NAZARIYA INTERNATIONAL WOMENS FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA

28-30 April. HYDERABAD

Nazariya -International Women's Film Festival of Indias mission

is to inform, inspire, educate and entertain audiences to the
issues affecting women through film screenings and
discussions. We envision the festival as a platform for
interactions, discourses and discussions on issues related to
women and gender through an open confluence of art, activism
and cinema.
The festival seeks to bring together artists, filmmakers,
activists and thought leaders, who through their creative work
actively increase awareness, provide multiple viewpoints,
address complex social issues, and inspire audiences through
their cinema and art.

Themes
Panel 1
Women Bicycle & freedom
The invention of the wheel gave speed to the mankind in general and somehow
men moved ahead and women were left behind at home.
Outside of the home, there are men everywhere, on vehicles, in paan shops, at
chai addas, circled in groups, or walking by. A woman in this scenario becomes
an oddity, she becomes the other.
Through the act of cycling, that requires self-power, they have taken their lives in
their own hands and it is helping them break patriarchal structures and redefine
what it means to be a woman.
Films Director Country

1. The day I became women Marzieh Meshkini Iran

(2015)
78 Minutes, Drama
2.Ovarian psycos (2016) Joanna USA
Sokolowski, Kate
72 Minutes, Documentary
Trumbull-LaValle
3.Afghan Cycles: (2016) SARAH MENZIES: USA
72 Minute, Documentary, USA

4.Pedalling to freedom Vijay S Jodha INDIA

(2007)
28 Min, Documentary, India

5. Wajda (2012) Haifaa al-Mansour Saudi

Arabia
98 Min, Drama, Saudi Arabia

6. Mama Agatha (2015) Fadi Hindash Netherland

s
16 Min, Documentary, Netherlands

Opening Movie

1.The day I became women (2015)

78 Minutes, Drama, Iran

Synopsis :
The film tells three different stories about women struggling for identity in Iran. [1]
The first Story centres on a young girl HAVA on her ninth birthday who is told that
she can no longer play with the boys she had been playing with only the day
before because she is now a woman. Told from the perspective of a 9-year-old
girl who does not feel like or know what the word "woman" refers to,
The second story is about a young woman AHOO who decides to enter a bicycle
race against her husband's wishes. As first, the husband and then increasing
numbers of men from her village ride beside her on horseback to convince her to
return home. The race begins to symbolize a freedom that she desperately wants
from the limitations that have been placed on her.
Finally, the third story shows us an old woman HOORA who has come into some
money and is now free to do what she wants. The way she chooses to use this
freedom, however, makes one wonder just how free she is.
Promo link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=194rTpQhQF0
Director: Marzieh Meshkini
The day I became women is Iranian film directed by MarziehMeshkini. It is the
Marzieh 1st film as a Director. So far she has directed 3 films.

2.Ovarian psycos (2016)

72 Minutes, Documentary, USA
Synopsis:
Single mom Xela, artist Andi, and newcomer Evie are members of Ovarian Psycos
-- an unapologetic bicycle crew of young, Latina misfits from Eastside Los
Angeles. By the light of the full moon they ride the streets together, seeking
sisterhood as protection from the violence in their neighbourhoods and broken
homes.
Promo link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZp9qiE1NrE
Directors
Joanna Sokolowski, Kate Trumbull-LaValle
Both Joanna Sokolowshi & kate Trumbull Lavalle are independent Documentary
Filmmaker. In 2013 they together formed Sylvia Frances Films.

3.Afghan Cycles: (2016)

72 Minute, Documentary, USA
Synopsis:
Afghan Cycles is a feature-length documentary about the growing movement of
women in Afghanistan risking their honor and their lives for freedom,
independence and the simple joy of riding a bicycle. From rural cycling clubs to
the National Cycling Team, a new generation of Afghan women are aggressively
pushing gender and cultural barriers and ushering in a new era for a country that
is awakening to global influence and the possibility of social change.
Promo link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNHDa6i73ss
Directors
SARAH MENZIES:
Sarah has been a freelance videographer and filmmaker since 2010 and founded
the production company Let Media in 2012. Her short film Catch it screened at
many international film festivals and won best short film at the San Diego Surf
Film Festival in 2014.

