Festivalimpressions 2014 - Thursday, 20.11.
The
installation of 135 orange-coloured shoes by Zonta Club Tübingen stands
for those 135 women, who were murdered in the year of 2013 by their partner
or husband. 
Elke
Jonigkeit, Afghanistan expert, at the screening of the film “No Burqas
Behind Bars”. She answers questions from the audience about the current
situation of women in Afghanistan and also tells about signs of hope and
multifaceted stories, for example about the various projects of the NGO
NAZO in Afghanistan, with great financial support by the German Ministry
of Economic and Development Cooperation BMZ. 
The opening of the exhibition „Augenblicke“ under the direction
of Natalia Zumarán attracted wide interest. Eight migrant women
from different countries learned in a theatre- and photography workshop
together with Natalia to fathom their own living environment photographically
and to capture in pictures the search for their right place in the German
society.
Six
of the eight women who depicted their lives in photographs read texts and
poems regarding their pictures. 
Well-attended
as well: the film „Die Hüter der Tundra“
Film
director René Harder tells about the hard life of the population
of the Russian peninsula Kola, which is, as one of the last ethnic groups,
still living on reindeer rearing.
Especially
impressive he talks about the tireless work of the women in the Sami Parliament
for the preservation of their culture. In the Sami culture, women are responsible
for the political work and the representation of their interests. In this
society women have a very high status. 
Photos: Alexander Gonschior