2nd INDIA INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL
NEW DEHLI, 11th TO 18 DEC. 2006

Venue: SIRI FORT AUDITORIUM 1, 2, 3, 4/BANGA SANSKRITI MANCH (GOLE MARKET)
No. of Films : 130
Participating country : 30
Competition : World Cinema (feature), Participating Countries: France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Italy, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Russia, India, Pakistan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt, Mexico, Cuba, Romania, Belgium, Switzerland, Israel, Luxemburg etc.
Competition : Documentary & Short films all over the world.
Cinema of the World : non competitive
International Focus : ISRAEL
Indian Panorama : a showcase of films by Women Directors in India
Retrospective : CAROLIN LINK (German women Director, Oscar nominated film NOWHERE IN AFRICA)

Tribute : ARUNDHUTI DEVI & MANJU DEY
Special Retrospective: APARNA SEN
Film Institute Focus : Polish Film Institute, Berlin Film Institute, Mexican Film Institute, Jerusalem Film Institute, Satyajit Ray Film Institute, Andrezje Wazda Film Institute, British Film Institute,
Joint Hand : India & Aboard 5 films (Teen Yaari Katha by Sudeshna Ray & Abhijit Guha, Nital By Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar, Ontarjatra (Homeland) by Tareqe Masud & Cathrine Masud, Ciel Blue Ciel Noir by Sabrina Farji & Noela Paul, The Cherry on Top by Ayesha Shood & Nitya Mehra )
Women Directors’ Film Market : Film related Production house stall.
Opening Film : ONE NIGHT by NIKI KARIMI (Iran)
This year two films from Pakistan : MITTHI BHOR CHAWL & SOCIETY GIRL, one film from Lebanon : DUNIA BY JOCELNYNE SAAB, one film from Tunisia FLOWER OF FORGETFULNESS.
Speaker : INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS : Bhawana Somaaya, Editor, Screen Magazine, Mumbai. Mohamed Nikibin, Film Critic from Iran. Cassandra Java, Producer & Director, Los Angeles, Rupak Saha, Editor, Anandlok Magazine, Kolkata, Pallav Bhatacharya, Dy. Editor, Press Trust of India, Shatabdi Roy, actress, Kolkata, Antara Dev Sen, Editor, Little Magazine, Delhi ( daughter of nobel laureate Economist Mr Amarta Sen), Joan Nowicki, Actor from Poland.

Jury Board (feature) : Ms Malti Sahai ( Chairperson) India, Former Festival Director, International Film Festival of India, Ms Katalin Vajda from Hungary, Festival Manager, Budapest Film Fsetival, Mr Khalid Mohamed, Editor, Filmfair Magazine, Mr Nabyendu Chatterjee & Mr Hasan Imam from Bangladesh.
Jury Board (non- feature) : Ms Mita Basisth (Mumbai), Mr Daud Haider (Germany), Ms Shejo Singh (Delhi)
Guest Participation : Hollywood, Bollywood stars & Europe
Inaguration : Hon’ble Chief Minister, Delhi,Hon’ble Minister of I&B,Hungarian Leading women film director MARTA MESZAROS. After Japan & South Korea we’re the pioneer in India in association with Ministry of I & B & Govt. of Delhi
Cinema of the World (competition, feature): only one Entry from India : SRINGARAM by Sharada Ramanathan.
INDIAN PANORAMA : SRINGARAM by Sharada Ramanathan
SHABD by Leena Bajaj
AVINETRI by Shatabdi Roy
DWITIYA PAKSHA by Anyanya Chatterjee
SANCHARAM by Lygia Pulapally
ADAJYA by Santana Bardolui
JANMADINAM by Prema Karanth

For MALE VOICE : YATRA by Goutam Ghose
KAALPURUSH by Buddhadev Dasgupta
SANSHAY by Saibal Mitra
NAI NEERALU by Girish Kasaravalli
AGNISAKSHI by Shyamaprasad Rajagopal