Festival 2025 – IAWRT India

Welcome to the 20th Edition of the Asian Women’s Festival

Films, Masterclasses, Exhibitions and Discussions!

It’s that time of the year again when the capital city of Delhi is host to some of the best films made across Asia – by women!

The Asian Women’s Film Festival is celebrating its 20th edition this year. Curated by the noted festival director and programmer, Bina Paul, the festival promises to be a rich collection of fiction, non-fiction, animation and short films from different parts of Asia.

We also have a line-up of exciting masterclasses and seminars – from a panel on Women and the Arts, to Climate Change and Gender Justice and Archiving; conversations with Mira Nair, Payal Kapadia, Hwang Hei Rim and Akiko Ashizawa and a cool exhibition on different organisations working on gender: you’ll be hard pressed to choose when to come!

We will also be paying a tribute to Manjira Datta and Aruna Vasudev, two stalwarts from the world of films who we lost too soon.

Festival Team

IAWRT, Chapter India Board:

Aparna Sanyal

(Managing Trustee)

Dr. Mausumi Bhattacharyya

(General Secretary)

Imrana Khan

(Treasurer)

Bina Paul

Deepika Sharma

Nina Sabnani

Subasri Krishnan

Surabhi Sharma

Dr. Yuki Azad Tomar

Festival Director: Bina Paul

Festival Assistant: Madhavi Madhupal

Executive Producer: Deepika Sharma

Assistant Producer: Harjas Singh

Assistant Producer: Astha Mehrotra

Social Media: Surbhi Dewan

Designer: Rupali Lamba; Studio LWD

Website: BotBakery Ink & Impact

Editing Support: Malavika V.N

Travel Partners: Kerala Interserve Pvt Ltd

Ananthu

Transportation: Rajkumar

Gifts: Aanchal Kapur, Reena Mohan

Exhibitions: Reena Mohan

Discussions: Padmaja Shaw, Subasri Krishnan, Jabeen Merchant

Workshops: Surabhi Sharma, Mausami Chatterjee, Yuki Azad Tomar

Curtain Raiser Event: Aparna Sanyal

Volunteers: Kriti Film Club, Vahini

Printing: Asian Printographics & Printways

Catering: India International Centre

Acknowledgements:

IAWRT, India Chapter and the Festival would like to warmly thank all those who have contributed to making this edition possible.

Suneeta Dhar, Jagori, Juliette Grandmont, Suhasini Muley, Manjira Datta’s Family, Suresh Chandiram, Rathi Jafer, Tarishi, Sharmila Tagore, Rajiv Mehrotra, Sepideh Farsi, Kyoko Dan, Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Madhusree Dutta, Geethika Sudip,

Last but not least, Lalsawmliani Tochhawng (Teteii) Head Programme Division IIC, and the entire staff of India International Centre.