GLOBAL FORUM

FOR WOMEN FILM ORGANIZATIONS @berlinale 2023

Berlin | Feb 17th 2023 | Embassy of Canada to Germany

EVENT

The pandemic has brought very special challenges for women and for our work on a gender-balanced film industry. We think is it time and important to both reflect on the past years and to look into the future together:

What challenges have women film organizations faced recently and what can a path forward look like?

On top of that, we like to shine a spotlight on the work of women filmmakers in the current crisis areas that are shaking the world. We want to make visible the importance of female voices during crisis and in restrictive systems. Female filmmakers from Iran, Afghanistan and Ukraine are invited and will share their perspectives.

The event will take place on February 17th at the Embassy of Canada to Germany, Leipziger Platz 17, 10117 Berlin.

PROGRAM

ADMISSION 9:15 AM

PUBLIC EVENT (10.00-11.30 AM)

OPENING 10:00 AM

ISABELLE POUPART
Chargée d’affaires a.i. Canada to Germany, enquired

GREETINGS

LISA PAUS
Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

CLAUDIA ROTH
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

MARIETTE RISSENBEEK
Executive director of the Berlin International Filmfestival

THE IMPORTANCE OF FEMALE VOICES DURING CRISIS AND IN RESTRICTIVE SYSTEMS

BARBARA ROHM
Chairwoman Power to Transform!

PANEL 10:30 AM

AFGHANISTAN, IRAN AND UKRAINE: FEMALE FILMMAKING AND PERSPECTIVES IN CRISIS ZONES

CHRISTINA TYNKEVYCH
filmmaker & director, Ukraine

MARYNA ER GORBACH
film director, screenwriter & producer, Ukraine

PUNE PARSAFAR
filmmaker, researcher & educator, Iran

ROKHSAREH GHAEMMAGHAMI
documentary filmmaker & producer, Iran

SHAHRBANOO SADAT
filmmaker, Afghanistan

moderated by KARIN HELMSTAEDT
journalist, moderator & TV host, Canada

MEET AND GREET 11:30 AM

NON-PUBLIC EVENT (12.00-13.30 PM)

FORUM OF WOMEN FILM ORGANIZATIONS

PLENUM

A PATH FORWARD

introduction of all participating organizations and exchange

moderated by Melissa Silverstein,
founder of Women and Hollywood, Artistic Director Athena Film Festival

hosted by Power to Transform!

in cooperation with Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI) | European Women’s Audiovisual Network (EWA) | Women and Hollywood | Sister Working in Film and Television (SWIFT) | CIMA Association of women filmmakers and the audiovisual industry | ScreenCraft works