To celebrate our 20th edition we are delighted to announce Film Competition on Women and the Arts/ Creative Industries.
Women play diverse roles in shaping the world of arts: from visual arts and literature to music, dance, film, and beyond in folk, classical and the contemporary arts.
The British Council, IAWRT (Chapter India) and PSBT are putting together a film competition, where we invite film submissions that have creatively explored subjects such as women artists’ triumphs, challenges, historical contributions, or innovative approaches within the creative industries by women.
The 20th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival (AWFF) will be held from 6th – 8th March, 2025 at New Delhi, India. IAWRT India organizes this unique Asian women’s film festival each year to mark the International Women’s Day. Launched in 2005, the IAWRT film festival has over the years positioned itself with a conscious effort to showcase narratives weaved by Asian women filmmakers and grown in strength and reputation, with participation from around the world.
Over the last 20 years, the festival has travelled to many Indian cities, and the curated package of films from the festival has been screened at other festivals across the world. The IAWRT film festival endeavors to showcase work by women filmmakers of Asian origin, from around the world.
- Award Categories: Popular Choice & Jury Award
- Two Best Films: Rs. 15,000 each.
- Winning filmmakers will be felicitated at the British Council Auditorium, New Delhi, on March 5, 2025.
- Winning films will be uploaded on the British Council's website for 2 weeks.
- Filmmakers of the winning entries will be invited as guests to the prestigious IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival (March 6-8, 2025). Travel and accommodation for two nights will be covered.
- An opportunity to an observer in sessions with experts in the mentoring program run by PSBT, Doc_Commune in 2025.