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Sep 20, 2006

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2nd INDIA INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL

NEW DELHI, 11th TO 18 DEC. 2006

Venue: SIRI FORT AUDITORIUM 1, 2, 3, 4/BANGA SANSKRITI MANCH (GOLE MARKET)

No. of Films : 130

Participating country : 30

Competition : World Cinema (feature), Participating Countries: France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Italy, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Russia, India, Pakistan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt, Mexico, Cuba, Romania, Belgium, Switzerland, Israel, Luxemburg etc.

Competition : Documentary & Short films all over the world.

Cinema of the World : non competitive

International Focus : ISRAEL

Indian Panorama : a showcase of films by Women Directors in India

Retrospective : CAROLINE LINK (German woman Director, Oscar nominated film (NOWHERE IN AFRICA)

Tribute : ARUNDHUTI DEVI & MANJU DEY

Special Retrospective: APARNA SEN

Film Institute Focus : Polish Film Institute, Berlin Film Institute, Mexican Film Institute, Jerusalem Film Institute, Satyajit Ray Film Institute, Andrezje Wazda Film Institute, British Film Institute,

Joint Hand : India & Aboard 5 films (Teen Yaari Katha by Sudeshna Ray & Abhijit Guha, Nital By Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar, Ontarjatra (Homeland) by Tareqe Masud & Cathrine Masud, Ciel Blue Ciel Noir by Sabrina Farji & Noela Paul, The Cherry on Top by Ayesha Shood & Nitya Mehra )

Women Directors’ Film Market : Film related Production house stall.

Opening Film : ONE NIGHT by NIKI KARIMI (Iran)

This year two films from Pakistan : MITTHI BHOR CHAWL & SOCIETY GIRL, one film from Lebanon : DUNIA BY JOCELNYNE SAAB, one film from Tunisia FLOWER OF FORGETFULNESS.

Speaker : INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS : Bhawana Somaaya, Editor, Screen Magazine, Mumbai. Mohamed Nikibin, Film Critic from Iran. Cassandra Java, Producer & Director, Los Angeles, Rupak Saha, Editor, Anandlok Magazine, Kolkata, Pallav Bhatacharya, Dy. Editor, Press Trust of India, Shatabdi Roy, actress, Kolkata, Antara Dev Sen, Editor, Little Magazine, Delhi ( daughter of nobel laureate Economist Mr Amarta Sen), Joan Nowicki, Actor from Poland.

PANEL DISCUSSION speakers : Speakers List : Helen Dobrensky, Editor, DIGITFILMS.COM

Tammy Ben Haim, Head, Scientific & Cultural Affairs, Embasy of Israel, India.

Jury Board (feature) : Ms Malti Sahai ( Chairperson) India, Former Festival Director, International Film Festival of India, Ms Katalin Vajda from Hungary, Festival Manager, Budapest Film Fsetival, Mr Khalid Mohamed, Editor, Filmfair Magazine, Mr Nabyendu Chatterjee & Mr Hasan Imam from Bangladesh.

Jury Board (non- feature) : Ms Mita Basisth (Mumbai), Mr Daud Haider (Germany), Ms Shejo Singh (Delhi)

Guest Participation : Hollywood, Bollywood stars & Europe

Inaguration : Hon’ble Chief Minister, Delhi,Hon’ble Minister of I&B,Hungarian Leading women film director MARTA MESZAROS. After Japan & South Korea we’re the pioneer in India in association with Ministry of I & B & Govt. of Delhi

Cinema of the World (competition, feature): only one Entry from India : SRINGARAM by Sharada Ramanathan.

INDIAN PANORAMA : SRINGARAM by Sharada Ramanathan

SHABD by Leena Bajaj

AVINETRI by Shatabdi Roy

DWITIYA PAKSHA by Anyanya Chatterjee

SANCHARAM by Lygia Pulapally

ADAJYA by Santana Bardolui

JANMADINAM by Prema Karanth

For MALE VOICE : YATRA by Goutam Ghose

KAALPURUSH by Buddhadev Dasgupta

SANSHAY by Saibal Mitra

NAI NEERALU by Girish Kasaravalli