Chytilova, the sole woman filmmker of the Czech New Wave movement, was also forbidden from making movies till 1975.
Deepa Mehta’s ‘Anatomy of violence’ portraying the misogyny of the society and Konkona Sen Sharma’s directorial debut ‘A Death in The Gunj’, a realistic drama featuring Kalki Koechlin will also be screened at IFFK.
Other Indian women filmmakers who have made it to the IFFK are Ananya Kasaravalli, Sumithra Bhave and Leena Yadav.
Other woman film makers who will make their presence felt in the 21st IFFK are Mitra Farahani, Soo Jung Kim, Ana Cristina Barragan, Claudia Varejao, Mira Nair, Kristina Grozeva, Lea Fehner, Hala Khalil, Julia Ducournau, Elia, K Schneider, Ruxandra Zenide, Marjan Ashrafizadeh and Lina Luzyte, an IFFK Press release said.
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