films from across 20 countries, directed by women filmmakers of Asian origin. The festival showcases feature films, documentaries, short fiction, animation, student films and experimental work and a focus on short fiction films from Iran. The festival includes a homage to Chandita Mukherjee with a screening of her film “Totanama” (32 min/1991). 

Organised in collaboration with International Association of Women in Radio &Television, Chapter India; Embassy of France; Alliance Française, New Delhi; Institute Français; Breakthrough; Delhi Tourism; Max Mueller Bhavan-Goethe Institut; INKO Centre, Chennai; Kerala Travels; and Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation

Screenings will be held in the Auditorium on 7, 8 and 9 March 2024 from 09:30 onwards. Some of the filmmakers will be present for post-screening discussions 

Highlights of the festival include:

On 7 March 2024 at 18:00
Opening Ceremony
Followed by screening of the film
 

The Siren (France/Germany/Luxembourg/Belgium)
(100 min; 2023; Farsi with English subtitles) 
Director: Sepideh Farsi

Multiple award winning animated feature, celebrated all over the world. The film examines the human cost of war and how it scars generations

Exhibitions:
Daastaan-e-rafoo
Stories in stiches -an exhibition of embroidered works created by women of Rafooghar – The House that mends. The works on display are based on the themes of Mapping Mobility-Zindagi ka Naksha – maps of the domestic lives and daily routine of the women; and Expressive Portraits –Meri Pehchaan – embroidered portraits of women, centred around their identities

On view in the Foyer outside the Auditorium

The Love Lihaaf Baithak
A collective stitching experience – join the women of Rafooghar – The House that mends to add stitches to the work-in-process quilt
On display are process photographs, embroidered hoops, bags and story cloths

Learn Through Stories
An exhibition of illustrated books and stories by Alka Hingorani 

Both exhibitions are on view in the Quadrangle Garden from 7 to 9 March 2024

7 to 9 March 2024 in Conference Room I
Workshop from 10:00 to 17:30: Balancing Acts

A three-day workshop on balancing messaging and storytelling in films. Participants will be trained in writing scripts and making films which are both entertaining and gender sensitive

The Devourer (74 min; 2023; English)
Directed by Lavrenty Repin, journalist and filmmaker, who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Following the journey of a young traditional healer from South Africa, on a visit to an ailing elder shaman and his family, The Devourer reveals a misrepresented and endangered indigenous (!Xoon) community, living precariously on the border of Namibia and Botswana.

By Pt. Satish Vyas

In memory of Shri Vasant Sathe

(Collaboration: Sarvajanik Utsav Samiti, New Delhi; and Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial National Committee)
 

A Passage to India

A Spanish diplomat in India, Guillermo Nadal Blanes (1954-1975)

Seven years after the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Spain in 1956, Guillermo Nadal arrived in 1961 to serve as Chargé d’Affaires at the Spanish embassy and was later promoted as Ambassador, remaining in India continuously until 1975. His Indian epoch was extraordinarily intense, not only in how it influenced the forging of a relationship between the two countries, but also perhaps due to his profound dedication to various facets of Indian thought, its history, politics and culture.

Dr. Gonçal Artur López Nadal, nephew of Amb. Guillermo Nadal will present an illustrated lecture using footage from the original films made by his uncle to give a glimpse of this intimate communion, unusual between a diplomat and the country in which he carried out his mission

Remarks by H.E. Mr. Jose Maria Ridao Dominguez, Ambassador of Spain; and Dr. Òscar Pujol, Director, Cervantes Institute, New Delhi

(Collaboration: Cervantes Institute, New Delhi)

If I Could Tell You (70 min; 2022; English)

Directed by Niharika Popli who will introduce the film

Mentored and Supported by Film SouthAsia

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Charu, a deaf woman and her hearing friend Surbhi share two very distinct relationships with Indian Sign Language (ISL). Surbhi, a child of deaf adults (CODA), learnt signs even before she learnt any spoken language while Charu, raised in a hearing family, learnt ISL much later in life. Through the story of Charu and Surbhi, the film embarks on a broader inquiry into the significance of language in our shared human experience. Interspersed with performances and interviews with a dancer, a drag queen, an actor and an ISL poet, the film explores how these various manifestations of visual language help us understand agency, autonomy and care.

(Collaboration: Brotherhood and We Care Film Festival)