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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.

3 months ago — Prateek Rawat

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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.

4 months ago — Prateek Rawat

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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.

4 months ago — Prateek Rawat

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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.

4 months ago — Prateek Rawat

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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.

4 months ago — Prateek Rawat

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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.

4 months ago — Prateek Rawat