ICMEI Join Hands With IAWRT

Sandeep Marwah with film maker Aradhana Kohli

Noida: “We are pleased to join hands with one of the most popular women organizations in India-IAWRT stands for The International Association of Women in Radio & Television, India. Together we will work towards the promotion of cinema and other formats of media,” said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and International Chamber of Media and Entertainment Industry.

We are happy to announce Dr. Sandeep Marwah as the patron of the organisation. He has been part of the organisation from the beginning of the association when his name was referred by Jai Chandiram, our founder,” said Aradhana Kohli who is Founder of Enable India Foundation a communication praxis. She makes documentaries, curates film festivals, works extensively with urban poor, especially women and children exploring use of technology to help articulate their felt needs.

IAWRT Chapter India began in 2005 under the leadership of the first Managing Trustee, Jai Chandiram, also that time board member of AAFT. The vision of IAWRT Chapter India is to enable perspective building on issues faced by women media practitioners, while keeping a sharp focus on the changing media landscape, and work towards creating spaces free from bias, discrimination and abuse, for women media practitioners.

Later Dr. Sandeep Marwah presented Aradhana Kohli with life membership of International Film and Television Club of Asian Academy of Film and Television.

Sandeep Marwah Inaugurated IAWRT 16th Asian Women's Film Festival

Sandeep Marwah Inaugurated IAWRT 16th Film Festival

New Delhi: Renowned Film, television and media personality Dr. Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios inaugurated the 16th edition of the IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival from March 5 to March 7 in New Delhi.

Fifty-one films from 15 Asian countries, all directed by women filmmakers, will be screened at the festival includes films from Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Doha, Iran, India, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Taiwan, UAE and Turkey.

“Held every year in the run up to the International Women’s Day on March 8 by IAWRT, in partnership with the India International Centre (IIC) and ICMEI-International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry-Marwah Studios, this non-competitive film festival has become a much sought after women-director-only festival in this region over the last 16 years,” said Nupur Basu, Managing Trustee, IAWRT, Chapter India.

“What a pleasure to be here with the most successful film makers and their creative works from all over the World. This festival is a glorious function during Women’s Day Week. I purpose radio and TV interviews of all the film makers present here on Radio Noida 107.4 Fm and MSTV so that many more should know about your achievements,” said Dr. Sandeep Marwah while lighting the ceremonial lamp.

This year the festival team received over 700 submissions. The selection pans the entire genre - feature length documentary films, short fiction and documentary films, animation films, experimental films and the themes range from citizenship, identity, migration, mental health, climate change and coming of age of girls.

“ What women are looking at is not gender alone but there is a distinct cinematic language that many women filmmakers are defining that allows for the audience to see afresh” said Surabhi Sharma Festival Director and Priya Thuvassery, the Co-Director of this edition of the festival.

This year’s BAFTA winner for Best Short animated Film by London based Iranian filmmaker, Maryam Mohajer ‘Grandad was a romantic’ was shown at the inauguration.