4.Pedalling to freedom (2007)

28 Min, Documentary, India
Synopsis:
The film shows how a simple thing, such as teaching women to ride a bicycle in a
deprived part of the world, can have a life-changing impact. The documentary
was made in English and Tamil.
Promo link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbFcD308nIE
Directors
Vijay S Jodha :
Vijay S. Jodha is a writer, photographer and filmmaker based in New Delhi. He
has produced four books and his projects have been showcased in galleries
worldwide. He has worked with directors Ang Lee and Mira Nair

5) Wajda (2012)
98 Min, Drama, Saudi Arabia
Synopsis:
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition
as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green
bicycle that has captured her interest.
Promo link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3koigluYOH0
Director
Haifaa al-Mansour
She is a film director from Saudi Arabia. She is one of the country's best-known
and most controversial directors, and also she is the first female Saudi filmmaker

6) Mama Agatha (2015)

16 Min, Documentary, Netherlands
Synopsis:
Once a week, a group of migrant women in Amsterdam learn how to ride a
bicycle. Inspiring them to let go of the fear and get behind the wheels is a
Ghanaian community mother named Mama Agatha.
Promo link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF66QbxjmjI
Directors
Fadi is a filmmaker of Palestinian origin working in the Netherlands. A graduate of
the New York Film Academy and a Berlinale Talent Campus alumnus, Fadi is
focused on character-driven and thought-provoking stories

Panel 2:
Beauty , Women & stereotype :

Man Made society And Society defined the women, her beauty, her work, her
behaviour patterns, her way of being, her talks, her walks and rest of everything
which is exist. Now it is time to break all stereotypes which has defined women
so far. And let her live without any frame & boundaries.
Films Director Countr
y
1.World before her (2012) NishaPahuja Canad
90 Min, Documentary, a

2.Pinky Beauty Palour Akshy Singh India

(2016)
90 min, Black Comedy & Drama,

3.Neel battey sanata AshwinyIyerTiwari India

(2016)
104 Min, Comedy & Drama,

4.Advanced style (2014) LinaPlioplyte USA

72 Min,Documentary,

5.A body that will speak Pawan Bisht, SukanyaSen India

(2007)
28 Min, Documentary,

6.Dark Girls (2011) Director US

90 Min, Documentary, D. Channsin Berry & Bill
Duke

1.World before her (2012)

90 Min, Documentary, Canada

Synopsis
Two young women follow completely divergent paths in the new, modernizing
India-one wants to become Miss India, the other is a fierce Hindu Nationalist
prepared to kill and die for her beliefs.

Promo Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umjDyRaikqQ

Director
NishaPahuja
She is an independent Canadian filmmaker. This writer/artist/director was
introduced to film through studying English literature, working in social services
and through working as a documentary researcher. Nisha's first full-length film
debut was in 2003 in Bollywood Bound.

2.Pinky Beauty Palour (2016)

90 min, Black Comedy & Drama, India

Synopsis
In India, unfortunately prejudice has taken deep roots in the form of an obsession
with fair skin, especially with regards to women. Pinky Beauty Parlour is an
engaging, entertaining, and a poignant tale of the repercussions this obsession
for fairer skin has on a human mind, families and society in general. It is a
touching journey of two sisters lives, Pinky and Bulbul, who run a beauty parlor in
the by-lanes of Banaras, the holiest of cities in India.

Promo Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KTFUg3YwBs

Director
Akshy Singh
He is an actor , Director and writer. As an actor worked in many films & television
serial.

3.Neel battey sanata (2016)

104 Min, Comedy & Drama, India

Synopsis
A story about a high-school drop-out household maid and single mother of a
sullen young girl. The film sets to deliver the message that everyone has a right
to dream and change their lives, irrespective of social status.

