Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Kim Longinotto will present her latest film 'Dreamcatchers' as part of the Women & Cinema Day organized by Film Praxis to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8.

  

Kim Longinotto will also be talking about her journey as a woman director making films about women. Sheffield International Documentary Festival Deputy Director Melanie Iredale will lead a conversation with Kim. AV Festival Director Rebecca Shatwell and musician-activist Hannabiell Sanders will take part in the Day. Tina Gharavi and Geetha J, two filmmakers based at the University, will present their first films and talk about why and how they entered filmmaking. Leading academics from the University, Karen Ross (Professor of Gender and Media) and Deborah Chambers (Professor of Media and Cultural Studies) will also be speaking at the event.

 

The event is free but tickets are limited. To secure your place you need to register here. Deadline is 5pm on Thursday 2nd March. For further details about the event, contact geetha.jayaraman@ncl.ac.uk

 

 

9.30 am Registration

 

 

10.00 – 10.30 Closer (UK, 2000, 24mins) – Tina Gharavi

 

10.30 – 11.15 Woman with a Video Camera (India, 2005, 42 mins) – Geetha J

 

11.15 – 12.00 Q&A –Tina Gharavi and Geetha J with Rebecca Shatwell

 

12.00 – 12.15 Coffee

 

 

12.15 – 12.30 Talk by Kim Longinotto

 

12.30 – 13.15 In Conversation with Melanie Iredale and Prof Deborah Chambers

 

13.15 – 14.15 Lunch will be provided

 

 

14.15 – 16.15 Dreamcatchers (UK, 2015, 104 mins) - Kim Longinotto

 

16.15 – 17.00 Respondents: Hannabiell Sanders and Prof Karen Ross

 

17.00 – 18.00 Reception with wine and snacks