Film festival & webinars to mark celebration of International Women’s Day by Films Division

Films Division in collaboration with Children’s Film Society, India is celebrating International Women's Day from today with the theme Choose to Challenge. The three-day festivities will include a festival of documentaries and feature films curated along this year’s theme and webinars on germane topics.&nbsp;<br />”&nbsp;<br />”In an inaugural ceremony today, webinar on ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution in India: A brief Overview’ with Asha Gopalan Nair, Advocate and senior Mediator, Supreme Court of India is organised. In the second webinar of the day, Dr. Anupama R, a renowned Gynaecologist from Thiruvananthapuram will speak on the topic ‘Health Challenges faced by Women’&nbsp;<br />”&nbsp;<br />”Tomorrow, a webinar on ‘Women in Filmmaking: Challenges in Creating Space’ will be held where young filmmakers, Batul Mukhtiyar and Teenaa Kaur Pasricha will speak on their cinematic journey and how they created a space in the colossal media firmament. In another webinar, Ms. Rakhee Nikam, Investment Advisor from Mumbai will address on ‘Financial Planning’.<br />”&nbsp;<br />”On Wednesday, two women achievers who have challenged their visual impediments – Dr. Kalpana Kharade, a leading educationalist and Ms. Sadaf Khan, an HR professional from Mumbai – will share their success stories. This will be followed by Prof Kiran Makhijani, Clinical Psychologist from Mumbai leading the webinar on ‘Mental Health: Issues and Stigmas’.<br />”&nbsp;<br />”Films Division officials from Mumbai and field offices and officials of Children’s Film Society, India will also participate in the webinars online.&nbsp;<br />”&nbsp;<br />”A special attraction of the International Women's Day celebrations is a curated festival of documentaries and feature films that highlight the spirit of Choose to Challenge. The films produced by Films Division and CFSI will be streamed on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.filmsdivision.org/Documentary" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.filmsdivision.org/Documentary&source=gmail&ust=1615254769012000&usg=AFQjCNEncqYDnyI97Gphy4lfDLH1YYYWxw">www.filmsdivision.org/Documentary</a>&nbsp;of the Week and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/FilmsDivision" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/user/FilmsDivision&source=gmail&ust=1615254769012000&usg=AFQjCNGWj-7MxY9zhMvNq4ax61mpd2o19g">https://www.youtube.com/user/FilmsDivision</a>&nbsp;from 8th to 10th March.&nbsp;<br />”&nbsp;<br />”<span style="color: #222222;">Films to be screened online include – Wings of Desire, Drama Queens, Inner Voice, I Rise, The Day I Became a Woman, Diler Arunima Sinha, Phulbasan Bai, Begamon Ka Bhopal, Lilkee and Choo Lenge Akash.</span>

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