Promo Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGrhXaVyltc

Director
AshwinyIyerTiwari
She is an Indian filmmaker best. Ashwiny also has a 15years long experience in
the advertising industry, with her last job being an Executive Creative Director at
Leo Burnett before she moved on to pursue her filmmaking dream. She made her
first short film What's for Breakfast which won the BabasahebPhalke
Award in online Best Film

4.Advanced style (2014)

72 Min,Documentary, USA

Synopsis
Advanced Style is a documentary that shows the lives of seven unique New
Yorkers who's eclectic unique style and vital spirit have guided their approach to
aging. Based on Ari Seth Cohen's famed blog of the same name, this film paints
intimate and colorful portraits of independent stylish women aged 62 to 95 who
are challenging conventional ideas about beauty, aging and Western culture's
increasing obsession with youth, all the while being thrust into new found fame

Promo Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX46yvihOGU
Director
LinaPlioplyte
For the last 5 years, Lina has been working as a freelance director &
cinematographer, making numerous music videos, documentaries and short
films that have been shown on MTV, PSB, Pitchfork and various film festivals,
including Hot Docs, MIFF and IDFA. Lina's feature-length directorial debut is
ADVANCED STYLE

5.A body that will speak (2007)

28 Min, Documentary, India

Synopsis
A filmmaker, a university student, an entrepreneur and a radio jockey. Women,
who feel hungry, eat, grow fat and feel anxious about it. A film about not being
perfect. A film about the never ending attempts to make the body "speak for the
self in a meaningful and powerful way." A journey to move beyond disorders and
discover the real women battling the fantasies around and within them.

Promo Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngL6ENf0km0&t=133s

Directors
Pawan Bisht, SukanyaSen
Pawan is writer, director & cinematographer for 3 films . And Sukanya is
debutant director with A body that will speak

6.Dark Girls (2011)

90 Min, Documentary, US

Synopsis
Dark Girls explores the many struggles, including self-esteem issues, which
women of darker skin face allowing women of all ages recount "the damage done
to their self-esteem and their constant feeling of being devalued and disregarded

Promo Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rnCRh9zM6U

Director
D. Channsin Berry & Bill Duke

Panel : 3
Patriarchy, Nationalism and women
Films Director Countr
y
1.Parched (2015) Leena yadav India
115 minutes.Drama

2.Her War- Women Not mentioned But it is RT movies .

Vs Isis (2015)
52 minutes, Documentary
here is the link of the site and Film
https://rtd.rt.com/films/her-war-
women-vs-isis-documentary/
http://www.facebook.com/RTnews

3.The invisible war Kirby Dick USA

(2012)
1 Hr 35 minutes. Documentary,
USA

4.My sacred Glass PriyaThuvassery INDIA

bowl( 2013)
26 Mins, Documentary, India

5.Bhutto - You Director- Duane Baughman, Johny O UK

Hara
cant murder a
legacy(2010)
1 Hour 51 Min, Documentary-
biography, UK
 Director Nakul singh shwany INDIA
6.Izzat nagri ke
asabhya
betiyan(2012)
90 Min, Documentary, India

7. The Saints of Directors: Aniruddha Sen and Swati INDIA

Bhattacharya
sins (2017)
Documentary, India

1.Parched (2015)
115 minutes.Drama. India
Synopsis
Parched is the story of four women residents of a desert village
of Rajasthan, India. The village and the society are plagued by several social
evils and age-old traditions and practices of patriarchy, child marriage, dowry,
marital rapes and physical and mental abuse.
Director-Leena yadav
She has started her career as AD film editor, after that she got a chance to direct
couple of Television serial. And in year 2005 she directed her debut film Shabd.

2.Her War- Women Vs Isis (2015)

52 minutes, Documentary

Synopsis:
The YPJ is the womens division of the Kurdish Peoples Protection Units formed
to fight against ISIS, RTD correspondents were given exclusive access to spend 3
weeks at their boot camp. The young women who train for combat there,
decided not to leave their survival to fate but to fight for their lives and their
future. For their enemy, being killed by a woman means going to hell.

