INTERNATIONAL CENTRE GOA in association with ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY OF GOA DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN'S STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF GOA & THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN RADIO AND TELEVISION (IAWRT) INDIA CHAPTER
present 10th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival 2014 & 2nd Our Lives...To Live Film Festival 2014 (seeking a JUST world!) a never-before 2-in-1 film festival! four days of exciting screenings with selections from both festivals accompanied by engaging discussions ANIMATION, COMMUNITY VIDEOS, DOCUMENTARIES, EXPERIMENTAL FILMS, FEATURE FICTION, MUSIC VIDEOS, SHORT FICTION from 13 countries 13 to 16 March 2014 at Entertainment Society of Goa (Auditorium 2) Maquinez Palace (near Fish Market), Old GMC Heritage Precinct, D.B.Marg, Campal, Panaji, Goa 403001 Thur 13 March 3 to 7:15 pm Fri 14 March 11 am to 1 pm & 3 to 7 pm Sat 15 March 11 am to 1pm & 3 to 8 pm Sun 16 March 11 am to 1pm & 3 to 8 pm Organised every year by the India Chapter of the International Association of Women in Radio & Television (IAWRT), the IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival is the only festival of its kind in the world. It showcases the works of women filmmakers of Asian origin, across a range of genres with no restrictions on theme or duration. (for further details, please visit iawrtindia.blogspot.in) OUR LIVES...TO LIVE (films of courage, protest, hope) is a multi-location travelling film festival. Last year our tag line was "NO! to gender violence" and we had immensely successful versions of the festival in many parts of the country, continuing all through the year. This time the theme is Justice, and so through this festival we are "seeking a JUST world!" (write to [email protected] for details and to plan your own festival with films from our package!) SCHEDULE OF FILMS AND DISCUSSIONS 13-16 MARCH 2014 AT ESG Auditorium 2 THUR 13 MARCH Day 1 from 3 pm to 7:15 pm 3 pm to 3:15 pm: Welcome & Introductions by International Centre Goa Smriti Nevatia, IAWRT representative, gives the highlights of the programme for the coming days. 3.15 pm POLA I Kinshuk Surjan India I 15 min I 2012 I fiction The story is set in the context of the farmers' suicides. Bittu is a carefree and boisterous 9-year-old who grows anxious as he watches his father break down slowly under the pressure of debt. Bittu tries to protect his father in whatever ways he can. 3.30 pm TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI | Lisa Merton, Alan Dater USA-Kenya I 80 min I 2008 I documentary | English version Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, discovered her life's work by reconnecting with the rural women with whom she had grown up. They worked together against deforestation, poverty, ignorance, and government corruption, until they became a national political force that helped to bring down Kenya's 24-year dictatorship. 4.50 pm to 5.45 pm: Discussion around the theme of environmental justice and right to resources with Sebastian Rodrigues 5.45 pm: Break (15 min) 6.00 pm MY FANCY HIGH HEELS | Ho Chao-Ti Taiwan | 55 min | 2010 | documentary Filmed over a period of two years, the film rigorously traces the journey of a pair of branded high-heeled shoes, and looks at the dreams of the people involved. FRI 14 MARCH Day 2 (morning) from 11 am to 1.15 pm 11 am Video Volunteers ARTICLE 17 (Untouchability series) India I 2012 onwards I various languages Untouchability at Water Taps 0:38 min I Gujarati Village women vigorously clean common water taps only because a Dalit has used it before them. They maintain that even if a Dalit has brushed up against it, the tap has to be ‘purified’. Murdered for Breaking Untouchability Rules 0:53 min I Punjabi In 2005, Prakash Singh Jandali, a Dalit Sikh, lost his son, his daughter-in-law who belonged to a different caste and an unborn grandchild to a murderous backlash by angry ‘upper castes’. The suspects were never apprehended. Seven years later, he is just another statistic of caste atrocities, awaiting justice from a system that rarely delivers. Untouchability with Life-Giving Midwife 1:19 min I Hindi Most midwives in India belong to the Dalit community. Once the child is born, however, the touch of a midwife is deemed unacceptable for the mother and child. Even if invited to the birth celebrations, she will be kept away from the festivities and fed separately in a place outside. Video Volunteers INDIA UNHEARD series Areeb Hashmi, Stalin K I Am Nirbhaya India I 2013 I 9:30 min I various languages The anger after the “Nirbhaya” rape case has diffused but not disappeared. We — women, men, feminists, activists and politicians — continue to ask questions and seek answers as to how we can end rape. This video poses some pointed questions to patriarchy. 