Its called Made by Women. The movies will be screened in the evening, between 6 and 9 pm. The film fest is being organised in collaboration with Point of View, Mumbai. The first day is scheduled to screen an animation film called Harlequin. It's a snippet from Lotte Reiniger's body of work, the first director to make an animated feature film. She has a unique silhouette animation style. There are two other award-winning documentary movies slated for the very first day.
Margreth Olin's My Body, from Norway, is about a woman's self-conscious reflections on her body's imperfections. Her search for identity resonates with the women across all walks of life. It's not all about only women; Underground Orchestra by Heddy Honigman is a documentary film about the refugees in exile in Paris, who perform in subways for survival. The Day I Became a Woman, Marziyeh Meshkini's debut film from Iran, which won Best Film award at the Venice Film Festival, is a surreal feature film about three different women in three episodes.
Mona Lisa Descending A Staircase, by Joan Gratz, from USA, is an animation film, which won the Oscar Award for best short film in 1993. It traces the development of modern art from Van Gogh to Warhol, through clay painting. The only Indian entry is Ligy Pullapally's Sancharam (Journey), a feature film of 107 minutes. It has a lesbian theme. Set in Kerela, it explores the relationship between a christian and a Nair girl. The film won the Best film award at Chicago International Film Festival, 2004.
Other movies to be screened are a feature film called, How I killed my father, by Anne Fontaine from France, a documentary film called Purity from Israel.
