Chennai World AIDS Day film festival Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2004

November 16, 2004

SAATHII: Solidarity And Action Against the HIV Infection in India, in

collaboration with Alliance-Francaise of Madras, is organizing a three-day film

festival Nov 29 - Dec 1. in conjunction with World AIDS Day 2004.

This year's global theme for World AIDS Day is gender inequality and its role in

fuelling the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Because of the interrelatedness between

oppressions based on gender and those based on sexuality, the film festival

will showcase works addressing these issues, in the South Asian context. The

film-screenings will include discussions of thethemes raised.

The screenings will start at 6.30 pm all days, and will be held at

Alliance-Francaise' auditorium at 40/New24 College Road, Chennai 600 006. For

directions or more information email saathii@... with the words 'Chennai

Film Festival' in the subject line.

DAY I: MONDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2004

BEAUTY PARLOUR dir. Mehreen Jabbar, 1998, Pakistan, 18 mins. Hindi Four short

sketches of the lives and loves of three women and a hijra as they talk about

their desires traced through their visits to the beauty parlour and other

everyday events.

MANY PEOPLE MANY DESIRES 2004. dir. T. Jayashree, India, 45 mins. English, Tamil

and Kannada. First-person narratives of young men and women in Bangalore who

brave a conservative society and stand up for their sexuality, gender-expression

and human rights.

DAY 2: TUESDAY NOVEMBER 30, 2004

I AM POSITIVE THAT WE SHALL OVERCOME, 2004. dir SASO, India, 10 mins, English

and Manipuri Musical vignettes addressing disclosure of HIV status, hope and

optimism.

PIKU BHALO ACCHEY (Piku Is Fine), 2004. dir. Tirthankar Guha Thakurta, India,

48 mins, Bengali (subtitled) A semi-fictional narrative about a gay Bengali

youth and his journey into self-acceptance. ***The film-maker, a medical

student in Calcutta, will be present for the screening.***

DAY 3: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1, 2004

VIRUS No. 1, dir Ramchandra PN, 2004 .India, 10 mins, Hindi and Gujarati.

A short documentary on infections, emotions and the role of the home.

PHIR SE ASHIYAN BANAYENGE HUM, 2003. dir. Gaikwad, India, 64 mins,

Hindi.

A pregnant woman discovers she has been infected with the HIV by her husband.

The film ends on a note of optimism.

SAATHII

E-mail: saathii@...

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