Ayaam Int'l Women's Film Festival kick held at NFAI

The 11th edition of the prestigious '

Ayaam International Women's

Film Festival' was held at National Film Archive of India (NFAI). The 3 day festival was organized by Ayaam- A group of women journalists in Pune,

NFAI

and Ashay Film Club. It is supported by the Alliance Française de Pune.

The festival was inaugurated by renowned actress Varsha Usgaonkar. In the same programme, Karuna Puri Journalist was felicitated with the 'Ayaam Women Journalism Award' at the hands of actress Varsha Usgaonkar.

Members of Ayaam including

Namrata Phadnis

, Manaswini Prabhune, Megha Shimpi, Prachi Bari, Swati Jarande and

aparna Degaonkar

along with Satish Jakatdar, Supriya Chitrav of Ashay Film Club and

Prakash Magdum

, Director, NFAI were present among the dignitaries. Usgaonkar who complited 30 years in the industy was felicited. Wich was followed by an interesting Tete-e-tete with Varsha Usgaonkar held the audience captive. The movie ‘Mahanati’ directed by Nag Ashwin was shown as the opening film of the festival.