Bandra Film Festival to showcase Women Empowering shorts


By Rajesh Ahuja

Inspiring short documentaries that give out powerful messages of deep courage and unshakeable resilience through stories of empowered women will be showcased by the Badra Film Festival this week.

In their upcoming lineup of films, Bandra Film Festival, presented by FilmKaravan in collaboration with YouTube ,will be showcasing two  shorts on August 30 as part of its upcoming theme 'Women Empowerment'.

The digital film festival will be showcasing Michelle Fiordaliso's 'The Streets are Ours' and Suyash Bajpai and Saurabh Agarwal's 'Parvaaz' on its YouTube channel. 



Bandra Film Festival to showcase Women Empowering shorts 




'Parvaaz' is a documentary about empowerment done right through actions and not just spoken words through an organization - Sanatkada, which provides these women various modern training programs making their lives worth living.

Directed by Suyash Bajpai and Saurabh Agarwal, the short film stars Madhavi Kuckreja, Nasreen Khatoon and Meena Soni.

The second film 'The Streets are Ours' , directed by Michelle Fiordaliso's , is a documentary short that tells the inspiring story of two Pakistani women: Sabeen Mahmud, founder of Karachi performance space T2F, who paved the way for American actress/writer Fawzia Mirza to perform her one-woman show across Pakistan, one month before Mahmud's tragic murder. 

Talking about the festival line up, festival programmer, Andrea Manath said, "It’s an honor to showcase such incredible and inspiring stories that celebrate courageous and bold women and the filmmakers who create them. Giving a platform and exhibiting great talents and content will be our continued goal at the festival which will help  highlight experienced voices in the industry."

Watch the films at

https://youtu.be/PrvIbBHwDlA


https://youtu.be/q5lzzoem5Xk


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