Director- Not mentioned But it is RT movies . here is the link of the site and Film

https://rtd.rt.com/films/her-war-women-vs-isis-documentary/
http://www.facebook.com/RTnews
3.The invisible war (2012)
1 Hr 35 minutes. Documentary, USA

Synopsis
An investigative documentary on the epidemic of rape of soldiers in the US Army.
Promo Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fBaFQk6aE0

Director- Kirby Dick

Kirby Bryan Dick is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor.
He is best known for directing documentary films. He received Academy Award
nominations for Best Documentary Feature for directing Twist of Faith and The
Invisible War.

4.My sacred Glass bowl( 2013)

26 Mins, Documentary, India

Synopsis:
This documentary looks at the concept of virginity as it is perceived by
contrasting communities from the vantage point of the film maker sandwiched
between two mothers bringing up their daughters in contemporary times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3YKV07voTU

Director: PriyaThuvassery
She is a post graduate in Mass Communication from AJK Mass Communication
Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia and is currently employed as an Assistant
Producer with a commercial broadcasting television network

5.Bhutto - You cant murder a legacy(2010)

1 Hour 51 Min, Documentary-biography, UK

Synopsis:
Riveting documentary of the recently asasinated a polarising figure in the
muslimworld.Bhutto was expected to dominate Pakistans 2008 elections but her
assassination sent shock waves throughout the world transforming her from a
political messiah to a martyr of the pakistani public.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W13lLUmYzWQ

Director- Duane Baughman, Johny O Hara

Duane Baughman is a director and producer, known for Bhutto, Independent

Lens and The Fabulous Picture Show
Johny O Hara is Writer, Director and Cinematographer. He has written couple of
Documentaries like Fuel, Pump, freedom etc...

6.Izzat nagri ke asabhya betiyan(2012)

90 Min, Documentary, India

Synopsis:
This is a take on journey of five protagonists and the justification of those
tragedies from the Khap representatives themselves. Addressing the various
nuances of the issue this documentary hears from both sides and demands a
watch.
Promo Link :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oP4aw_lAlc

Director Nakul singh shwany

He is pass out from FTII ,Pune. His latest film Muzaffarnagar Baaqi hai . The
screening of the film was stopped by right wing fundamentalists from the Akhil
Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad in Delhi University on August 1, 2015 where the
filmmaker and the organisers including University professors were
attacked.Following which over 200 protest screenings of the film were organized
all across the country to mark dissent and support freedom of expression in
India. Rohith Vemula, a Dalit PHd scholar, also screened the film in Hyderabad
Central University on August 4, 2015 for which he was termed 'anti-national'.[14]
The film has been extensively screened and appreciated in India and screened
abroad including MIT, advertising professionals and also a filmmaker.Columbian
School of Journalism, SOAS, NYU and others. It was also selected by Mumbai
International Film Festival and the International Film Festival of Kerala.

7. The Saints of sins (2017)

Docu Drama, India
Synopsis
Not every saint has the courage to accept his sin. Short film The Saints of
Sin happens to pinch the patriarchy.. Traditionally, Christianity identified envy,
gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath as seven cardinal sins. The Saints of
Sin, that explores the lives of eight women, weaves its narrative around these
sins. These women are scattered across the globe..
Promo Link
https://www.facebook.com/1812664768979098/videos/1839400819638826/
https://www.facebook.com/1812664768979098/videos/1839400819638826/
Directors: Aniruddha Sen and Swati Bhattacharya
Both Aniruddha & Swati are
Actors: Poromita vora, Pradipta , Swati, Sherya ,Srila, Runa, Debbie and Anusheh

Panel 4: Women, cinema and censorship

Film Director Country
1.Lipstick under my ALankrita Shrivastava India

Burkha (2016)
2 hour 12 mins, Drama, India

2.No country for women Director: The video is INDIA

14 Min, Documentary, India
3.Bhumika- (1977)
2 hours 22 mins, Drama, India
made by the Transhuman
Collective http://transhuma
n.in
Director- Shyam Benegal INDIA

