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International Women Film Festival Society of India Developed on its 4th Festival in 2008: to be held next 14th to 21st dec.2008

4th India International Women Film Festival 08 is scheduled to be held Delhi, India from 14th to 21st Dec' 08, in cooperation with the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India.

3rd India International Women Film Festival 07 was held in Kolkata, at BHARATIYAM CULTURAL MULTIPLEX India from 9th to 17th Dec' 07, in cooperation with the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India.

2nd IIWFF 06, has been concluded. It was held in New Delhi at SIRI FORT from 11th to 18th Dec' 06 in association with the Ministry of I&B. Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India. First Edition was done in Kolkata at Swabhumi Urban Courtyard, Cinema 89 & Priya Cinema
Paticipating Countries : 42
No. of Film Screened : 370
Film Viewer each day : 600
Total No of Auditorium : 16
Competition: Feature & Documentary
Venues : BHARATIYAM CULTURL MULTIPLEX(Kolkata) ; Siri Fort Auditorium New Delhi; Swabhumi Urban Courtyard, 89Cinemas( all 4 audis), Priya Cinema


The Events:

Competition: World Cinema(Feature)
Competition: Documentry
International Focus
Indian Panorama
Tribute
Documentry
Retrospective
Special Retrospective
Male Voice
Joint Hand
Short Films (Non Competition)
Kinder Films
Focus Institutes

"We are the pioneer of a Women Film Festival in India, where women are being showcased not just an object of visual pleasure, rather women behind the camera, first ever in India & second in Asia after Japan. We're all set to establish "female gaze" behind the camera.

What we must assert that India International Women Film Festival is not just a festival alone, rather a mirror of our society. It talks about women empowerment, very much relevant in a developing country like India where gender discrimination is a regular phenomenon in our society.

For sure, India International Women Film Festival which is a part of the Women Empowerment Project is going to create an epoch making history in the world of Indian Cinema if film is the only acid test of a film festival. Thriving in a situation when film viewing was considered a vice it is really a hard task to offer a complete film festival meant for the women directors alone."