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Bay Area Women in Film & Media
serves as major Film Festival Co-Presenter

In the last few years, BAWIFM has served as a co-presenter for many beloved and famed Bay Area film festivals including: The San Francisco International Film Festival, Frameline and The San Francisco Jewish Film Fe stival, The San Francisco Silent Film Festival, 3rd I Film Festival and The Arab Film Festival promoting women-issue or women-made films during these Festivals.



BAWIFM is a Co-Presenter for the
3rd I Film Festival's
Women Filmmakers in Focus Series
November 13-16th!
33 days jpg

BAWIFM is proud to co-present 3rd I's Women Filmmakers in Focus at this year's Festival and hopes our Membership and Community will come out to support this unique South Asian Film Festival now in it's Sixth Successful Year! From art-house classics to innovative visions to next-level Bollywood - 3rd I brings you diverse images of South Asians through film. This year the Festival features films from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, UK and USA. There are 5 diverse films in the Women Filmmakers in Focus Series - information about them is below.

For more program information and to purchase tickets, please visit: www.thirdi.org/festival , or call 415.835.4783
Discounts are available for large groups, please contact anuj3rdi@gmail.com for more information.

3rd i Film Festival photo montage

Brava Theater, San Francisco
Friday, November 14th:
The Sky Below
7:30 pm
Dir: Sarah Singh, 2007, India/Pakistan, 75 mins
Armed with a video camera and a backpack, filmmaker Sarah Singh traversed through dangerous territory in India and Pakistan to examine whether sixty years after the brutal partition of the subcontinent, recognition of a shared past and common culture can bring about peace between the two countries.

Ramchand Pakistani
9:30 pm
Dir: Mehreen Jabbar, 2008, Pakistan, 105 mins
When young Ramchand and his father chase a ball across the border into India, they are literally taken for spies. Mehreen Jabbar's film, based on a true-life incident, captures the stark
desert landscape as a metaphor for the tragedy of separation. Nandita Das is heart-wrenching as the mother devastated by the disappearance of her family.

Castro Theatre, San Francisco
Saturday, November 15th:
Lakshmi and Me
1:45 pm
Dir: Nishtha Jain, 2007, India/USA/Denmark/Finland, 60 mins
Filmmaker Nishtha Jain in person
"What sin did I commit to be born a woman?" asks Lakshmi. Jain's documentary sensitively explores the personal and the political: gender, class, and the ethics of representation become
touch points between filmmaker and subject, mistress and maid.

Om Shanti Om
7:30 pm
Dir: Farah Khan, India, 2007, 162 mins
Romance, reincarnation and revenge! Shah Rukh Khan breaks out his disco moves (and flexes his 6-pack abs) in this spectacular, star-studded tribute to Bollywood, film-making and the swinging 70's. A must-see on the big screen.
Bring out those Bell-bottom pants!

Castro Theatre, San Francisco
Sunday, November 16th:
Flow: For Love of Water
3:30pm
Dir: Irene Salina, USA, 2007, 93 mins
Followed by panel discussion
India, Bolivia, South Africa, United States -- different countries, same problem: the world's primary resource is being hijacked by corporate greed. In this inspiring and visually stunning doc, Salina travels across the world, documenting how dedicated activists (like Vandana Shiva) are challenging the Goliaths, and offering creative, sustainable solutions from the ground-up.
BAWIFM Co-Presents 2 films at 12th Annual Arab Film Festival
Amy Jacobson Kurokawa and Simone Nelson at BAWIFT August Mixer
The Arab Film Festival's mission each year is to offer inspiring films that illuminate Arab lives and present authentic narratives, providing insights into the beauty, talent, and diversity of Arab culture. In the process we achieve another important goal - helping to rectify negative stereotyping of Arabs in the American mainstream media. This year's program includes films from Morocco, Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Palestine, France, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and the United States. Reflecting on life's meaning, sense of place, love and acceptance, these films help us realize that the Arab experience is one aspect of the universal human experience.

BAWIFM is proud to co-present these two extraordinary documentary films this year:
33 Days
Director: Mai Masri
Documentary
2007 | Lebanon | 70 min.
10/22 7:00pm
Delancey Screening Room, San Francisco
10/26 7:00pm
Shattuck Cinemas, Berkeley

33 days jpg

Filmed during the summer of 2006, when Israel launched a 33-day attack on Lebanon, this hard-hitting documentary follows four professional Lebanese as they deal with the chaos caused by the war. We witness the destruction and panic first hand, mostly from the vantage point of the capitol, Beirut. Four Lebanese professionals, a journalist, a theater director, a graphic designer turned relief worker, and a television news director, take us through the harrowing experiences of daily life during these 33 days. Mai Masri beautifully juxtaposes both the personal and the professional aspects of these individuals as they guide us through the uncertainty of their lives and their country. Co-presented by Bay Area Women in Film and Television (BAWIFT)

The Way North:
Maghrebi Women in Marseille
Director: Shara K. Lange
Documentary
2007 | France | 58 min.
10/23 7:00pm
Alliance Francaise, San Francisco
10/25 2:00pm
Shattuck Cinemas, Berkeley

Way North film still
Fatima Rhazi, the first Moroccan female sports photographer, emigrated to Marseilles in 1980. Once believing that France would provide her with absolute freedom and liberty, she soon realized the Maghrebi women in France had many of the same challenges that they faced at home. She founded the organization "Women From Here and Afar" and quickly became the political and cultural support center for women coming from North Africa to Marseille. In this intimate documentary, we get to know this dynamic woman as well as the many remarkable ways in which she has touched the lives of innumerable new female immigrants. Co-presented by Bay Area Women in Film and Television (BAWIFT) and the Alliance Francaise

For more information and to purchase tickets to these and other films in the festival please visit: www.aff.org




July 2008 also gave BAWIFM a first-time opportunity to serve as a Co-Presenter for
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival.

SFJFF Castro SF SIlent Film Festival

BAWIFT was honored to co-present THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED - the earliest surviving feature-length animated film, and the first ever made by a woman (Lotte Reiniger). Simone Nelson, BAWIFT Board President served as a Special Guest at the screening and introduced the film along with film critic Leonard Maltin.

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