4.Indie sex- censored Director- Leslie klenberg US

(2007)
199Min ,Documentary, US

5.Beyond Womens Director: Bindu Nair INDIA

Stereotypes (2000)
28 min, Documentary,
India

6.Water- (2005) Director Deepa Mehta CANADA

, INDIA
1 hour 57 minutes, Drama, India
7.Ten (2002) Director Abbas Kiarostami IRAN
1 hour 33 min, Drama, Iran

1.Lipstick under the Burkha (2016)

2 hour 12 mins, Drama, India

Synopsis:
The film revolves around the stealthy, courageous acts of four women, burqha
clad college girl, young beautician, mother of three and 55 yr old widow as she
rediscovers her sexuality and their wish for a little freedom

Promo Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpHqeHF8NM0&t=4s

Director- ALankrita Shrivastava

Alankrita Shrivastava is a film director. Her 1st film was turning 30 staring Gul
panag & Purab Khohli.

cast- Aparnasen, konkonasen, RatnaPathak

2.No country for women

14 Min, Documentary, India
Synopsis
No Country For Women is a national campaign to change the problematic
attitude of a country toward half of its population. It fights problems of gender-
based violence and discrimination through:

Director: The video is made by the Transhuman Collective http://transhuman.in

Promo Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt1Rhd_sRhg

3.Bhumika- (1977)
2 hours 22 mins, Drama, India

Synopsis:
The story is of a young woman from poor family, her rise up the music and film
industry and the bindings of a woman even if successful , popular, wife or
mistress and the longing for liberation and realization of self.

Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuo6F5qUu00

Cast- Smitapatil, Ananth nag Naseerudin shah

Director- Shyam Benegal
4.Indie sex- censored (2007)
199Min ,Documentary, US

Synopsis
The history of film censorship in the United States. The documentary covers the
pre-code era, to the 1934 introduction of the Hays Code. This slowly broke down
and the MPAA was introduced in 1968."
Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWO8HltxE7w&oref=https%3A%2F
%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGWO8HltxE7w&has_verified=1
Director- Leslie klenberg
Lesli Klainberg is an award-winning producer and director whose documentaries
have screened at film festivals such as Berlin, Sundance, Outfest and Frameline.

5.Beyond Womens Stereotypes (2000)

28 min, Documentary, India

Synopsis
The Film explores stereotypical images of women portrayed on Indian television by juxtaposing them with lived
realities.

link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCiPIXjoG6Q

Director: Bindu Nair

indu Nair is a filmmaker/ cinematographer, trained at FTII. Her diploma film, Of Confucius, S-Spots and Toyguns
won two National Awards in 2000. Since then, she has made several documentary and short films exploring
issues of gender representation, media, Dalit rights and others.

6.Water- (2005)
1 hour 57 minutes, Drama, India

Synopsis
Film examines he plight of young widow forced into poverty in the city of
Varanasi.

Promo Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R0pRl18js8

Director Deepa Mehta

is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements
Trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005); among which Earth was sent
by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language
Film.

7.Ten (2002)
1 hour 33 min, Drama, Iran

Synopsis
Film is a collection of conversations in the front seat of the car as passengers
alight and get off and poetry the real plight of women in modern Iran.

Scene from "Ten"

Ideas for women and the city

http://www.pukar.org.in/studio-pukar/short-films-documentaries/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzjAp-pOh2s&list=PLBA65D885F11C48D6

Director Abbas Kiarostami

He was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer.
Kiarostami had been involved in over forty films,
including shorts and documentaries. Kiarostami attained critical acclaim for
directing the Koker trilogy Close-Up, Taste of Cherry which was awarded
the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival that year and The Wind Will Carry
Us.

Sex-worker and Women

We have divided our society on basis of gender, cast and many other aspects.
Profession is the one major aspect of discrimination especially amongst women.
And if it is woman who is sex worker ,then the discrimination is in another layer .