11.20 am BANAZ: A LOVE STORY I Deeyah Khan UK I 2012 I 68 min I English A film chronicling an act of overwhelming horror, the brutal honour killing of Banaz Mahmod. This film tells Banaz’s story in her own words, as well as the story of the extraordinary police team who refused to give up their campaign to bring her killers to justice. 12.30 to 1.15 pm: Discussion on Patriarchy and Violence Against Women including Caste-based Violence with Dr Pramod Salgaocar and Tania Devaiah 1.15 to 3 pm: Lunch break Day 2 (afternoon) from 3 pm to 4.15 pm 3 pm MADLY IN LOVE | Ikue Sugidono Japan | 5 min | 2013 | animation A woman wants to decorate herself with a cute cake. But in reality, she doesn’t like a man who takes interest only in the surface. 3.05 pm GURBET PASTASI - JOURNEY OF THE CAKE | Ayse Funda Aras Turkey | 56 min | 2013 | documentary A story of migration, wealth and poverty as the Hemşin people of the Black Sea struggle to keep their craft of cake making alive for five generations. 4 pm to 4.15 pm: Discussion about the films 4.15 pm Break (15 min) Day 2 (evening) from 4.30 pm to 7 pm 4.30 pm THE ACT OF KILLING | Joshua Oppenheimer Denmark-Norway-UK I 116 min I 2012 I documentary The filmmakers challenge unrepentant death squad leaders in Indonesia to dramatize their role in the ’60s genocide. The hallucinatory result is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass-murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit. 6.30 to 7 pm: Discussion about the film and issues of state violence, genocide, impunity with Nandita Haksar SAT 15 MARCH Day 3 (morning) from 11 am to 1.15 pm 11 am AN ALMOST PERFECT DAY | Humaira Bilkis Bangladesh | 12 min | 2012 | short fiction One day, a young tourist guide meets a girl and proposes, but the love remains incomplete. 11.15 am EVENING IN GAY MAHARASHTRA I Natasha Mendonca India I 5 Min I 2013 I music video If gay meant happy them days, and gay means illegal nowadays, what is it that we choose to reap? Violence, shame and repression, or freedom of being and expression? The musicians and crew all worked in unison to experiment with the single take as a form. The song is performed by Suman Sridhar. 11.20 am … AND THE UNCLAIMED | Debalina India I 62 min | 2013 | documentary Two young girls in Nandigram committed suicide, and their bodies remained unclaimed. Moments of love and hatred emerge as their own love story unfolds. 12.25 pm to 1.15 pm: Discussion on Sexuality, Gender and Sec 377 with Arushi Singh 1.15 pm to 3 pm Lunch break Day 3 (afternoon) 3 pm to 4.15 pm 3 pm CREDITS VERSUS CARBON CREDITS I Bharati Chaturvedi India I 23 min I 2012 I documentary This community-made video explores the effects of large projects vying for carbon credits on the livelihoods of waste pickers. It chronicles the journey of two waste workers from New Delhi: Aasma Bibi and Jai Prakash Choudhary aka Santu. 3.25 pm to 3.45 pm Discussion on Garbage/ Waste in the context of environment & livelihoods – discussion with Tallulah D’Silva 3.45 pm THE LAST MANGO SEASON I Surya Shankar Dash India I 2 min I 2010 The threat of obliteration looms large over the mango paradise of Niyamgiri. 