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Portrait of a woman — heroine and director

Islam. The Near and Far East

This review deals with the image of a modern Muslim woman, seen from two different perspectives: heroines in films and female film directors.

Films of this section are dedicated to portraying women in modern cinema of Muslim countries. The role of women in Islamic states is an issue that has stirred a lot of emotions, controversies, and protest, for quite some time now. TOFIFEST has beenpresenting films concerning the issues for nearly a decade. Back in 2006, we were first in this part of Europe to screen Submission — the film started the chain reaction leading to the assassination of the Dutch film director Theo van Gogh. In 2009, one of guests to the festival was Shirin Neshat, an Iranian artist of international renown, who presented in Toruń her debut film Woman without man, which dealt with the situation of women in Islamic states. In 2010, the Golden Angel of TOFIFEST was awarded to Kuma by Umut Dag, which discussed the practice of taking “a second wife” by Muslim men and transferring this practice to Turkish families living in Austria (Umut Dag will be a member of the Jury at TOFIFEST 2015).

For the afore-mentioned reason, the second part of the review is comprised of the latest films presenting film heroines, female directors, and female artists. We will have a chance to see such films as Wadjda by Haifaa Al-Mansour (2012, produced by Germany and Saudi Arabia), which won 3 awards at the film festival in Venice, and It was better tomorrow (Ya Man Aach) — the victor of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) — directed by Hinde Boujemaa. We will also have an opportunity to see three very promising films made in 2015: Mina walking by Yosef Baraki (Germany, 2015), and two films that won awards at this year's edition of the Cannes IFF: Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven and the winner of the Un Certain Regard Award — Nahid by Ida Panahandeh (Iran, 2015).

We will also try to find the answer to the question “The Near East or the Far East? Do we really need to fear Islam?”, during a debate that will accompany the film programme. Panellists will include film critics, Arabists, filmmakers, and people, who are against spreading Muslim culture in our country. The debate will take place on Wednesday, 21st October, at the Centre Cinema in CoCA in Toruń.

2015 Programme

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