46th IFFI Salutes Woman Film Makers

The on-going edition of IFFI has an exclusivesection ‘Womenclature of Cinema’, showcasingthe films by Indian women filmmakers, not necessarily womencentric cinema. Often a sensitive handling of the woman's psyche is noticeable in the films. What emerges is a cinema of deep humanism, of a vital concern for slowly dissolving values, of shifting relationships in a changing world. The films show rage and tenderness, some add humour, some anxiety. The subject of the section proved too large, even if from India, to be included in this year's IFFI. However, efforts have been made to present films across various genres in different languages since 1980s.

The women film makers whose work have been included in the section are- Anjali Menon(Manjadikuru) , AparnaSen (36 Chowringhee Lane), BatulMukhtiar (Kaphal), BhavnaTalwar (Dharm), Bobby SarmaBaruah (Adomya),ChitraPalekar(MaatiMaay), janakiViswanathan (Kutty),PremaKaranth (Phaniyamma), Revathy (Mitr, My Friend) , SaiParanjpye (Sparsh),SatarupaSanyal (Anu), SooniTaraporevala (little Zizou) and ZoyaAkhtar (Zindagi Na MilegiDobara)

Courtesy: pib.nic.in