Women for Justice - The power of solidarity.

Synopsis:

Forced marriages, domestic violence, over 100000 wives killed by fire in so called "household accidents" every year – in India, violence against women is omnipresent and nearly all women, independent of class, caste and religion are affected. Because Police and Justice hardly give any protection or aid, women in India have organised to fight against this violence and injustice. They founded the "Women for Justice" and the "Nari Adalat" women's courts.

Runtime: 53 Min., Ratio: 16:9, HD, Germany 2014, Directors: Daniel Burkholz/Sybille Fezer, Editor: Jan M. Enning, Postproduction: Jan-Malte Enning, www.roadside-dokumentarfilm.de

Reviews:

"Heartfelt thanks for your film which touched me very much." Peter Lilienthal, Price Winner of the Berlinale’s Golden Bear and of the German Film Award

"With the intimate feel of a documentary and the audacious storytelling of a Werner Herzog's film, Women for Justice delivers a complex and nuanced take on an issue of international importance." CinéWomen

"A wonderful and encouraging example for women‘s initiatives against violence." Yakin Ertürk, Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women

"Finally good news about India!"
Ujjwal Bhattacharya, Deutsche Welle

Festivals:

OFFICIAL SELECTION Women Deliver Film Festival 2019 - OFFICIAL SELECTION Peloponissos International Documentary Film Festival 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION AM Egypt Film Festival 2017 - FINALIST Ekurhuleni International Film Festival 2016 - OFFICIAL SELECTION Chichester International Film Festival - OFFICIAL SELECTION China Women's Film Festival 2016 - OFFICIAL SELECTION World Festival of Emerging Cinema 2016 - OFFICIAL SELECTION African Bamba Human Rights Film Festival 2016 - OFFICIAL SELECTION Auroville Film Festival 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION CinéWomen Biennial 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION 16 Days Against Violence 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION Color International Film Festival of India 2015 - International Crime and Punishment Film Festival Istanbul 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION MEDIMED, Nomads of Documentary 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION All Lights India International Film Festival 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION Kolkata International Film Festival 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION ÜberZeugen Filmfestival 2014

  • Daniel Burkholz and Sybille Fezer
    Director
    NO PASARAN, Half a Million Public Enemies
  • Daniel Burkholz, Sybille Fezer
    Writer
    NO PASARAN, Half a Million Public Enemies
  • Daniel Burkholz
    Producer
  • Nimisha Desai, Tara Gaekwad, Rukmani Ambharose Agarwal, Shobhana, Savita, Leela, Vaishali
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Television, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    Human Rights, Gender, Resistance, Justice, Religion, Politics
  • Runtime:
    53 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 25, 2014
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    English, Gujarati, Hindi
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Auroville International Film Festival 2015
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION CinéWomen Biennial 2015
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION MEDIMED Nomads of Documentary 2015
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Color International Film Festival of India 2015
    Ahmedabad / India
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION China Women´s Film Festival 2016
    Peking
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION All Lights India International Film Festival 2015
    Kochi / India
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION World Festival of Emerging Cinema
    Trinidad / Tobago
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION African Bamba Human Rights Film Festival 2016
    Thiaroye, Senegal
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION International Crime and Punishment Film Festival 2015
    Istanbul, Turkey
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Kolkata International Film Festival 2015
    Kolkata
    India
  • FINALIST of Ekurhuleni International Film Festival 2016
    Ekurhuleni
    South Africa
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Chichester International Film Festival 2016
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Heroines 2016
    Munich
    Germany
    September 21, 2016
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Peloponnisos International Documentary Film Festival 2017
    Kalamata
    Greece
    January 21, 2017
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Women Deliver Film Festival 2019
    Vancouver
    Canada
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Restoring Connection Film Fest 2017
    Auroville
    India
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Salon der Nachhaltigkeit 2015
    Jena
    Germany
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION 16 Days Against Violence 2015
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Hernalser Filmwochen 2015
    Hernals
    Austria
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION ÜberZeugen Filmfestival 2014
    Schwerte/Unna
    Germany
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Grüne Bildungswerkstatt 2015
    Vienna
    Austria
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Grünes Kino 2016
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Grüne Zukunftsakademie 2016
    Vienna
    Austria
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION 16 Days Against Violence 2016
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Bochumer Frauenfilmwochen 2016
    Bochum
    Germany
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION Ulmer Frauenfilmtage 2016
    Ulm
    Germany
Distribution Information
  • Roadside Dokumentarfilm
Director Biography - Daniel Burkholz and Sybille Fezer

Sybille Fezer - Author, Director, Human Rights Activist

Sybille Fezer was first working some years as a journalist before heading to Sao Paulo/Brasil, where she was doing community development and human rights work for more than 10 years. She is Executive Member of the Board at the women's and human rights organization medica mondiale, based in Cologne/Germany. Her work on all continents led the conflict researcher and passionate fighter for women's and human rights to becoming a filmmaker also.

Daniel Burkholz - Author, Director, Producer

Daniel Burkholz is an award winning director and producer. He first worked as lawyer for environment protection organizations and later as head of an environment protection and of an education authority. After an intermezzo as rescue diver and Divemaster in Thailand, Indonesia and Egypt, he studied the Nomad's culture of the Sinai, the Aborigine's culture in Australia and stayed with the Bishnoi People of the Great Thar desert. In 2005, Daniel Burkholz founded Roadside Dokumentarfilm. In 2006 he founded the European Resistance Archive, for which he was awarded with the Medal of Merit of the City of Sesto San Giovanni, endowed by the resistance fighters Onorina and Giovanni Pesce. Adelina Kondrateva, Chair Woman of the Veteran's Commitee of Russia, awarded him with the Medal of Honor. 2016, Daniel Burkholz founded the EDITION ROADSIDE and 2020 the NOMADS of Documentary. 2021, Daniel Burkholz endowes the Onno von Klopp Prize. So far, his films have been officially selected for roundabout 300 festivals, fests and film series around the world.

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Director Statement

“Filmmaking is our tool to take a standpoint.“