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MACTA to hold second edition of women's film festival

The Malayalam Cine Technicians Association (MACTA) is set to organise the second edition of its

MACTA

Women’s International

Film Festival

(MWIFF) from November 6 to 8. In keeping with pandemic protocols, the festival will be held online.

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There are 18 films being screened over the three day festival, according to the festival catalogue, with a variety of films from the US, Europe and India. The ‘Language Focus’ is on Turkish films, with seven films in the language. The opening film, a family drama titled Bilmemek, is award winning Turkish director Leyla Yılmaz’s second feature. The festival films look at various topics from love to sexuality, race politics and ageism.

Actor KPAC Lalitha will inaugurate the festival, while this year’s State Award winning actress Kani Kusruti will be part of the concluding session. There will also be a panel discussion, with film personalities MT Vasudevan Nair, Resul Pookutty Deedi Damodaran, writers Benyamin, Susmesh Chandroth and Tanuja Bhattathiri on Cinema and Literature on November 7.

“I have often felt that the artistic works of women display depth and sensitivity that open within me spaces I like to explore myself as a filmmaker,” noted Jayara, filmmaker, MACTA chairman and artistic director of the festival. Actor Seema Biswas continues in her capacity as festival director this year.

“I really admire MACTA’s effort to bring women filmmakers to the spotlight. It is timely and important,” noted filmmaker Hariharan, who is a patron of the festival.

The film screenings will be held on the festival online site. To know more details on registration and movie screening, check out: http://4linecinema.com/mwiff/



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