Films Director Country

1.Lakshmi (2014) Director: Nagesh INDIA
Kukunoor
1hr 55mins, Drama, India

2.Naa Bangaru Thalli Director:Rajesh INDIA

Touchriver
(2013)
2hr 6mins, Drama , India

3.Mandi (1983) Director: Shyam Benegal INDIA

2hr 47mins, Drama, India

4.Bazaar (1982) Director: Sagar Sarhadi INDIA

2 hours, Drama, India

5.Live nude girls unite! Director:Vicky Funari and USA

Julia Query
(2000)
1hr 15mins, Documentary, USA

1.Lakshmi (2014)
1hr 55mins, Drama, India

Synopsis:
Based on true events, Lakshmi is a story of heroism and untold courage.
Lakshmi, a 13 year old girl is kidnapped and sold into prostitution. Thrown into
this horrific, inhuman world where she is raped and brutally beaten she barely
survives with the help of the other girls and her own will to never give in. Finally
she is rescued in a police raid. Against all odds, Lakshmi shows courage where
everybody else fails. Resisting all pressure - violent threats, coercion and bribes,
she stands up in court and in a landmark case in India, succeeds in putting the
traffickers behind bars.

Director: Nagesh Kukunoor

Nagesh Kukunoor is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor
known for his works predominantly in Bollywood. He is known for his works in
parallel cinema, such as Hyderabad Blues, Rockford, Iqbal and many more .
Promo:
https://youtu.be/GIHrOxsf6CE
2.Naa Bangaru Thalli (2013)
2hr 6mins, Drama , India
Synopsis:
Naa Bangaaru Talli explores the consequences of sex trafficking, testing the
vulnerability of trust in human relations.
Director:Rajesh Touchriver
He is an Indian filmmaker, production designer and scriptwriter. He has won
national and international awards for his feature films, documentaries and short
films
Promo Link
https://youtu.be/TX7trcMttsA

3.Mandi (1983)
2hr 47mins, Drama, India
Synopsis:This classic film is based on a classic Urdu short story 'Aanandi' by
Pakistani writer Ghulam Abbas. It deals with a brothel at the heart of a city, in an
area that some politicians want for its prime locality. They rally up against the
brothel and its inhabitants in the name of morality, and soon everyone in the
area jumps on the bandwagon. The politicians offer to put up an alternative
residence for the prostitutes, only this place is miles away, isolated from the city.
The madam of the house has no choice but to comply, but by the end things take
a (logical) turn for the better. After all, men will be men.
Director: Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal is an Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature
films Ankur, Nishant, Manthan and Bhumika he created a new genre, which has
now come to be called the "middle cinema" in India
Promo Link
https://youtu.be/Rk6L9-pV8qU

4.Bazaar (1982)
2 hours, Drama, India
Synopsis:Najma and Salim are in love, but their's is a platonic relationship, as
Salim is a deep thinker and prefers that women like Najma be financially
independent, and not be dependent on men. On the other hand, Sarju and
Shabnam are in love, and would like to get married, however, Shabnam's dad
has finalized her marriage with a much older man, who is wealthy, and has
shown an interest in Shabnam. An engagement ceremoney takes place with this
older gentleman, and Shabnam. Sarju, though devastated, must now attempt to
convince Shabnam's dad, as well as Shabnam's future husband, to change their
respective minds, and let him marry Shabnam, with results that will change their
lives forever.
Director: Sagar Sarhadi
Sagar Sarhadi is an Indian short story and play writer, and
a writer, director and producer for film. He began writing short stories and then
continued as a playwright. He became popular with Yash Chopra's film Kabhi
Kabhi

5.Live nude girls unite! (2000)

