The Kohima edition of the two-day International Association of Women in Radio & Television (IAWRT) Travelling Film Festival at Kohima drew to a close on May 3 at the Centre for Excellence in Music and Arts (CEMA) in the stat capital. The event saw the screening of 14 internationally acclaimed movies and documentaries along with insightful panel discussions with the award winning documentary directors and producers Aparna Sanyal and Deepika Sharma.

One of the highlights of the Travelling Film Festival was the screening of the film “Velvet Revolution”, which is a unique collaborative venture supported by IAWRT where the Executive Producer, Nupur Basu  worked with women directors from four countries who produced films in five countries namely Illang Illang Quijano – Philippines; Deepika Sharma – India; Pochi Tamba Nsoh and Sidonie Pongmoni – Cameroon and Eva Brownstein – USA/Bangladesh. In a world riven with conflict and dictatorial regimes, where journalists are constantly under threat from both, state and non – state actors, the documentary film brings forth the testimonies of women journalists from Bangladesh, Cameroon, India, Philippines, Afghanistan, Syria, United Kingdom and Ajerbaijan on how they spoke truth to power.

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During the valedictory programme of the film festival, managing trustee of IAWRT India Aparna Sanyal expressed her happiness for finally bringing the IAWRT Travelling Film Festival to Nagaland, which had been in the planning stage for nearly 5 years. She further thanked Film Association of Nagaland (FAN) and the partner organizers for successfully hosting the event and finally making their dream a reality. She said that it was an inspiration to meet women filmmakers from Nagaland and wished that they would all be a part of IAWRT India chapter.