Special Activities
 

Thursday Nov 19th, 2009 8:00 p.m. Cinema Museum

Opening of the Film Festival
with Oliver Paulus’ satirical Bollywood comedy “Tandoori Love”

Opening Party
afterwards at the “Kelter” from 10:30 p.m.
 

Friday Nov 20th, 2009 6:00 p.m. Cinema Arsenal
Opening Focus: Matriarchy-Today?

Short lecture by Anette Limam about matriarchy research

Film by Gordian Troeller “Male Supremacy – Never Heard of It” about the modern matriarchal Minangkabau people

Film by Xiaoli Zhou “The Women’s Kingdom” about the current situation of the Mosuo people in China

Expert Anette Limam present for audience discussion
 

Saturday Nov 21st, 2009 8:30 p.m. Cinema Museum

Award Ceremony
The Honor Award for “Courageous Commitment to Human Rights of Women” will be given to Leymah Gbowee and Hana Makhmalbaf. Christa Stolle, C.E.O of TERRE DES FEMMES, and Irene Jung, Film Festival Director, will award the prizes.
 

Sunday Nov 22nd, 2009 Cinema Arsenal

DAY OF MATRIRCHY-TODAY?
in cooperation with Bildungszentrum und Archiv zur Frauengeschichte Baden-Württemberg, BAF

1:00 p.m. Slide-Show presentation about the Mosuo in China
with small buffet

Ingeborg Muff-Bongers talks about her trip to the Mosuo at the Lugo-Lake in China. There the women have the power, marriage is frowned upon, and social peace is achieved.
 

3:30 p.m. The women of Juchitán

Film by Monika von Behr and Mechthild Moser about the economic dominance of the women in Juchitán, Mexico.
Director present.
Fotocopyright NDR/Monika von Behr

5:00 p.m. Adalil- Mistress of Tents

Film by Sylvie Banuls about the self-confident, matriarchal Tuareg nomads.
Director present.
  6:30 p.m. Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Film by Gini Reticker about Liberian women, led by courageous Leymah Gbowee, who forced the end of civil war in their country. Can women actually promote peaceful societies even when they don’t hold official power?
Leymah Gbowee present.
 

Monday Nov 23rd, 2009 7:00 p.m. Cinema Arsenal

Women fight for peace and against sexual violence in Africa- and the media deliberately ignore it...

In a discussion after the film “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”, about the women who forced the end of civil war in Liberia, Leymah Gbowee and members of the Institute for Education in Peace and the Course of Studies on Peace and Conflict of the University of Tübingen will give their views on central questions:
How can the fight against sexualised violence against women in wars in Africa be successful? How can Leymah Gbowee’s experiences as leader of the Liberian peace women contribute to this goal, as well as the Resolution 1325 issued by the UN-Security Council, which calls for the participation of women in peace-building processes? And what role do the international media, which ignored the Liberian women’s courageous efforts for peace and never told the world, play?