1hr 15mins, Documentary, USA
Synopsis:
Documentary look at the 1996-97 effort of the dancers and support staff at a San
Francisco peep show, The Lusty Lady, to unionize. Angered by arbitrary and race-
based wage policies, customers' surreptitious video cameras, and no paid sick
days or holidays, the dancers get help from the Service Employees International
local and enter protracted bargaining with the union-busting law firm that
management hires. We see the women work, sort out their demands, and go
through the difficulties of bargaining. The narrator is Julia Query, a dancer and
stand-up comedian who is reluctant to tell her mother, a physician who works
with prostitutes, that she strips.
Director:Vicky Funari and Julia Query
Vicky Funari is a documentary filmmaker. She attended film school at New York
University's undergraduate program. She currently teaches at Haverford College
as Artist-in-Residence.
Julia Query : she is writer and psychotherapist in SF. She used to be a comic and
filmmaker. She produced, wrote and co-directed Live Nude Girls Unite!
Promo Link
https://youtu.be/NZjCID7QA0c

Theme City and Women

Women can not claim even her house which is completly in her supervision. So
claming on city is far far away. What is the city attitude towards women? In
context with Laws, Facilities, Comfort how much city follows gender equality?

Films Director Country

1.Bachelor Girls Director: Shikha Makan India

(2016)
1 hour, Documentary, India

2.Q2P (2006) Director: Paromita Vohra India

54 Min, Documentary, India

3.Cant hide me : Madhuri Mohindar India

(2014)
26 Min, Documentary

1.Bachelor Girls (2016)

1 hour, Documentary, India
Synopsis
In the heart of city of dreams, Mumbai, the leading urban metropolis of India,
single independent women are facing housing discrimination because of their
status of being 'unmarried'. 'Bachelor Girls' as labelled by the society, struggle to
find homes amidst many biases, and question the idea of freedom for women in
today's modern India.
Promo Link
https://youtu.be/MlhOsdKUQd4
Director: Shikha Makan
She is a film maker and writer and ad film director. Her short experimental film
"Linger" was part of the festival circuit in 2011.
2.Q2P (2006)
54 Min, Documentary, India
Synopsis
Q2P is a film about toilets and the city. It sifts through the dream of Mumbai as a
future Shanghai and searches for public toilets, watching who has to queue to
pee.
Director: Paromita Vohra
she is an Indian filmmaker and writer. She is known for her documentaries on subjects such as
urban life, pop culture and gender.Her latest documentary is Partners in Crime. She has also
written the screenplay of the award-winning feature film Khamosh Pani.

Promo Link
https://youtu.be/tTXuVSa75a0

3.Cant hide me : (2014)

26 Min, Documentary, India

Synopsis
This film narrates the story of three womenParvati, Mallika, and Heena
who are taking extraordinary steps to reclaim the spaces that they have the
right to, but have been denied access to by society.
Promo Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pGLFGuVVSM
Director
Madhuri Mohindar

Madhuri has directed various documentaries, including My Kashmir, about being

young in Kashmir and Red Roses, exploring the lives of South Asian women in the
United States. She was also a producer on Breakthroughs innovative video
games ICED: I Can End Deportation and America2049 and is currently producing
media and documentaries for Breakthrough's campaigns on early marriage and
sex selection. Madhuri has completed a Masters from the New School and a Post-
Graduate Diploma in Social Communication Media from Sophia Polytech .

Other Films
Film/Documenta Director Country
ry
Desert Flower Sherry Hormann Germany
Purple Skies Sridhar Rangayan India
Blood on my Anandana Kapur India
Hands
Women Art Lynn Hershman USA
Revolution Leeson
Shes beautiful Mary Dore USA
when shes angry
Rising Girl Indrani Pal USA, India
Chaudhari

1.Desert Flower (2009)

2hr, drama, Germany
Synopsis:
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 3, sold in marriage at 13,
fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is
now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation
(FGM).

Promo: https://youtu.be/YsktvdH6n-c
Director:
Sherry Hormann - German director Sherry Hormann made her feature-film debut
in 1991 with LeiseSchatten and won four German awards. Her first produced
script, Tiger, Lowe Panther won Hourmann an award for "Best Television Play."

