NEW DELHI -- The sophomore edition of the India International Women's Film Festival opened Monday in New Delhi and will conclude Dec. 18.
IIWFF director Shyamali Banerjee said this year's festival will see 130 films participating from 30 countries "while Israel is the focus country, with 14 films." The IIWFF was launched last year in Delhi by Kolkata-based organization Kolkata Film & Media Studies.
This year's festival opened with acclaimed Iranian film Yek Shab (One Night) by director Niki Karimi, which revolves around a young girl wandering the streets of Tehran. Lebanese director Jocelyn Saab's Kiss Me Not on the Eyes -- about a belly dancer struggling against sexual repression -- will close the festival.
IIWFF is organized in association with the ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals. The fest will see 20 films compete in the world cinema section while 29 films will screen in the noncompetitive section including Hungary's Just Sex and Nothing Else by Krisztina Goda.
IIWFF director Shyamali Banerjee said this year's festival will see 130 films participating from 30 countries "while Israel is the focus country, with 14 films." The IIWFF was launched last year in Delhi by Kolkata-based organization Kolkata Film & Media Studies.
This year's festival opened with acclaimed Iranian film Yek Shab (One Night) by director Niki Karimi, which revolves around a young girl wandering the streets of Tehran. Lebanese director Jocelyn Saab's Kiss Me Not on the Eyes -- about a belly dancer struggling against sexual repression -- will close the festival.
IIWFF is organized in association with the ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals. The fest will see 20 films compete in the world cinema section while 29 films will screen in the noncompetitive section including Hungary's Just Sex and Nothing Else by Krisztina Goda.
- 12/12/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW DELHI -- The sophomore edition of the India International Women's Film Festival opened Monday in New Delhi and will conclude Dec. 18.
IIWFF director Shyamali Banerjee said this year's festival will see 130 films participating from 30 countries "while Israel is the focus country, with 14 films." The IIWFF was launched last year in Delhi by Kolkata-based organization Kolkata Film & Media Studies.
This year's festival opened with acclaimed Iranian film Yek Shab (One Night) by director Niki Karimi, which revolves around a young girl wandering the streets of Tehran. Lebanese director Jocelyn Saab's Kiss Me Not on the Eyes -- about a belly dancer struggling against sexual repression -- will close the festival.
IIWFF is organized in association with the ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals. The fest will see 20 films compete in the world cinema section while 29 films will screen in the noncompetitive section including Hungary's Just Sex and Nothing Else by Krisztina Goda.
IIWFF director Shyamali Banerjee said this year's festival will see 130 films participating from 30 countries "while Israel is the focus country, with 14 films." The IIWFF was launched last year in Delhi by Kolkata-based organization Kolkata Film & Media Studies.
This year's festival opened with acclaimed Iranian film Yek Shab (One Night) by director Niki Karimi, which revolves around a young girl wandering the streets of Tehran. Lebanese director Jocelyn Saab's Kiss Me Not on the Eyes -- about a belly dancer struggling against sexual repression -- will close the festival.
IIWFF is organized in association with the ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals. The fest will see 20 films compete in the world cinema section while 29 films will screen in the noncompetitive section including Hungary's Just Sex and Nothing Else by Krisztina Goda.
- 12/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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