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. <br />” <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’ <br />” <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 />” <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 />” <br />”Films Division officials from Mumbai and field offices and officials of Children’s Film Society, India will also participate in the webinars online. <br />” <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 <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> of the Week and <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> from 8th to 10th March. <br />” <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>
News On AIR | March 8, 2021 7:30 AM | International Women's Day
Film festival & webinars to mark celebration of International Women’s Day by Films Division