2.Purple Skies (2014)

1hr 6mins, documentary, India
Synopsis:
Heartrending stories of LBT people victimized and subjugated by the law, the
family and society, as well as hopeful stories of youngsters who have come out
of the closet bravely.
Promo: https://youtu.be/Vmzl5dYcGxA
Director: Sridhar Rangayan
His award-winning films The Pink Mirror, Yours Emotionally, and 68 Pages are at
the forefront of India's emergent queer cinema movement.In 2006, he was
awarded the South Asian & Foreign Achievers Award for an outstanding
contribution in the global mainstream media.

3.Blood on my hands (2006)

Documentary,India
Synopsis:
The film "Blood on my Hands" deals with the issues of puberty and sexuality of
women, a subject which is treaded upon very carefully in the Indian society. The
film makers attempt to put together a montage of viewpoints, those of men and
women, about their ideas of the hush hush term 'period' and the immense
weight the word carries in a woman's context. In a culture which treats
menstruating women in the same manner that it treats a patient with a highly
contagious disease, shies away from open discussions about sexual organs and
runs away from sex education, needs to be sensitized to the problems faced by
the youth. In the wake of recent events in India, the movie makes a pertinent
point and gives in insight into why something as natural and obvious as a
woman's coming of age, is not an acceptable fact in the society.
Promo: https://youtu.be/O_cGRq8sgak
Director: Anandana Kapur
Anandana's films 'Much Ado About Knotting' , 'ChambaNede Aa ki Door', 'The
Great Indian Jugaad' and 'Blood on My Hands' have received awards and critical
acclaim.

4.War Women Art Revolution(2010)

1hr 23mins, documentary, USA
Synopsis:
Through intimate interviews, provocative art, and rare, historical film and video
footage, this feature documentary reveals how art addressing political
consequences of discrimination and violence, the Feminist Art Revolution
radically transformed the art and culture of our times.
Promo: https://youtu.be/fjikMGTeyjc

Director:
Lynn Hershmanleeson-As a film director she wrote, directed and produced
*Strange Culture*, *Conceiving Ada* and *Teknolust*, all starring Tilda Swinton,
which were in the Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and
Berlin International Film Festival and her ground-breaking documentary *!Women
Art Revolution* in 2011 has been screened at major museums internationally,
also The Digital Art Museum in Berlin and Siggraph recognized her work with the
develop digital art award (d.daa), for Lifetime Achievement Awards.

5.She is beautiful when she is angry (2014)

1hr 32mins, History, USA
Synopsis:
A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often
brilliant women who founded the modern women's movement from 1966 to
1971.
Promo: https://youtu.be/6sUsLn7v_wI

Director:
Mary Dore - award-winning documentary producer who brings anactivist
perspective to her films. Dore grew up in Auburn, Maine, andbegan her career
working with a Boston film collective that producedindependent historical
documentaries,including Children of Labor(1977), which premiered at the New
York Film Festival. She produced and co-directed the feature documentary The
Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War(with Noel
Buckner and Sam Sills), which screened at the Toronto,Sundance, and London
Film Festivals.

6.Girl Rising (2013)

1hr 41mins, documentary(drama), USA, India
Synopsis:
This film follows 9 girls from Haiti, Nepal, Ethiopia, India, Egypt, Peru, Cambodia,
Sierra Leone, and Afghanistan on their journey to education.
Promo: https://youtu.be/9ztOo-VK7-4
Director: Indrani Pal Chaudari-
Award-winning director and photographer Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri [is] renowned for
her iconic imagery and visionary storytelling" (Huffington Post). Indrani was born
in Kolkata, India, to volunteers with Mother Teresa. As a teen she became an
international model-actress, then co-founded Shakti Empowerment Education
Foundation for women and children.
Richard Robbins - Robbins received an Academy Award nomination for the film
Operation Homecoming Writing the wartime experience as well as two Emmy
nominations, and nominations from the International Documentary Association
and the Directors Guild of America.