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gFest Mumbai
Celebrating gender, art, and us
Dates: 7-9 DECEMBER, 2023
Time: 10 am - 4pm
Venues: Juhu Jagriti Hall, Mithibai Seminar Hall & Classroom 101, First Floor
SVKM's Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science & Amrutben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics (Autonomous), Mumbai
gFest@Mumbai - a three-day college festival of films, installations, photographs and other works of art that address issues related to gender - is now ready to arrive in Mumbai!
Showcasing an array of artworks created by artists through reFrame's genDeralities fellowships, the festival hopes to be an enjoyable, exciting, challenging and stimulating experience for college students and faculty alike. Together, we will discover new and emerging creative voices, have rich discussions on, and raise our shared understanding of, gender and diversity, with creativity.
gFest@Mumbai is being organised by reFrame in collaboration with Akshara Centre, Mumbai and Women's Development Cell, SVKM's Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science & Amrutben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics (Autonomous), Mumbai.
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
10 am
Amhi Savitrichya Leki by Samata Kala Manch
Giving voice to the struggles against brahmanical patriarchy.
Music Videoㅣ4’ ㅣMarathi
10:05 am
Acche Ghar Ki Betiyan by Urvija Priyadarshini
A performance exploring the struggle with notions of the ideal woman
Performance Videoㅣ15’ ㅣHindi
10:45 am
Dear Aphrodite by Abhishek Anicca
Themes of disability, body image, love, and loneliness, weaved into a narrative.
Performance Videoㅣ18’ㅣEnglish
2 pm
Janeu Prompts by Jyotsna Siddharth
Centering the language of the body in response to cases of violence against marginalised individuals across India.
Four Performance Videosㅣ8’ㅣEnglish
2:30 pm
What's In A Name? by Najrin Islam
Lived realities and experiences based on the writer’s Muslim identity.
Performance Videoㅣ22'ㅣEnglish
3:15 pm
Siege in the Air by Muntaha Amin
The impact of triple lockdown on the young women in Kashmir.
Documentary Filmㅣ30'ㅣEnglish and Kashmiri
11:30 am
Screening of Ek Jagah Apni by Ektara Collective
(Mithibai Seminar Hall)
Two transgender women in Bhopal search for a home.
Feature Film | 90' | Hindi
11:30 am - 12.30 pm
Living Art/ Doing Gender/ Doing Art/Living Gender: A Conversation
(Juhu Jagriti Hall)
Shals Mahajan: queer feminist. genderqueer. writer.
&
Mridul Dudeja: trans man. queer feminist. geek.
&
Vani Subramanian:
feminist activist. filmmaker. occasional artist.
11:30 am
Screening of Ek Jagah Apni by Ektara Collective
(Juhu Jagriti Hall)
Two transgender women in Bhopal search for a home.
Feature Film | 90' | Hindi
10 am
Inauguration at Seminar Hall followed by Guided Walk through the exhibition and Film Screenings
11.30 am - 3:30 pm
Guided Walk through the Exhibition
10.30 am - 3:30 pm
Guided Walk through the Exhibition
10.30 am - 3:30 pm
Guided Walk through the Exhibition
DATES EXHIBITION SPECIAL EVENTS DAILY SCREENINGS
Classroom 101 7 Dec: Mithibai Seminar Hall
8 & 9 Dec: Juhu Jagriti Hall
All film screenings are private
Nur and the Nightmare by Reya Ahmed
Digitally Illustrated Tale | English
A magical tale inspired by Mughal miniatures that uses mythological tropes to tell a subversive story.
Bereft by Natasha Chandhock
Mixed Media Installation
A five-piece art project on what it means to lead a queer, multiply disabled life.
Ghor. Ghar. Home. by Ipsita Choudhury
Interactive Website | English
Looking into the lives of Bengali migrants at the largest waste dumping site in Delhi, Bhalswa.
Taaro’n ke Darmeyan by Fatima Juned
A Photographic Exhibition | English & Urdu
A visual deep dive into the lives of women Muqaish artisans from Lucknow.
MIXED MEDIA EXHIBITION