3.50 pm THE BREADFRUIT TREE | Priyamvada Narayanan India I 22 min | 2013 | short fiction Complex layers of love, loss and meaning unfold in a Bandra home, as Edwin tries his best to save a tree. 4.15 pm: Break (15 min) Day 3 (evening) from 4.30 pm to 8 pm 4.30 pm Newsclick MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOT VICTIMS India I 2013-2014 I 2 shorts I Hindi with English text Part 1: Testimonials 2. Missing, raped, killed. Doctors help survivors (5:30 min) 3. People said "Let's kill this Muslim woman" (5:40 min) Thousands from Muzaffarnagar fled to Loni and areas bordering Delhi following the communal riots that broke out on 8 September 2013. Newsclick spoke to some of the riot victims staying at a makeshift relief camp. 4.45 pm School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai from REMEMBERING 1992 series India I 2013 A series first screened in its entirety in various Mumbai colleges and other spaces as part of the Bombay ki Kahani, Mumbai ki Zubani campaign that commemorated 20 years since the communal riots of 1992-93. Nithila Kanagasabai, Archana Sadar, Nitya Menon, Likokba Sangtam BADALTE NAKSHE (Changing Maps) 24 min I Hindi, English The film follows Farhana Ashraf, a teacher and a writer, as it engages with certain questions: 20 years later, how do those who were children then remember the lived experience of the riots? And how do today’s young people make meaning of these inherited narratives of violence? 5.10 pm to 6 pm Discussion interspersed with screening of excerpts from Rakesh Sharma’s film FINAL SOLUTION 6 pm: Break (10 min) 6.10 pm HAMARE GHAR I Kislay India I 31 mins I 2013 I short fiction Kamla works as a full-time maid in Raj and Simran’s house. In this ‘modern’ home, there is no obvious violence or hierarchy, but when it comes to Pihu, Kamla’s younger sister, the underlying tensions become less easy to overlook. 6.40 pm: Brief discussion about employers’ attitudes; rights of domestic work(ers) and related issues 6.50 pm NYONYA'S TASTE OF LIFE | Wen Chi-Yi Taiwan | 78 min | 2007 | feature fiction Stories of Indonesian domestic helpers and Thai workers who come to work in Taiwan dreaming of a better life. SUN 16 MARCH Programme for Day 4 (morning) from 11 am to 1 pm 11 am MY NO-MERCY HOME | Aori South Korea | 77 min | 2013 | documentary The courageous story of a young woman who sues her father for sexual abuse. 12.20 pm to 1 pm: Discussion on the film, and on Child Sexual Abuse, with Dr Nandita DeSouza 1 pm to 3 pm: Lunch break Programme for Day 4 (afternoon) from 3 pm to 5.15 pm 3 pm GAON CHHODAB NAHIN I K P Sasi India I 5:30 min I 2009 I music video This voice of assertion that echoes throughout the music video that captures the marginalisation of adivasis all over India and forces us to ask: In whose favour does the God of Development work, and whom does it curse? A tribal song of resistance, which has become a celebrated anthem. DHINKI I Surya Shankar Dash India I 3:35 min I 2013 The secret of the anti-POSCO movement in Jagatsinghpur. SHOT DEAD FOR DEVELOPMENT I Surya Shankar Dash India I 1 min I 2013 I animation An animation in Idital (Saora adivasi art), set to a Koya and Bondi adivasi song, depicting the lives and anti-mining struggles of adivasis in Odisha. The artist Sarasi pays tribute to the men, women and children who have been shot dead by the police since 2001 for resisting mining and industrial activities. 3.15 pm RADIATION STORIES PART 3: KOODANKULAM I Amudhan RP India I 80 min I 2012 The story of the people’s movement against the Koodankulam nuclear plant. The movement gained momentum when inland farmers, workers, small traders and salaried people joined the poor local fishing community in their indigenous, independent, non-violent and democratic struggle. 4.30 pm –5.15 pm: Discussion about anti-mining movement in Goa and other people’s movements, with Ramesh Gauns 5.15 pm Break (15 min) Day 4 (evening) from 5.35 pm to 8 pm 5.30 pm TRUELOVESTORY | Gitanjali Rao India | 20 min | animation Where does Salim, a 17 year old orphan living on the streets of Bombay, learn to woo a woman? The film is a glimpse into the influence of Bollywood on real life. 5.50 pm SUCH A GIRL LIKE ME | Man Uen Ching Hong Kong | 15 min | 2012 | short fiction Yin is a mortician who does make-up for the dead. She hides this fact from her boy friend out of shame. 6.05 pm: Discussion about the two previous films 6.15 pm 20 FINGERS I Mania Akbari Iran-UK I 73 min I 2004 I fiction feature This film explores some of the issues of men and women living within the confines of tradition and family life in Iran. Each episode has a man-woman couple in different life situations. The film deals with the dependencies, limitations, power struggles and conflicts that are the familiar stuff of life. 7.30 pm–8 pm: Discussion about the film with Shaila DeSouza; wrap up of the 4-day festival More details: Smriti Nevatia [email protected] -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436
