IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival: News
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International Association of Women in Radio and Television announces film festival highlighting Ukrainian women filmmakers
The day-long festival is due to be held in New Delhi on 3 September.
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Animation has become synonymous with visual effects, says animator Nina Sabnani
The artist and storyteller opened up about curating animated films at the Asian Women's Film Festival and the changing trends in animation.
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The festival feeling has not lessened, says Asian Women's Film Festival director Deepti Khurana
The annual festival, which began yesterday, is free and taking place virtually this time. It ends tomorrow, but the films will be open for viewing for 48 hours after they are made available.
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Animation films to watch out for at the virtual IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival 2021
The event is taking place virtually and its organizers will screen documentaries, shorts, fiction and animated films.
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17th Asian Women’s Film Festival to be held virtually from 5 to 7 March
The online festival, which is free and open to all, will focus on pandemic-related experiences.
Article Hindi
Used to wonder if the Quran is really gender biased, says Farha Khatun on the quest that led to Holy Rights
The film follows Safia Akhtar from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh who joins a programme that trains women as qazis.
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I wanted to humanize people, says Mehvish Altaf Rather on her documentary about traditional Kashmiri bakeries
Kandurwan - Baking History is an attempt to portray the inhabitants of the valley in their normal everday life and not just as people in a state of turmoil.
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Trying to explore a poetic sense of being, says filmmaker Shashank Walia on his films
The filmmaker talks about how both, Somewhere Nowhere and In the Month of Love, explore the interaction between people and spaces in their own way. He also shares his experience of being at the Rotterdam Film Festival earlier this year.
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We need to have these solidarities, says documentary filmmaker Nupur Basu, on women-only film festivals
Basu, who is also the managing trustee of IAWRT's India chapter, talks about the significance of organising a women-only film festival and the need to safeguard such niche spaces.
Article Malayalam
Wanted to deal with the idea of cultural difference in the context of a relationship: Rhea Mathews
Filmmaker Rhea Mathews talks about the interaction between gender and tradition that she wanted to explore in her graduating film, Stains.
Article Hindi
You have to figure out your own ethical and moral universe, says documentary filmmaker Priya Sen
At the just-concluded IAWRT film festival, the filmmaker discussed the process of making Yeh Freedom Life, its form and aesthetics.
Article Kashmiri
They are not pictures, but emotions, says Masrat Zahra on the images that capture the lives of Kashmiris
Masrat Zahra and fellow photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo's pictures, which were exhibited at the just-concluded IAWRT Film Festival, document the lives of the people of the erstwhile state after the withdrawal of its special status under Article 370 of the Constitution.
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16th edition of the IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival comes to Delhi
Issues of citizenship, identity and migration are some of the common concerns addressed by the films being screened.
Article Hindi
Sound takes over images at IAWRT's 15th Asian Women’s Film Festival
In its special curatorial segment started in 2014, AWFF’s Soundphiles focusses on sound technologies and the ‘affect’ of sound.
Review Ladakhi
Chuskit review: Touching tale of a girl’s triumph over disability and attitudes
The film is a low-key look into the community’s life without stereotyping or exoticization, a skill that director Priya Ramasubban perhaps brings from her documentary filmmaking career to fiction.
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AWFF 2019: Collaborative documentary Displacement and Resilience explores conflict, migration and exile
The documentary, produced by IAWRT, on the global refugee crisis and the condition of women and young girls generated concerns and conversations at the 15th edition of the festival.
Article Hindi
We need to break the male genius cult: Anandana Kapur at AWFF 2019
IAWRT-India discussed its 2019 festival’s theme, The Female Gaze, and the many ways in which this can break barriers and push inclusivity.
Article Hindi Manipuri
AWFF 2019: Sisterhood on display through documentaries Daughters of the Polo God, Roshan and Mani
The two Indian documentaries attempt to understand the character of sisterhood in society and the female bonds that inspire all.
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IAWRT opens Asian Women’s Film Festival 2019 with Georgian documentary Before Father Gets Back
The film focusses on Imam and Eva, two young Muslim girls growing up in the rising shadow of Islamic radicalism in the Pankisi valley of Georgia.
Article Hindi
Bioscopewalli: Innovative pre-cinema experience at the IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival
A live installation takes audiences to a pre-cinema experience while encouraging them to engage with contemporary gender issues and ways of seeing.